Sustainability

The Energy Roadmap – The Edison of our Age: Stan Ovshinsky and the Future of Energy [Video Interview Part 1]: Ovshinsky is compared to Edison as a prolific inventor… He hold patents on NiMH batteries. His solar cells power the MIR space station. Good question on Cobasys and the restrictions on next-gen batteries by the patents held within the company.!:-) The batteries that have become so critical in the next generation of batteries, electric cars,…

As BP oil spill trial resumes, lying accusations bubble up – CBS News: Everyone remembers the  massive Gulf oil spill starting April 20, 2010 and 87 days of spillage. As we all watched the pictures from the surface oil slick and the underwater cameras at the well head, it was a tale of two oil spills. BP: trickle … => Media: deluge BP: gallons … => Media: barrels BP: creek  => river But the truth…

So it seems that Yosemite National Park is 123 years old today. Today, Google pays trubute www.Google.com.  Links to Yosemite search. The massive rim fire has brought the Yosemite and Sequoya Parks back into full view. Even if you have only seen them once in your lifetime, it is one of the great spiritual experiences. El Capitan, my capitan.

The Hidden Essentials to Losing Weight – Developing Healthy Habits | Developing Healthy Habits, LLC: This relates to sustainability because it pertains to the healthy balance of one’s body. When your body is working well (correctly) then losing weight or gaining weight should typically not be much of a problem. (And a kabillion studies show that the off-and-on fasting is rarely effective and often downright dangerous.) This is a very readable article about covers the…

Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference: Well, shouldn’t they all be GREEN jobs? Looking for a few good jobs. Looking for a few green jobs. Looking for a few Good GREEN Jobs.:-) Before the recession, green jobs were outpacing others, both in terms of pay and number. It will be interesting to see what the conference stats have to say about this. Of course, there are about 50 shades of green!… Seems like a book,…

Highlights – UPS Corporate Responsibility: Just got a REALLY COOL UPS letter today. The envelope does a folding Origami-type thing and you can reuse it!. So very cool. Here’s a pix of the label which says: reduce, reuse it and THEN recycle!… Decision Green(sm) is a service mark of UPS. 100% recycled with 80% post consumer. I love it! ‘via Blog this’