Carbon Footprint

It’s Getting Ha! in Here: Featuring Aziz Ansari 0
Posted 3 weeks, 4 days ago
Barking up the wrong tree

Dogs Vs. SUVs 0
Posted 4 weeks ago
Ecologists to the rescue

Fixing the bioenergy accounting loophole 2
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago Dan Lashof knows that most people's eyes glaze over whenever "accounting" is mentioned and others tune out when discussion turns to "climate," so the number of people interested in "climate accounting" may be vanishingly small. But climate accounting may not be as obscure as it sounds.
Investors and companies should pay attention to the service industry that’s emerging to meet these massive new demands for information.

You can only manage what you measure 0
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago A decade ago, health-conscious consumers forced manufacturers to list nutritional information on food packages. We’ll soon be able to make buying decisions based on carbon content too - - taming our waistlines and “waste lines” at the same time.
That’s what all of these stories have in common - - profitable ways to cut carbon.

What’s Happening On The Fifth Floor? 1
Posted 2 months ago
The Guardian’s 10:10 climate change campaign 0
Posted 3 months ago
Let's get non-physical

Digital downloads are greener than CDs 1
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
Several studies have looked at the climate impact of internet infrastructure and information technology, and other studies have attempted to compare the relative efficiency of internet retailing vs. traditional bricks-and-mortar stores. A new study takes a different spin on the subject.
Carbon Copies

Child Bearing and Carbon Footprints 0
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago
The not-so-trivial carbon impact of pet ownership

Should Kuba have a puppy? 19
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Kuba is cute! Puppies are cute! Kuba wants a puppy -- how cute! But pets come with carbon impacts attached ... does that mean no puppy? Vote now.
Meatheads

Meat, climate change, and industry tripe 1
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago
A flack from the American Meat Institute recently downplayed meat's contribution to climate change. Tom Philpott sets him straight.
Heating the JP Green House with a hairdryer

The amazing promise and many challenges of passivhaus construction 4
Posted 4 months ago
Imagine a building so energy-efficient that it actually gets dinged by LEED and Energy Star -- you've just imagined passivhaus, and we're putting it into action at the JP Green House.
Standing on Ceremony

Umbra on greening your wedding 11
Posted 2 years, 8 months ago