Posted by Brandi Colander in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
As state level energy efficiency initiatives and legislation crop up throughout the country, and federal energy and climate legislation looms, we are noticing new approaches to ratcheting down demand and scaling up energy efficiency occurring city by city. Effective June...
Posted by Brandi Colander in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Far too often, we hear cries of NIMBY: NOT IN MY BACKYARD! Well, with the recent birth of IOBY: environmental action is fostered and encouraged to occur precisely IN OUR BACKYARDS! ioby.org (pronounced eye-OH-be) enables you to support neighborhood level...
Posted by Brandi Colander in Environmental Justice , Green Enterprise , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy , Solving Global Warming
Often overlooked, the agricultural sector is particularly sensitive to fluctuating energy costs and demands. Take California for example, it takes 4% of the state's electricity in order to produce, process, and store approximately 200 food and fiber crops. There is...
Posted by Brandi Colander in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment
Yesterday NRDC had an exclusive screening with Josh Tickell (Director) and Rebecca Harrell (Producer) of the film FUEL at our headquarters in New York City. This film is an honest account of the opportunities and challenges we face individually...
