Archive for August 2015

Water Management is Big Business: Carrots and Sticks

August 31, 2015 Add Comment Edit

A wide range of companies are responding to the growing demand for responsible water stewardship. This includes products like software, printing, and decontamination. There are also powerful disincentives that encourage responsible water manage water management. The number of companies that see...

Event - Green California Schools & Community Colleges Summit and Exposition

August 31, 2015 Add Comment Edit

The 9th annual Green California Schools & Community Colleges Summit and Exposition will be held October 29 - 31, 2015, at the Pasadena Convention Center 300 East Green Street in Pasadena California. The Green Market Oracle is once again proud to be an outreach partner for this important event.This...

August 30, 2015 Add Comment Edit

The 3rd Annual International Conference on Sustainable Development on September 23-24, 2015, at Columbia University in NYC. This year’s conference theme is “Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Getting Started.” The aim of the conference is to identify and share practical, evidence-based...

Middlebury Institute’s IEP Program: Focused on Today’s Sustainability Issues (Video)

August 29, 2015 Add Comment Edit

Middlebury Institute’s International Environmental Policy degree program is designed to attract students who want to play a part in setting international agendas for worldwide sustainability issues and initiatives. To learn more click here. _________________________________________ Make sure to see...

Expanded Water Tool Reveals the Actual and Future Risks and Costs (Videos)

August 29, 2015 Add Comment Edit

An expanded version of a tool has just been released that provides actionable information to help businesses manage their water risks. It obvious to everyone, including businesses that water is a finite resource that is in growing demand. It is becoming increasingly evident that water is a strategic...

A Brief History of Responsible Water Stewardship at Nestlé

August 28, 2015 Add Comment Edit

Responsible water management is a critical issue for Nestlé and their stakeholders. In recent years the company has made great strides in water efficiency and stewardship. This is important with more than a third (38 percent) of their factories situated in water-stressed regions.While Nestlé now claims...

Obama Ignores Jindal and Talks About Climate Change 10 Years after Katrina

August 28, 2015 Add Comment Edit

President Obama was in New Orleans on Thursday to mark the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, but he did not heed Gov. Bobby Jindal's warnings to avoid the topic of climate change. Since the devastation that occurred on August 29th 2005, the city has undergone massive reconstruction, however,...

Sustainable Systems Management Degree from the University of Minnesota

August 27, 2015 Add Comment Edit

A new program has been created that is designed to prepare students for the vast number of green jobs that are now available. To reflect the increasing importance of sustainability, the University of Minnesota has recently changed the curriculum and renamed the Bioproducts Marketing and Management...

Sustainable Communities: Public Works (Infographic)

August 27, 2015 Add Comment Edit

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Performance Contracting Offers Water and Energy Savings for Schools and Governments

August 26, 2015 Add Comment Edit

A new report suggests that western public school schools and government facilities can reduce energy and water usage and save vast sums of money by using performance contracting. The western states covered in the report are Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming. Performance...

President Obama's New Renewable Energy Initiatives

August 26, 2015 Add Comment Edit

At the start of a national climate and energy tour President Obama has outlined plans to further his efforts to move the US away from fossil fuels and towards renewables. These plans include support for distributed energy and home based efficiency. The first stop of his tour brought him to Nevada,...

Water is a Key to Sustainable Development

August 25, 2015 Add Comment Edit

The theme of World Water Week 2015, (August 23-28) is "Water for Development." This year's theme is crucially important issue as water is central to development issues around the world. There can be no sustainable development, nor can we hope to eradicate poverty in the absence of a keen focus on water.The...

Free Sustainable Water Management Software for Universities

August 24, 2015 Add Comment Edit

Water and wastewater modeling software is now available for free to students and professors at universities around the world. The GIS-centric water and wastewater modeling software is a special student edition of both InfoWater and InfoSWMM. The software address every facet water management and protection....

Water Purication for Developing Countries (Infographic)

August 24, 2015 Add Comment Edit

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Event - Colorado Green Schools Initiative September Meeting

August 23, 2015 Add Comment Edit

This meeting will take place on September 16, 2015, from 7:30 AM MDT to 9:00 AM MDT at The Alliance Center, 1536 Wynkoop St, Denver, Colorado CO 80202. This is one of several meetings planned, these meetings are free for all to attend. AgendaGreen Apple Day of Service: Green Apple is a global movement...

Event - Water for Development: World Water Week 2015

August 23, 2015 Add Comment Edit

The United Nations' World Water Week, takes place on August 23-28, 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden. The theme for this years Word Water Week event is "Water for Development." This annual event is designed to bring awareness to the globe’s water issues. While the event is taking place in Sweden, people around...

Chemical Plant Explosion in Shandong China (Video)

August 23, 2015 Add Comment Edit

On August 22 another chemical plant exploded in China. This follows the explosion at a Chinese chemical plant in Tianjin on August 14. The two blasts were a bit more than a week apart and they occurred just a few hundred miles from each other. The August 22 explosion took place in Zibo city in Shandong...

Underwater Pipeline Breaks and Catches Fire in Moscow (Video)

August 22, 2015 Add Comment Edit

A pipeline belonging to Gazprom Neft burst and caught fire in the Moscow River on Wednesday August 12. Local news agencies reported that one child and two adults suffered burns from the incident. This amateur footage from the Guardian shows a large oil fire on the surface of the Moscow river....

The Water Crisis and Development: World Water Week 2015 (Video)

August 22, 2015 Add Comment Edit

The scarcity of clean water in certain places around the world is one of the most daunting challenges in the world today. Each day almost 1000 children under 5 die from diarrhoea caused by contaminated water. More than 2.4 billion people – a third of all humanity – have no access to sanitation. And...

Educational Tool Assesses Scientific Veracity of Online Content

August 21, 2015 Add Comment Edit

An educational tool has been developed that can assess the veracity of climate related online content. The resource helps to separate fact from fiction in the complex world of climate science to the general public. This tool is an ideal companion for those engaged in climate education. The resource...

US Proposals to Cut Methane and Other Pollutants

August 21, 2015 Add Comment Edit

As an extension of his Climate Action Plan President Obama through the EPA has announced a series of proposals that will reduce methane and other harmful emissions. While there are there are already some voluntary programs to reduce methane emissions, the EPA has proposed new regulations that will...

Colorado Parents Support Green Initiatives in Schools

August 20, 2015 Add Comment Edit

Parents in Colorado support green values and want to support environmental initiatives in their children's schools. This was the finding in a 2014 survey by the Colorado Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).In addition to support for a range of green school initiatives the results of...

Global Temperature Data Underscores the Urgency of Climate Action

August 20, 2015 Add Comment Edit

A large and growing body of evidence reveals that the Earth is getting warmer. Month after month, year after year, we are seeing above average global temperatures. Heat waves are smashing records all around the world. July 2015 was no exception even by the standards of a warming world. July is traditionally...

August 19, 2015 Add Comment Edit

New York University (NYU) has an energy efficiency and renewable energy certificate program for experienced business professionals. The Clean Start program provides a comprehensive background for those who want to start a company or switch careers. The classes are part time and take place in the evenings...

El Niño and Global Warming are Locked in a Feedback Loop

August 19, 2015 Add Comment Edit

Planetary warming is caused by El Niño and warming in turn increases the likelihood of an extreme El Niño event. Current warming can be largely attributed to El Niño and this effect will increase as the climate warms. Research reveals that rising concentrations of anthropogenic greenhouse gases are...