by Josh Turchin | Nov 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
SAN DIEGO — A compromise has been reached in the eight-year legal battle regarding the Sycamore Landfill’s future expansion.The city of Santee was suing the city of San Diego claiming San Diego was using Santee as its dumping ground. Trash mounted up so...
by Josh Turchin | Nov 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
Meghalayas\’ Living Bridge
by Josh Turchin | Nov 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
Since 2005, Patagonia has taken bake 45 tons of clothing for recycling through its Common Threads program. I’m a huge fan of Patagonia, from the brand’s warm outerwear and comfortable and stylish yoga clothing, to its concern about fair labor practices and its...
by Josh Turchin | Oct 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
EarthTalk: Deposits on Beverage Containers Monday, October 31, 2011 :: Staff infoZine Dear EarthTalk: Why don’t more states mandate deposits on beverage bottles as incentives for people to return them? Most bottles I’ve seen only list a few states on them. –...
by Josh Turchin | Oct 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
by David Groves Many of us remember the first time we were introduced to the blue bin. Depending on where you lived in the late 1980s or 1990s, a curbside recycling program was probably established in your municipality (unless you’re still waiting for one). We...
by Josh Turchin | Oct 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
I hope everyone has read Kees Van Der Leun’s post about the rapidly falling cost of solar PV. I want to draw out one quick point that Kees leaves implicit. He argues that PV will be the cheapest source of electricity for most of the world some time around 2018,...
Recent Comments