March 15, 2013
by Frances Beinecke
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Frances Beinecke, President of NRDC, New York City
On Thursday night, professional athletes, team owners and stadium operators from around the country gathered in New York City. They didn’t come to play ball. They came to attend N… Continue reading
March 12, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
I believe it was in 2000 that I first met David Dixon, head of the planning practice at Boston’s Goody Clancy architects. We were both part of a forum in Bosto… Continue reading
February 26, 2013
by Pierre Delforge
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Pierre Delforge, Director, High Tech Sector Energy Efficiency, San Francisco
Thought the Hollywood award season was over? Not quite! The Climate Change Business Journal (CCBJ) just awarded the Project Merit award for Smart G… Continue reading
November 15, 2012
by Claire Althouse
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Claire Althouse, Policy Analyst, Santa Monica
Growing up, I ate school lunch at my rural public school every single day. The head cook at Hamlow Elementary, Mrs. Hummel, was as sweet as her famous cinnamon rolls. She was lik… Continue reading
July 18, 2012
by Jennifer Sass
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Jennifer Sass, Senior Scientist, Washington, D.C.
A coalition of toxic chemical users and manufacturers launched their new “American High-Performance Buildings Coalition” to challenge the internationally renowned and respected voluntary… Continue reading
July 9, 2012
by Jacob Scherr
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Jacob Scherr, Director, Global Strategy & Advocacy, Washington, DC
Since returning from Rio, I have already participated in a number of debriefings about the Rio+20 Earth Summit. I am pleased to see the interest, but dismayed to find ma… Continue reading
June 21, 2012
by Peter Lehner
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Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City
As the official top level delegates arrive in Rio, and as groups like NRDC continue to press for more concrete action commitments to reduce pollution and degradation, the world’s jud… Continue reading
June 20, 2012
by Mark Izeman
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Mark Izeman, Senior Attorney and Director of the New York Urban Program, New York
It’s probably just me, but when I hear the word “Rio” I think of that really awful song by Duran Duran from the early 1980s. (And yes, t… Continue reading
June 20, 2012
by Peter Lehner
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Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City
I arrived yesterday in Mangaratiba, Brazil, about an hour down the coast from Rio–and about a meter above sea level–for a relatively small (by international conference standards) gatheri… Continue reading
November 4, 2011
by Amanda Maxwell
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Amanda Maxwell, Latin America Advocate, Washington, DC
Chile
A new energy group entitled the “Comisión Ciudadana Técnico Parlamentaria para la Política y la Matriz Eléctrica (CCTP)” or the Citizen… Continue reading
October 11, 2011
by Reduce
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Everyone knows that converting a nearly 30-year-old manufacturing facility into a LEED Gold certified building is no small task. But that’s just the very beginning of what Frito -Lay has done at its Casa Grande, Ariz. facility. The facility produces signature snacks such as Doritos, Sun Chips, Fritos and Lays – along with research that’s [...] Continue reading
Share on FacebookOctober 11, 2011
by Reduce
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Everyone knows that converting a nearly 30-year-old manufacturing facility into a LEED Gold certified building is no small task. But that’s just the very beginning of what Frito -Lay has done at its Casa Grande, Ariz. facility. The facility produces signature snacks such as Doritos, Sun Chips, Fritos and Lays – along with research that’s [...] Continue reading
Share on FacebookSeptember 16, 2011
by Pierre Delforge
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Pierre Delforge, Senior Engineer, San Francisco
The biggest energy and environmental impact of using Google and other internet services may not be where you think it is. The rapid spread of large data centers that power the internet is … Continue reading
March 24, 2011
by Heather Allen
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Heather Allen, International Advocate, Washington, DC On World Water Day, March 22 2011 people around the world celebrated clean water and explored solutions for the world’s biggest environmental health crisis – the lack of safe water … Continue reading
Share on FacebookMarch 17, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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If there are landscapes on earth more beautiful than Ireland’s County Galway, there aren’t many. From arty, bustling Galway City one heads west into the Connemara country, where windswept mountains, meadows, farms, villages an… Continue reading
February 14, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Prague. Venice. Rome. Paris. These are some destinations that perennially make “ten-most-romantic cities” lists. I just looked at three such sites, and… Continue reading
August 17, 2010
by Reduce
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When Anne and Derek Bedarf won tickets to FloydFest on the radio in 2008, they may have expected to see some rockin’ bands, check out funky artisan vendors and meet some new friends by the campfire.
They never dreamed they would be leading the festival’s Green Team in a composting effort that collected 7.2 tons of [...] Continue reading