Jeffrey Hollender Sees Holistic Vision as the Key to the Future

This guest post was written by Jeffrey Hollender, Co-Founder and Executive Chairperson of Seventh Generation, in celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day.

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Jeffrey Hollender Sees Holistic Vision as the Key to the Future

The Twins’ Target Field Scores as a Green Building All-Star

Target Field, the Minnesota Twins’ new $545 million ballpark, has earned LEED-Silver certification, becoming the second Major League Baseball stadium to pass muster under the standards set by the U.S. Green Building Council

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Kolbert: "Goofball weathermen, Climategate, conspiracy theories" are Distractions

Image via the New Yorker If you’re not a regular watcher of climate issues, the major ups and downs (okay, so it was overwhelmingly downs) that comprised the media narrative of global warming over the last 6 months was probably pretty confusing. There were some hacked emails, overheated allegations, some noisy weathermen, and an extra-snowy winter. So what’s someone to do if they want to catch up on the goings-on without wading into the extensive coverage of the kind produced by climate bloggers like yours truly

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1300 Megawatts Worth of ‘Distributed’ Solar Panels to Rise in California

Photo via All American Patriots As you’re likely aware, many of the biggest solar farms planned for the US keep hitting snags–many are facing environmental disputes, such as the solar plant planned in the Mojave Desert . So instead of waiting around for the major wattage from such plants to become available, the NY Times reports that utilities are turning to… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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French Using Sewage to Heat Their Swimming Pools

When water from the shower, dishwasher, or washing-machine is drained into the sewer-pipes, it’s not just a waste of water , but a waste of the energy used to heat that water.

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The Global Climate: Yes, It’s Still Warming

Photo via My Greener Family Scientists Convene to Explain Case for Climate Change As many of you know, climate science has gotten something of a bad rap in recent days–the percentage of Americans who even believe that it’s caused by man seems to be in a downward plunge. Perhaps it’s related to the PR crises that have wracked some of the more venerable climate institutions as of late: the hacked emails at the East University of Anglia, the

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Transportation in 2010

Transportation is one of the biggest parts of our lives, whether we think about it or not. How will 2010 help shape the future of transportation in the US? How should it do so?

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Transportation in 2010

EU to Push for International Climate Deal Through G20

Noting the failure of the Copenhagen Talks to produce an internationally agreeable climate change treaty, the European Union is looking to push for more concentrated negotiations at the G20 meetings. The EU reportedly feels that taking the G20 route would help iron out the major issues between the developed and developing countries which were one of the major reasons for the shameful failure of COP15.

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U.S. Navy Brings Solar Power to Pearl Harbor

Catch an aerial view of Pearl Harbor and it’s easy to see the potential for rooftop solar energy .   Parts of the U.S.

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SRI Field Continues to Shift with RiskMetrics’ Acquisition of KLD

The rapidly changing landscape of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) research providers received another major update this week as RiskMetrics Group announced the acquisition of KLD Research & Analytics . The acquisition, which has been widely anticipated for a month, follows RiskMetrics’ purchase of Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, like KLD a provider of ESG research, in February.

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