It is hard to believe. The Kyoto Protocol is 15 years old now. The Rio Earth Summit took place in 1992. And it is 24 years since the original Toronto climate conference at which industrialised nations like New Zealand first pledged to start cutting CO2 emissions.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Kaiser Gets Green With Safter IV Equipment
Kaiser Permanente is shifting to IV equipment that is free of the industrial chemicals PVC and DEHP in the latest move by the health care giant to green its medical supply chain. The change in purchasing practices, announced this morning, means that Kaiser will no longer buy intravenous solution bags -- the ubiquitous pouches that hold medicine and other fluids for patients -- that are made with polyvinyl chloride and di-2-ethyl hexyl phthalate, substances commonly used in plastics. Kaiser also is turning to DEHP-free IV tubing.
Green Medical Products Address Health Concerns
When patients are admitted to a hospital, they expect to be treated in an environment that helps people heal. They might be surprised to learn that hospitals across the U.S. use products and materials that contain industrial chemicals that can potentially do more harm than good.
Social Intrapreneurs And Green Projects
You decide to attempt an ascent of Mt. Sustainability with a social impact project -- now you just have to figure out when and how. If you're not just waiting for the clouds to open up, Monty Python-style, with the voice of some higher power to send you on your quest, how do you get the project off the ground?
A Low Carbon Diet for Women's Health and Fitness
The world is big place, but it’s starting to feel the strain of sustaining us. Alex Mellas from Women's Health and Fitness cuts down your footprint with the low carbon diet Every year the average Australian household produces 14 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year; that’s 20 per cent of our total carbon emissions. Fortunately, there is a new diet to help us slim down and cut the carbon. About the diet: The low carbon diet is designed to limit our individual greenhouse emissions by cutting down on carbon-heavy foods. Favorites, like red meat and dairy, produce the highest amounts and should to be eaten in moderation. Environmental scientist for Carbon Neutral Ben Reay believes implementing the diet is simply a matter of balancing your time and learning to cook creatively. “If you learn a few vegetarian combinations, or use a meat substitute, you can have a tasty option that is at least 60 per cent better for the environment.”
Green Branding with Guerrilla Marketing | GreenBiz.com
CROPP, now the largest cooperative for organic farmers in the United States, planted its stakes 24 years ago during an agriculture recession that drove thousands of family farms into bankruptcy.
Fuel - A Journey to recovery from our addiction to oil
Director Josh Tickell takes us along for his 11 year journey around the world to find solutions to America's addiction to oil. A shrinking economy, a failing auto industry, rampant unemployment, an out-of-control national debt, and an insatiable demand for energy weigh heavily on all of us. Fuel shows us the way out of the mess we're in by explaining how to replace every drop of oil we now use, while creating green jobs and keeping our money here at home. The film never dwells on the negative, but instead shows us the easy solutions already within our reach.
BP Say Renewables to Outpace Fossil Fuels
BP has confirmed renewables will remain the fastest growth sector in the global energy market over the next two decades. However, it has also warned that, without major technological breakthroughs, the roll-out of green technologies will fail to deliver net reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
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