Is Earth really getting too hot for people to survive? A scientist explains extreme heat and the role of climate change
Extreme Heat and the role that Climate Change has to all of us. Read more…
Sustainable Facilities Forum 2024 Leadership Award Winners
The importance of these awards lies in their ability to inspire and motivate individuals, organizations,…
The High-Tech Landscape: How Expanded WI-FI is Keeping Chico State’s Grounds Watered and Healthy
The story of smart irrigation at Chico State has been one of seizing opportunities when…
Green CA Schools and Higher Education Summit 2023 Leadership Award Winners
The Leadership Awards play a vital role in promoting and accelerating the transition towards a…
Meet the CCC: Growing the Green Energy Work Force
Blue hats, khaki shirts, big smiles – while attending Green Technology’s signature events you might…
Sustainable Facilities Forum 2023 Leadership Award Winners
The importance of these awards lies in their ability to inspire and motivate individuals, organizations,…
The unexpected arboretum: CSUSM benefits from sustainable approach to water and environmental management
Back in 2021, arboretums were very much on the minds of surveyors from the educational…
Rethinking Sustainability
In the past, sustainability in furniture manufacturing typically involved using sustainable materials and sustainable processes.
Now,…
How to Meet Biden’s 2030 climate goals and dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions
Unprecedented forest fires in the drought-stricken western United States. Tropical storms and rising seas threatening…
Climate change will transform how we live, but these tech and policy experts see reason for optimism
It’s easy to feel pessimistic when scientists around the world are warning that climate change…
Can my electric car power my house?
As manufacturers introduce new models of electric vehicles, demand for them is growing steadily. New…
First solar canal project is a win for water, energy, air and climate in California
Mounting evidence suggests the western United States is now in its worst megadrought in at…
‘Zero Day’ for California water? Not yet, but unprecedented water restrictions send a sharp warning
California triggered headlines heard around the world when officials announced how much water suppliers would…
Outside the Lines
HED, in collaboration with Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners, recently designed a dramatic new…
Achieving Your Sustainability Goals
California has long been a leader in the fight for sustainability, and rightly so. The…
Making schools green and fighting COVID-19: A Guide to ESSER III Funds in California
As California reopens, ESSER III funds can provide a much needed boost to California schools,…
EV-olution: Recharging EV sales in the US
2020 was a great year for electric vehicles (EVs). Around 3.24 million EVs were sold…
A Breath of Fresh Air: Returning to a Different Kind of Classroom
As the 2020-2021 school year comes to a close, there is more focus than ever…
America gets a D+ for school infrastructure – but federal COVID relief could pay for many repairs
Many kids are attending public schools this spring with the use of COVID-19 safety protocols,…
Keeping trees in the ground where they are already growing is an effective low-tech way to slow climate change
Protecting forests is an essential strategy in the fight against climate change that has not…
Holding on to the Future
Queens University of Charlotte was facing this dilemma. After opening its doors in 1857, the…
The Innovative Solution for Sustaining Water Resources
On 28 Feb, 2019, a mooring snapped for America’s vessel. A report released by the…
A Major Environmental Win with Assembly Bill 841
Assembly Bill 841 was authored by Phil Ting (Assemblyman) and has been in the pipeline…
New Shape of Work: Healthy Buildings and How Lighting Can Help
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC is presenting dramatic new health and safety challenges for office tenants, building…
Making the most of K-12 digital textbooks and online educational tools
Whether children are currently going to school in person, learning remotely or doing a mix…
California Bay Area School Returns $111,000 of Water Savings to District
The district requested a water use audit from the Santa Clara Valley Water District to…
COVID-19 – Outdoor classes hold promise for in-person learning
From a learning space design perspective, this could be an effective way of maintaining in-person…
Poor, minority students at dilapidated schools face added risks amid talk of reopening classrooms
Local, state and federal officials wrangle over how to make schools safe, with concern over…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Livestock – new ways to raise it and improve the land in California
As California contends with drought, wildfires and other impacts of climate change, a small yet…
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…
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 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…
How to boost recycling: Reward consumers with discounts, deals and social connections
Research shows that more often than not, Americans give up trying to sort their recyclables….
Millions of burnt trees and rusted cars: Post-disaster cleanup is expensive, time-consuming and wasteful
Dealing with enormous quantities of debris and waste materials is one of the most significant…
The Earth needs multiple methods for removing CO2 from the air to avert worst of climate change
Even with the progress made in introducing alternatives to fossil fuels, gaining energy efficiencies and…
Invasive grasses are fueling wildfires across the US
Emily Fusco, University of Massachusetts Amherst The Santa Ana winds that help drive fall and…
Oil companies are thinking about a low-carbon future, but aren’t making big investments in it yet
The global oil industry stands at a crossroads. Corporate leaders are weighing how closely to…
Data science could help Californians battle future wildfires
David Wild, Indiana University A major wildfire spread through Colorado, and I spent long hours…
Why ‘acting locally’ is impossible in an interconnected world
Jennifer M. Bernstein, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences…
Americans, especially millennials, are embracing plant-based meat products
Sheril Kirshenbaum, Michigan State University and Douglas Buhler, Michigan State University By 2050, many scientists…
Flying colors: Researcher reveals hidden world through the eyes of butterflies
Adriana Briscoe, University of California, Irvine An award-winning scientist and professor of evolutionary biology, Adriana…
A teen scientist helped me discover tons of golf balls polluting the ocean
Matthew Savoca, Stanford University Plastic pollution in the world’s oceans has become a global environmental…
California polluters may soon buy carbon “offsets” from the Amazon
Maron Greenleaf, Dartmouth College Fires in the Brazilian Amazon have outraged the world. But what…
USGBC-LA Announces First Cohort of ‘Net Zero Accelerator’
The U.S. Green Building Council-Los Angeles Chapter (USGBC-LA) has announced the first cohort of its Net Zero Accelerator,…