Posted tagged ‘carbon footprint’
October 29, 2010
By Olivia H. Farr Senior Vice President, Bedford 2020 The Bedford 2020 Coalition (B2020) is a private nonprofit, representing over 120 local partner organizations, formed in December 2009 to play a leadership role in the Town of Bedford, NY’s efforts to become a sustainable community. B2020 is charged by the town with assisting [...]
Categories: Advocacy, business, climate change, climate education, Climate Science, Community Action, Energy Efficiency, Global Warming, Green House Gas Emissions, local energy, Renewable energy, Research and Development, Solutions, sustainability
Tags: "Summit in a Box", B2020, Bedford Climate Action Plan, Bedford Environmental Summit, carbon footprint, Carbon Management, clean air-cool planet, climate change, climate change solutions, Community Catalyst Fund, Community Planning, Energy Efficiency, environmentalism, global warming, Local Energy Committees, NYSERDA, sustainability, The Bedford 2020 Coalition
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October 27, 2010
Gray Is Green and the Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut (AASCC) have partnered to help spread the concepts and practices of sustainable living to retirement communities and senior housing centers in Connecticut.
Categories: Advocacy, Carbon Management, climate change, climate education, Climate Science, Community Action, environment, green jobs, New Generation, sustainability
Tags: AASCC, Agency of Aging, Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut, carbon footprint, Carbon Management, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, climate change, climate change solutions, Community Catalyst Fund, Community Planning, Connecticut, Connecticut Continuing Care Retirement Association, Dan Peerless, Energy Efficiency, environmentalism, global warming, Gray is Green, green jobs, Green Teams, New Haven, Programs of National Significance, retired, retirement communities, senior citizens, senior housing centers, sustainability
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October 20, 2010
By Jennifer Andrews Director of Program Planning and Coordination, Clean Air-Cool Planet CA-CP achieved a milestone last week with the unveiling of the new online CHEFS tool, in Denver, at the annual campus sustainability conference hosted by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). CHEFS, or Charting Emissions from Food [...]
Categories: Campus Climate Action, Carbon Management, Climate, climate change, climate education, Climate Science, Community Action, composting, Energy Efficiency, environment, Food, Global Warming, local energy, organic food, Planning, Recycling, Research and Development, Solutions, student climate action, sustainability, waste
Tags: AASHE, ARAMARK, Campus Carbon Calculator™, Campus Climate Action, campus sustainability, carbon footprint, Carbon Management, Charting Emissions from Food Services, CHEFS, Claire Roby, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, climate change, climate change solutions, Community Planning, community supported agriculture, Energy Efficiency, environmentalism, Food, food and climate, foodprint, free webinar, global warming, green business, Jennifer Andrews, Local Energy Committees, New York University, sustainability
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October 7, 2010
By Bob Sheppard CA-CP CFO and vice president of the Corporate Program, Clean Air-Cool Planet Two weeks ago one of the presenters at a forum we co-sponsored in Concord NH, mentioned a sobering reality about the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: Many of those killed or injured are not traditional battlefield causalities, but [...]
Categories: business, Carbon Management, Climate, Energy Efficiency, fossil fuels, Fuel Efficiency, Green House Gas Emissions, Renewable energy, Solutions, transportation, Uncategorized
Tags: Afghanistan, Air Force, Army, biofuels, Bob Sheppard, carbon footprint, climate change solutions, Energy Efficiency, energy efficient, fuel, fuel transport, global warming, Iraq, Joseph James, Khyber Pass, Marines, Navy, New York Times, Pakistan, PV solar panels, Ray Mabus, renewable energy, renewable energy sources, solar power, sustainability, UNH
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September 17, 2010
As the national interest in acting to curb global warming wanes and Mother Nature picks up steam, the divide widens.
Categories: Arctic, Climate, Climate Change Skeptics, Climate Science, Energy Efficiency, False Solutions to Climate Change, Food, Green House Gas Emissions, Policy, sea ice, sustainability
Tags: Arctic, arctic warming, carbon footprint, Carbon Management, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, climate change, climate change solutions, climate policy, coral bleaching, Democrats, Energy Efficiency, environmentalism, EPA CAA, False Solutions to Climate Change, food and climate, Fox news, global warming, global warming skeptics, GOP, hurricanes, Jay RockeFeller, Mid-term elections, NASA GISS, Republicans, sea ice, Senetor, surface temperature, sustainability, weather and climate
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September 2, 2010
Read about Saratoga Springs’ CFL Community Challenge and their positive reduction in carbon and energy use, funding helped by Clean Air-Cool Planet (www.localfunds.org).
