In line with our activities to fully integrate this blog to the web 2.0 communities on the internet, we’ve recently established our own bookmarking site called Green Options to put together in one convenient location all the latest and the best recycling and environmental stories published across the web. Powered by Corank, users of the site can submit their own handpicked stories and vote all submitted articles up or down.
Here’s a digest of some of the top stories submitted under the Environment category at Green Options:
Back in college, a few years ago, my model for the perfect environment-friendly lifestyle was the Walden Pond of Henry David Thoreau. Far from the bustling metropolis and in close communion with nature, nothing could be greener, or so I thought.
Boulder, CO – Four wilderness lovers and conservation professionals from England, Canada and the U.S., calling themselves “The Jaguars,” departed Albuquerque, New Mexico on the afternoon of October 27, 2009, on a motorcycle odyssey to Merida, Mexico to attend WILD9, the 9th World Wilderness Congress, which runs from Nov. 6 – 13, 2009.
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) successfully launched its Ares I-X rocket Wednesday, October 28, 2009 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spectacular test flight lasted for 6 minutes from launch to splashdown (of the rocket’s booster stage) 150 miles downstream.
The No Impact Experiment or No Impact Week begins today October 18, 2009 and will run for 8 days until Sunday, October 25th. Are you ready to do the experiment?
Sigourney Weaver’s article at Huffington Post about her latest movie, a documentary called Acid Test, is quite frankly a sobering read. Produced by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and originally aired on Discovery Planet Green, Acid Test is a groundbreaking documentary focusing on the rapid acidification of our oceans. She says scientists are “freaked out” by this problem, I am and you will be, too, after watching the film.
I came across the inspiring story of William Kamkwamba, African inventor and co-author of The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind, a few days ago on Twitter. Since then, I couldn’t stop thinking about the difficulties and disadvantages this man faced trying to put his idea into reality in his village in Malawi, Africa.
Last year, we were all thrilled by the introduction of the innovative Mcgyan® Biodiesel Process to produce biodiesel. Today, Nick Chambers at Gas 2.0, reports that the developers of the process, Ever Cat Fuels, has just opened its biodiesel plant in Isanti, Minnesota capable of producing 3 million gallons (MGY) of diesel fuel every year, possibly increasing output to 33 MGY in the next 3 years.
One of our more popular stories last week was about China taking the leadership on renewables development and overtaking the United States as the world’s largest clean energy market. We waited for an answer and it wasn’t long in coming. Who else would take the cudgels for the US but our own energy capital, the Lone Star state, Texas.
Monday, October 5, 2009, is World Habitat Day 2009. The United Nations has designated the first Monday of October to be World Habitat Day and in view of the recent natural calamities that devastated some countries in South East Asia and the Pacific, leaving thousands of people homeless, this is our chance to really make a difference.
