Tag: "carbon footprint"

Five Environmental Resolutions for the New Year

Five Environmental Resolutions for the New Year

I’m kind of a sucker for New Year’s resolutions. Here are my environmental resolutions for 2011.

 
Jennifer Skene

Post on Jan 03, 2011 by

Science Event Picks: The Low Carbon Diet, August 9 and 10

Science Event Picks: The Low Carbon Diet, August 9 and 10

Most Americans have room to cut their carbon *food*print by 25%. Not easily done, but luckily we have help in the Bay Area. Check out these 2 upcoming events.

 
Kishore Hari

Post on Aug 06, 2009 by

Reporter's Notes: Tracking Carbon through Your Cell Phone

Reporter's Notes: Tracking Carbon through Your Cell Phone

"Do I get to keep the phone?"

Not exactly the environmentally-conscious line of thinking that organizers were hoping for, but understandable for those high-schoolers holding a brand new, latest version of the Nokia in their hands.

 
David Gorn

Post on Mar 06, 2009 by

Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger

Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger

The more I examine our lifestyle, the more I find that it has an impact on the environment equal to, if not greater than, that of our technology.

 
Jim Gunshinan

Post on Sep 05, 2008 by

Reporter's Notes: Eating a Low-Carbon Diet

Reporter's Notes: Eating a Low-Carbon Diet

Not everyone would be excited about a box of 16 pounds of meat. But for the members of the Bay Area Meat CSA, the enthusiasm was off the charts. I took part in their spring share this year, where member of the CSA receive a monthly box of pork, poultry, lamb and beef from local [...]

 
Lauren Sommer

Post on Jun 13, 2008 by

Mapping Our Carbon Footprints

Mapping Our Carbon Footprints

Your house may not be your biggest contributer to global warming. Credit: Jim Gunshinan. My focus in this blog had been on green homes, but there are other areas of our lives that account for our total carbon footprint–how much carbon we are responsible for adding to the atmosphere–a measure of our contribution to global [...]

 
Jim Gunshinan

Post on May 02, 2008 by

Cashing in on Carbon

Cashing in on Carbon

When football fans tune in on Super Bowl Sunday next weekend, they'll be watching a greener Super Bowl, according to the NFL. Demand for carbon credits is booming, with companies from Dell Computer to Enterprise Rent-a-Car offering their customers offsets with their purchases. But critics are concerned that consumers don't know what they're buying – [...]

 
Lauren Sommer

Post on Jan 24, 2008 by