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    Energy Efficiency & Renewables… Good signs for both.

    ByPiAdmin

    In one recent edition of the New York Times, there were two very positive articles on energy efficiency and improving the cost/kwh of renewables.  The Monday, November 24, 2014, issue featured “Good News on Energy,” by Ralph Cavanagh of theNatural Resources Defense Fund, http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/24/opinion/good-news-on-energy.html? and “Solar and Wind energy Start to Win on Price vs. Conventional Fuels,”…

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    Criminal Injustice: Is abnormal non-sustainable?

    BySustainMe

    We at SustainZine look for things that are abnormal, things that are so inefficient and clearly irresponsible that they should be categorized as non-sustainable. We think the Criminal Justice system in the USA qualifies and non-sustainable. Question, what is a “normal” rate of incarceration for you citizens? And if you are a way out-of-control outlier…

  • Make your own fuel, while air conditioning (HVAC). Carbon Capture.

    BySustainMe

    Imagine a great idea that is entirely possible with new technology coming down the pipeline from various sources. That is what an article in Scientific American by Richard Conniff envisions based on a paper published in the Nature Communications which proposes a partial remedy based on A/C units:  Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (or HVAC)…

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    Why Won't Yahoo! Let Employees Work From Home? – Businessweek

    ByBizMan

    Why Won’t Yahoo! Let Employees Work From Home? – Businessweek: Boy Mayer is gonna cause a lot of shake here with the everyone-has-to-travel-to-work policy. Apparently (Today Show) she now as a nursery set up next door to her office for her new convenience. That helps new parents, maybe, but not the ones with kids in…

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    Wind n Sun are now cheaper/better than Coal, NatGas, etc

    BySustainMe

    By now you probably knew it was happening, but you probably didn’t realize how much and how fast. If you figure subsidies, Solar and Wind are a slam-dunk powerful option. Wind prices have been dropping fast and solar has been dripping like lead… Solar prices have dropped about 86% over the last 8 years. Check…

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    Food-Energy-Water Nexus: Why System Failures Are Accelerating

    ByElmer Hall

    Food production, energy generation, and water availability are often managed as separate challenges, governed by different agencies, markets, and policies. In reality, they are tightly interconnected parts of a single system known as the Food-Energy-Water Nexus. When decisions are made in silos, stress in one area quickly propagates into the others, creating cascading failures that…