Originally published in Nature (read the original post HERE) Written by Zoe Cormier. 19 January 2012 Bioengineers have devised a way to produce ethanol from seaweed, laying the groundwork for a biofuel that doesn’t sacrifice food crops. Yasuo Yoshikuni and his colleagues at the Bio Architecture Lab in Berkeley, California, engineered the bacterium Escherichia coli [...]
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Biofuel from beneath the waves
Posted in Current Events, tagged Agriculture, Alginic acid, Bio Architecture Lab, Biofuel, Business, Chile, Energy, Escherichia coli, farming, Seaweed, sustainable business, Yasuo Yoshikuni, Yoshikuni on January 22, 2012 | 26 Comments »
Fly Around the World on ONLY Solar Power?!?!
Posted in Current Events, tagged Business, Electric aircraft, Energy, Renewable, Solar Impulse, Solar power, Solyndra, sustainable business, Treehugger, United States on December 10, 2011 | 36 Comments »
Here is a great article from Treehugger (A Discovery Company) about a huge innovation in clean tech engineering. I have re-posted the entire article below, but if you would prefer to read the original – click here. For decades, cleantech has engaged in a slogging uphill battle. Renewable energy, arguably the most disruptive technology in [...]
Polyface Farm – a new “Mecca” for sustainable farming?
Posted in Current Events, tagged food production, farming, sustainable business, Food Revolution, Agriculture, United States, Food, Joel Salatin, Business, Environmentally friendly, Polyface Farm, Salatin, Sustainable agriculture on December 7, 2011 | 26 Comments »
I first heard about Joel Salatin a few years ago when I watch the documentary Food, Inc for the first time. In that movie I discovered references to programs, people and ideals that I never really knew I identified with prior. Since that day long ago, I have worked intently to learn more about [...]
Earthbag Construction – Sustainable Buildings
Posted in Current Events, tagged Building material, Building Types, Construction, Resources, self-sufficient, Sustainability, sustainable business, Thermal and Moisture on October 17, 2011 | 20 Comments »
The idea of using Earth as a construction material is not a new one. But it is one that most would not consider for a “modern” home or other structure. But I have to say, it seems that this techniques has come a long way. Follow this link for some great pictures about building with [...]
The End of Drought, Salvation Through Recycling?
Posted in Current Events, tagged Alamo, City of San Antonio, Dallas, Drinking water, Environment, industry, Irrigation, Resources, Riverwalk, San Antonio, Sustainability, sustainable business, Texas, Water on October 2, 2011 | 21 Comments »
The San Antonio paper ran a very interesting article yesterday about how they are surviving the current drought by aggressively treating their sewage and other “grey-water” sources to provide “nearly-potable” water for many things in around the City of San Antonio. Namely, I was interested to hear that the famous Riverwalk, that I think is [...]
Urban Farming Possibilities
Posted in Current Events, Urban Farming, tagged Agriculture, farming, food production, Food Revolution, self-sufficient, Sustainability, United States, Urban agriculture, Urban area, urban farms on September 22, 2011 | 22 Comments »
Given the wealth of discussion on the previous post relating to the land requirements for sustainable food production for a family of four, and the subsequent difficulties that would pose in the Urban Environment. I wanted to link to this really interesting article, The Rise of Urban Farming, that talks about the large amounts of [...]
Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF)
Posted in Current Events, tagged economics, Environmental, farming, food production, India, self-sufficient, Sustainability, ZBNF on September 12, 2011 | 64 Comments »
I came across this great article from The Hindu, “Neyyattinkara municipality turns to natural farming .” As I read into the article I realized that this method is something that I have never heard of before and after reading a bit more about it, it seems like a no-brainer. I mean why wouldn’t a farmer, [...]
Oysters on the last shell?
Posted in Current Events, tagged Chesapeake Bay, economics, Environment, industry, Overfishing, oysters, Resources, Tragedy of the Commons on September 12, 2011 | 63 Comments »
So apparently the great Chesapeake Bay, the historical local for the harvest of oysters in the US and the primary source for the same, is in danger of being closed permanently! This great Bay yielded 15million bushels of oysters a year back in the late 1880′s. Now I will grant you that sounds like an [...]
Remembering Ray C. Anderson
Posted in Current Events, tagged economics, industry, Interface, Ray Anderson, Sustainability, sustainable business, TED on September 4, 2011 | 50 Comments »
Ray Anderson, the advocate of sustainability in business, died on Monday at age 77. Share his powerful TEDTalk — in which he explores the personal, ethical and practical motives for building a responsible business. The company he founded, the carpet manufacturer Interface, “set what may well be the highest sustainability benchmark of any industrial company,” [...]
