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October 20, 2020
2019 Updates to CALGreen and
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Electrify Your Fleet
Join us for a three-part complimentary webinar series on how to electrify your school bus fleet.
May 14, 2020
Moving Toward Zero Carbon,
Resilient Buildings – An exciting and timely virtual event
Online Training Series
GREEN TECHNOLOGY MAGAZINE
Buildings consume lots of energy – here’s how to design whole communities that give back as much as they take
Buildings account for 40% of total energy consumption in the U.S., compared to 32% for industry and 28% for transportation. States and cities with ambitious climate action plans are working to reduce emissions from the building sector to zero.
Social distancing works – just ask lobsters, ants and vampire bats
Animals as diverse as monkeys, lobsters, insects and birds can detect and avoid sick members of their species. Why have so many types of animals evolved such sophisticated behaviors in response to disease? Because social distancing helps them survive.
What ‘Walden’ can tell us about social distancing and focusing on life’s essentials
Seeking to bend the coronavirus curve, governors and mayors have told millions of Americans to stay home. If you’re pondering what to read, it’s easy to find lists featuring books about disease outbreaks, solitude and living a simpler life. But it’s much harder to find a book that combines these themes.
A military perspective on climate change could bridge the gap between believers and doubters
Military leaders believe climate change seriously threatens U.S. national security. They contend it is stirring up chaos and conflict abroad, endangering coastal bases and stressing soldiers and equipment, which undermines military readiness. But rather than debating the causes of climate change or assigning blame, they focus on how warming undermines security, and on practical steps to slow its advance and minimize damage.
Is your city making you fat? How urban planning can address the obesity epidemic
Our built environment, which includes not only buildings but roads, sidewalks and public spaces, plays an important role in physical health. Researchers call cities that promote sedentary lifestyles and poor diet obesogenic. City planners are paying increasing attention to helping residents lead healthy lifestyles
Air pollution kills thousands of Americans every year – here’s a low-cost strategy to reduce the toll
The U.S. has made tremendous progress in reducing air pollution since 1990, and this has produced significant public health improvements. But air pollution still imposes a serious health burden on the U.S. population, and there are signs that past progress in improving air quality may now be leveling off. New ways of analyzing actions to control air pollution and its health impacts can help.
Young California ranchers are finding new ways to raise livestock and improve the land
As California contends with drought, wildfires and other impacts of climate change, a small yet passionate group of residents are attempting to lessen these effects and reduce the state’s carbon emissions. They are ranchers – but not the kind that most people picture when they hear that term.
Soil carbon is a valuable resource, but all soil carbon is not created equal
The world urgently needs ways to keep carbon out of the atmosphere, and to build food security for a rapidly growing global population. Soil can do both. However, current efforts to promote carbon storage in soil miss a key point: Not all soil carbon is the same.
Atmospheric river storms can drive costly flooding – and climate change is making them stronger
Ask people to name the world’s largest river, and most will probably guess that it’s the Amazon, the Nile or the Mississippi. In fact, some of Earth’s largest rivers are in the sky – and they can produce powerful storms, like those currently soaking the Pacific Northwest.
The first step in managing plastic waste is measuring it – here’s how we did it for one Caribbean country
Clyde Eiríkur Hull, Rochester Institute of Technology and Eric Williams, Rochester Institute of Technology Countries around the world throw away millions of tons of plastic trash every year. Finding ways to manage plastic waste is daunting even for wealthy nations, but for smaller and less-developed countries it can be overwhelming. We recently carried out a Read more about The first step in managing plastic waste is measuring it – here’s how we did it for one Caribbean country[…]
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