Crowdsourcing Sustainability: CSX Tomorrow Moves Facebook Contest

by Jeff McIntire-Strasburg on May 6, 2011

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Got a great idea for protecting the environment for tomorrow? Something practical and workable that’s not getting much (or any) discussion… or a new take on an older concept? Rail company CSX wants to know about it. Their Tomorrow Moves Project on Facebook is soliciting ideas — any idea — for protecting the natural world for future generations.

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The World Food Prices Spike Continues (4th Installment)

by Steve Savage May 5, 2011

The FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN) released their global food price index data today showing what happened in April.  Last month there had been a glimmer of hope that the upward price trend was reversing, but as many predicted that was not a trend that continued.  Dairy, Oil and Sugar prices on [...]

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Water Shortages Threaten Food Future in the Arab Middle East

by Earth Policy Institute May 4, 2011

By Lester R. Brown Long after the political uprisings in the Middle East have subsided, many underlying challenges that are not now in the news will remain. Prominent among these are rapid population growth, spreading water shortages, and ever growing food insecurity. In some countries, grain production is now falling as aquifers are depleted. After [...]

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Why We Ever Ate Trans Fats In The First Place

by Steve Savage May 3, 2011

Today I was doing errands and decided to buy a large fry at McDonalds.  I do that occasionally, but I’m always a little disappointed with the flavor.  It was pretty good, but not nearly as tasty as when I bought them as a teenager in the early 1970s.  Each Friday night as I returned from [...]

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Sustainability as Security: Mr. Y’s National Security Narrative

by Jeff McIntire-Strasburg May 2, 2011

No doubt, today’s kind of an odd day to be discussing new thinking on national security, as the US (and much of the world) is celebrating the killing of Osama bin Laden largely through the security infrastructure we’ve built up over the past 60 or so years. But a post from Grist’s Glenn Hurowitz got [...]

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Mormons Open Second Solar Building

by Jeff McIntire-Strasburg April 29, 2011

Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote a post for SUNfiltered on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints’ first solar-powered meetinghouse in Farmington, Utah. That experiment apparently went so well that the Church decided to continue down this path: another meetinghouse built to green standards just opened in Mesa, Arizona.

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The 5 Best Cities for Urban Gardening

by Guest Author April 28, 2011

Going green isn’t something that is for individuals to do in their spare time anymore. It has become a way of life, and whole communities, even large cities, are making huge efforts to be more environmentally conscience. Many cities like Chicago, Boston, and San Francisco are becoming world wide leaders in taking the initiative to [...]

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