Categories: Carbon Management, Climate, Climate Science, Community Action, Energy Efficiency, Fundraising, Global Warming, Planning, Research and Development, Solutions
Tags: Allerdice Hardware, CA-CP, carbon footprint, Carbon Management, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, CO2, Community Catalyst Fund, Community CFL Challenge, Community Planning, David Gershon, Energy Efficiency, environmental footprint, Fundraising, Local Energy Committees, Local Living Guide, NY, Saratoga Springs, sustainability, Sustainability Challenge Working Committee, Wylie Brown
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August 9, 2010
By Ben Lake Climate Fellow, Clean Air-Cool Planet Ben Lake, a recent graduate of Bowdoin College and a resident of Portland, Maine, is a Clean Air-Cool Planet Climate Fellow this summer. He is working on Municipal Energy Efficiency and Cooperative Purchasing Planning with municipalities in the Greater Portland Council of Governments to [...]
Categories: Advocacy, Arctic, Climate, Climate Change Skeptics, climate education, Climate Science, environment, fossil fuels, Fuel Efficiency, Global Warming, Recycling, sustainability, travel, waste
Tags: Arctic, arctic warming, California, carbon footprint, Carbon Management, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, climate change solutions, climate fellows, CO2, Donner Pass, environmentalism, global warming, H-J Atlanta International, Minarets, Northern Sierras, recycle, Sierras, snow, snowfields, sustainability, transportation, waste, weather and climate
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August 2, 2010
By Julie Munro Climate Fellow, Clean Air-Cool Planet Julie Munro is working with Claire Roby in Oklahoma on Charting Emissions from Food Services (CHEFS) and Greening Tulsa. A new graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., she was “very active in campaigning for campus sustainability and I helped to establish a community garden, farmers’ [...]
Categories: Advocacy, Carbon Management, Climate Science, Energy Efficiency, Food, Global Warming, green jobs, Media, Research and Development, sustainability
Tags: carbon footprint, Carbon Management, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, climate change solutions, climate fellows, corporate carbon emissions, Energy Efficiency, environmentalism, Fat Tire, Fat Tire Beer, food and climate, global warming, green business, life cycle assessment, New Belgium Beer, New Belgium Brewery, Pepsi, sustainability, The Climate Conservancy, Tropicana Orange Juice, Walmart
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July 2, 2010
By Julie Munro Climate Fellow, Clean Air-Cool Planet Julie Munro is working with Claire Roby in Oklahoma on Charting Emissions from Food Services (CHEFS) and Greening Tulsa. A new graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., she was “very active in campaigning for campus sustainability and I helped to establish a community garden, [...]
Categories: Campus Climate Action, Carbon Management, Climate, climate education, Community Action, environment, Food, Gardening/horticulture, Research and Development, sustainability
Tags: carbon footprint, carbon impact, Carbon Management, Charting Emissions from Food Services, CHEFS, clean air-cool planet, climate fellows, Community Planning, community supported agriculture, corporate carbon emissions, environmentalism, farming, Food, food and climate, food production, food system, garden, institutional dining services, LCA, life cycle assessment, life cycle perspective, South Side Community Land Trust, sustainability, United States Department of Agriculture, vegetable garden
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June 28, 2010
By Bob Sheppard CFO and Vice President of the Corporate Program, Clean Air-Cool Planet Forward-looking businesses understand that the world is changing and they need to work hard to stay ahead of the curve embracing innovative solutions and tapping into exciting opportunities as they develop. That was the take-away from the recent Corporate Citizenship [...]
Categories: Carbon Management, climate education, Community Action, Energy Efficiency, environment, Fuel Efficiency, Global Warming, Gulf Coast, oil spill, Planning, Research and Development, Solutions, sustainability
Tags: BP, carbon footprint, Carbon Management, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, climate change solutions, corporate carbon emissions, Energy Efficiency, environmentalism, Fuel Efficiency, global warming, green business, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Local Energy Committees, Poland Springs, Staples, sustainability
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