Today is America Recycles Day. The Environmental Protection Agency has prepared helpful information for businesses to help us recycle more and waste less. Three areas for action are particularly important for small businesses: the first is green procurement policies. Large enterprises are…
Developing Benchmarks for the Sendai Framework
A third and final round of meetings is underway this week in Geneva to agree to benchmarks of success of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, a fifteen-year agreement reached by the international community. Sendai is the successor to the…
Affordable Electric Vehicles
The costs of electric vehicles, or EV’s, is coming down as batteries are becoming more powerful and less expensive. The technological innovation in batteries as well as the offerings of new consumer buying groups are making electric vehicles more affordable.…
More Affordable Way to Drive Green
Local electric vehicle (“EV”) buyer’s groups offer significant discounts (as much as $10,000 off the manufacturer’s suggested retail price) on the purchase of select models of EV’s. Switching from a gasoline-powered to an EV can significantly reduce your household or…
The French Perspective
TV5 Monde, the French television channel available on U.S. cable, had an excellent short program about disasters in California. Television news media tends to cover stories with engaging visuals; hurricanes provide dramatic visual images of homes underwater and high winds.…