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FUEL – Change Your Fuel, Change the World
posted by Gordon Bengtson on 28 July 2009
Cleaning up fuel oil leaked from the tanker Prestige, Biarritz, France (43°40’N, 1°35’E) “Change your fuel, change the world” has been Josh Tickell’s message for decades now. A special screening of the multi-award winning documentary FUEL was hosted by Green Earth Media in downtown Honolulu at the Neal S Blaisdell Concert Hall. I was one of hundreds who [...]
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The Living Roof
posted by Gordon Bengtson on 27 July 2009
Gardens of the Château de Villandry, Indre-et-Loire Department, France (47°20’N, 0°30’E). At the University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Leyla Cabugos has been working on a “Green Roof Experiment.” When most people hear the term “Green Roof” they most likely associate it with solar panels or some sort of new “green” technology to increase energy efficiency. Well, this kind [...]
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Global Warming and Climate Change: Political, Economic or Environmental
posted by Gordon Bengtson on 01 July 2009
Political, economic or environmental: these three areas are different ways to look at the occurrence of climate change From a political standpoint we can see it as a sticking point for different parties and concerned organizations. Some will say that socialism and communism harbor themselves in the environmental movement or is a threat to political freedoms [...]
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Native Hawaiian Perspectives on Renewable Energy Development
posted by Gordon Bengtson on 27 June 2009
“Aloha” is not just a greeting in Hawaii, it’s a core value instilled in the Hawaiian people and culture. It speaks to a rich tradition of caring for the people and the land that makes up the islands. Caring was the broader context of the discussion at University of Hawaii called “Native Hawaiian Perspectives on Renewable [...]
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100 Mile Diet
posted by Gordon Bengtson on 17 June 2009
We are still in the infancy of this revolution. As I have discussed in previous posts we all need to start making individual changes on a regular basis. You want to do your part, but how? Are you still struggling with how to initiate this change? Well, I recently stumbled across an interesting challenge that encourages a [...]
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Sustainable Capitalism, The “Green Lining” in the Recession
posted by Gordon Bengtson on 08 June 2009
Spire of the Chrysler Building, New York, United States (N 40°45’ – W 73°59’) We are all being affected by the recession. The economic downturn is felt up and down the social ladder and across the globe. From individuals and families to corporations and countries—we are all “tightening our belts.” The crisis has created a significant [...]
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How Are You Going to Save the World?
posted by Gordon Bengtson on 22 April 2009
Sustainability, in my opinion, is the ability to provide a brighter tomorrow without sacrificing the needs of today. A way that we can upgrade without degrading something else. Fundamental in my version of sustainability is progress. We should be better off tomorrow than we were today because of what we learned.
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