More than half-a-century of experience exists between these two men, who work for a company that has devoted more than 100 years in finding alternative uses for manufacturing waste, and is a certified carbon-negative manufacturer. (rest at the SC Chamber)
Tucked away in a three-acre former vacant lot in Rosewood between an empty warehouse and an industrial laundry is an odd sight: an organic farm and fish hatchery.
This is no backyard garden. It is a completely sustainable farm – within the city limits. (rest at TheState.com)
Paying for costly ink jet cartridges often ticks off consumers because the expense can quickly exceed the price of the printer. But the machine is useless without them. You can reduce the cost for ink, which is among the priciest liquids you buy at about $5,000 per gallon. Here’s how: (rest at TheState.com)
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. and RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 21 IBM and Consert today announced the completion of smart grid pilot project installations with nearly 100 commercial and residential participants partnering with the Fayetteville Public Works Commission (FPWC) in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The pilot has helped local businesses and residents actively participate in the monitoring and control of their energy usage with savings of up to 40 percent. Rest here …
As usual, Thomas Friedman informs us and makes us think. This time it is about our letting the solar panel industry slip away from the US to other nations. Read the article and then write your Representative and Senator and tell them the US needs to do much more to put solar panels on every roof top.
The most recent local Science Cafe meeting was held at the USC Green Quad Learning Center. You can learn more about the Green Quad at www.greenquadcommunity.org/ The Green Quad Learning Center lobby has a drop off box where they accept Number 5 Polypropylene (PP) plastic containers for recycling. Also, I recently discovered that Publix accepts Number 6 Expanded Polystyrene (PS) foam products (think Styrofoam “clam-shell” dinner boxes and drink cups).
I attended this event last year and I highly recommend it for both the information you can learn and the networking. The conference is hosted by the City of Columbia Climate Protection Action Campaign so naturally the website for more information and registration is www.COCCPAC.com or call 803-545-CPAC (2722).
Fortune Brainstorm: Green – this looks like an excellent conference (link) on April 20-22. Anyone want to sponsor Green4Life attending?
Some folks at the UNC Keenan-Flagler Business School in Chapel Hill have an interesting project going on at the moment. They call it the Sustainable Venture Capital Investment Competition (SVCIC) and it is similar to the parent event, the Venture Capital Investment Competition, except it involves “sustainable” enterprises. Unlike competitions where students pitch their business plans to VC judges, here the students are the “investors” and real entrepreneurs pitch to them. You can learn more at www.SVCIC.org.
Google has announced that its PowerMeter project is in beta. Once it is ready for public use, their PowerMeter tool should give you real-time usage statistics on your home enegy use right on your iGoogle home page.