Last Monday, 22nd June, I attended the first meeting of Transition Bedford (http://transitionbedford.wordpress.com/) and I have to say that it was inspiring.  The "stars" of the meeting were the local community groups who are already taking action in some aspect of preparing or building local resilience.  Speakers included representatives from Golden Gardens, a community gardening project; Zero Carbon Castle  and others.   The transition concept of building local resilience in the...

From Greg Hitt and Naftali Bendavid in The Wall Street Journal as reported in The Huddle today: "The narrow passage Friday of an environment bill came with nearly one in five Democrats defecting, and only after supporters from coal-producing and agriculture districts won concessions that eased the impact on business and aggravated some environmentalists. Prospects for the measure remain uncertain in the Senate, even though Democrats hold a 59-40 voting majority." I've been predicting for some...

By Reducing Reaction Time From Hours to Minutes, Carbon Sciences Makes CO2-to-Fuel Process Highly Scalable and Commercially Viable Carbon Sciences (CABN), the developer of a breakthrough technology to recycle carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into gasoline and other fuels, recently announced a significant technical development in reducing the reaction time of its CO2-to-Fuel process from hours to minutes. This achievement dramatically increases the scalability and decreases the costs of...

The Recent Market Correction Provides a Great Opportunity to Buy Green Stocks Stock markets have just have finished a particularly strong quarter – with the S&P 500 Index gaining 15.2% for its best quarter since 1998, the MSCI World Index rising by 19.7% and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index adding 33.6% – but started to lag last month and are trading down in early July. Volume has been declining on rally days and expanding on declining days, which can be construed as bearish...

I’ve definitely heard it all now. [caption id="attachment_1341" align="alignright" width="123" caption="Could carbonized chicken feathers solve the hydrogen storage problem?"][/caption] The technology of storing hydrogen safely and sufficiently has been an ongoing snag for automobile manufacturers. But researchers from the University of Delaware in Newark presented a startling proposition at the 13th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference to solve this conumdrum - using...

Question ... "What is the biggest business in the world?" If you said food, guess again -- it is oil, and last year the industry made $180 billion dollars in profit -- one gallon at a time. Last Friday night, ABC aired a special "20/20" with Charlie Gibson examining America's frightening addiction to oil. If you did not get a chance to see it, here is a link where you can watch it online. It is divided into five parts. It is worth the time. (click here for video) We know the...

Last night, as I was trying to wind down, my brain began to do some of overdrive thingy that tends to happen when its really time for me to go to bed. To relax I usually drink a cup of tea, and get in  bed with a book, or just close my eyes, and listen to the water fountain. But instead of fighting it, I went ahead and did what is natural for my thought process. I took a shower. It seems that because of the heat, and steam, I also tend to relax very well in the shower. Hot water running...

[caption id="attachment_1702" align="alignright" width="271" caption="Kasturba Gandhi Marg to have a "green" parking complex"][/caption] With so much focus on going green, perhaps the next step in green building is the green parking lot. Traditionally the scene of exhaust fumes, oil leaks and reflective heat, Delhi, India will break ground soon on an amazingly eco-friendly alternative. Kasturba Gandhi Marg - site of Delhi's famous circular shopping center - will feature a...

Similar to the Minnesota Twins, who can soon boast the completion of a new LEED-certified baseball stadium, many professional sports organizations and franchises in the U.S. have taken the initiative to be greener and promote sustainability among employees, players, partners and fans. The Pittsburgh Penguins hope to attain LEED Gold certification for their new arena, the Consol Energy Center, which will be considered the greenest sports venue in the U.S. upon completion in 2010. In 2008,...