Tuesday, November 23, 2004

[Grants] National Wildlife Federation's Schoolyard Habitats Program The National Wildlife Federation's Schoolyard Habitats Program provides grants of $250 for educators and educational organizations interested in creating or revitalizing wildlife habitats on school grounds or on land near educational organizations. Prospective projects should reflect the goals of the Schoolyard Habitats Program, including the four components for wildlife: food, water, cover, and places to raise young. Educators at public and private schools and educational organizations throughout the U.S. are eligible to apply. Applications are accepted throughout the year and reviewed at the beginning of each month. [Source: Grantstattion.com] 11:04:43 AM Google It!    [Green Chemistry] Green chemistry takes root A new kind of chemical revolution is brewing, 150 years after the first one transformed modern life with a host of conveniences. This 21st-century revolution — called green chemistry — is a reaction to the environmental and economic costs that often are the dark underbelly of such a transformation. [Source: USA Today] 11:01:36 AM Google It!    [Electronics Waste] Federal Agencies Commit to Environmental Stewardship of Electronic Assets The White House and 11 federal departments and agencies have committed to advance the federal government's electronics stewardship goals and practices. The Executive Office of the President, Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Interior, Justice, Transportation, Veterans Affairs, Environmental Protection Agency, and General Services Administration, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop and promote common strategies for using environmentally sustainable technologies and practices to improve the quality, performance, and environmental management of federal electronic assets throughout their life cycle. 11:00:21 AM Google It!    [Green Products] New Razor Has Environmental Edge A leading environmental consumer products company has introduced the first environment-friendly alternative to the disposable razor. Recycline’s new Preserve Razor Recyclable is now available to natural product retailers and distributors throughout the U.S. 10:59:08 AM Google It!    [Corporate Sustainability] New Eco-Friendly Printing Service Combines Quality with Sustainability GreenerPrinter.com, a new environmentally friendly printing service, offers businesses the first online, certified “green” printer to ship products in a “climate-neutral” way -- having a zero-net impact on the earth’s climate. GreenerPrinter.com combines environmental responsibility with high-quality, cost-effective products, and is a partnership between GreenBiz.com, the premier online resource center on business, the environment and the bottom line, and Tulip Graphics, a full-service graphics production services company. 10:58:13 AM Google It!    [Automobile Industry] Green & Mean Forget about those puny gas sippers. The hybrid in your future is all about hot-rod horsepower. How carmakers are re-engineering the clean machine. [Source: Newsweek] 10:56:56 AM Google It!    [Environmental Research] $4 Million in grants to research environmental impact of nanotechnology The U.S. EPA has awarded grants to 12 universities to investigate the potential health and environmental impacts of nanomaterials which are unusually small synthetically-made particles that are measured in billionths of a meter (nanometers). Nanotechnology allows scientists to work at the molecular level, atom by atom, to create materials and structures with fundamentally new functions and characteristics. 10:55:23 AM Google It!    [Green Building] First Green Building Guide for Hospitals Released With the health care sector in the midst of a major construction boom, a new tool has arrived to aid hospitals in their efforts to build facilities that are healthy for people and the environment. The Green Guide for Health Care -- released online at http://www.gghc.org -- is the first-ever green building best-practices guide created specifically for the health care sector. 10:51:27 AM Google It!    [Air Quality] Energy efficiency, cleaners can create indoor air pollution With the use of central air conditioning and heating, humidifiers for moisture and plug-in air fresheners to mimic outdoor scents, today's homeowners can insulate themselves from the great outdoors and recycle the atmosphere they desire. But when it comes to the quality of air inside the home, these self-contained universes can create health problems for residents. [Source: White Plains (NY) Journal News] 10:34:29 AM Google It!    [Climate Change] Factories adapting to Kyoto standards U.S. companies including General Motors Corp., DuPont Co. and Xerox Corp. are cutting carbon dioxide emissions to remain competitive in European countries that have adopted Kyoto Protocol limits rejected by President Bush. [Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette] 10:32:38 AM Google It!    [Energy Efficiency] 'Cool roofs' take heat better than shingles  In Florida's hot climate, researchers have found that a white reflective tile or metal roof can cut down on your space-cooling costs by 20 percent or more. Danny Parker, a researcher at the Florida Solar Energy Center who has been studying the effects of roofs on energy use for more than a decade, says that the higher cost of tile or metal roofs shouldn't scare people away from choosing them for their homes. [Source: Bradenton (FL) Herald] 10:31:20 AM Google It!    [Alternative Energy] More wind, solar power on the way By the year 2020, 18 percent of Pennsylvania's energy will have to come from alternative sources - such as wind, solar and waste coal - under a bill passed Saturday night by the House and Senate. Gov. Ed Rendell made passing the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act one of his top priorities in the legislative session that ended early this morning. [The Intelligencer (Upper/Central Bucks & Montgomery Counties, PA)] 10:28:50 AM Google It!    [Green Building] Take virtual tour of energy-efficient house for money-saving ideas Today, we're going to tour an energy-saving virtual home, but the home can be yours if you follow the advice.The key lesson from this Web site is that you need to take a whole-house approach to energy efficiency rather than making a few improvements. All the parts of your home interact to form a complete system. [Source: Charlotte Observer] 10:20:51 AM Google It!    [Schools] Lewisville ISD: Students' legwork saves space in landfills Twelve-year-old Holly Kinser knew her environment needed her – the proof was in the ecology club posters plastered in the hallways of her Flower Mound campus. So the McKamy Middle School seventh-grader set out with a wagon to travel her neighborhood, asking for old telephone books to recycle as part of a districtwide program. [Source: Dallas Morning News] 10:15:40 AM Google It!    [Schools] Science Teacher Sparks Solar Dreams It took more than a 1 kW photovoltaic system to make Jane Douglass eligible for the Renewable Energy Teacher Award. It took the fifth and sixth grade students at Basalt Middle School to help install the system, and Solar Energy International (SEI) to nominate Douglass for the award because of her efforts to teach the students about renewable energy. 10:11:03 AM Google It!    [Solvents] American Solvent's Council Publishes Safety Guide on Flammable Oxygenated and Hydrocarbon Solvents As part of its product stewardship program to promote the safe and environmentally responsible use of solvents down the supply chain, the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC) American Solvents Council (Council) has published a technical guide, “Working with Modern Hydrocarbon and Oxygenated Solvents: A Guide to Flammability,” that provides information about the safe use of those oxygenated and hydrocarbon solvents that can pose flammability hazards. [ChemAlliance Environmental News] 9:49:11 AM Google It!    [Great Lakes] Great Lakes Region Ponders How to Keep Its Precious Waters Safe When a Canadian company floated the idea of hauling Lake Superior water aboard huge tankers to parched sections of Asia, the reaction hereabouts resembled the fury of the region's infamous November gales. [ENN Water Channel] 9:46:14 AM Google It!    [Environmental Information] EPA builds a better search Source: FCW A keyword search in the Environmental Protection Agency's Web pages used to yield a mishmash of results. Typing, say, "water quality" in the search engine might have returned links to high-level overviews of water quality issues or to documents that merely mentioned water quality. 'The relevancy ranking of our search engine couldn't really say, 'Here's a general thing about water quality that could get you started,' said Richard Huffine, program manager for the EPA's National Library Network. So EPA officials modified the search engine." - gary [ResourceShelf] 9:45:16 AM Google It!    [Alternative Energy] Green Plus Helps Taxi Drivers in London Lower Emissions and Save Fuel London's famous diesel "black cabs" are now running cleaner and more economically thanks to the addition of Green Plus in their fuel. Biofriendly Corporation and its sister company in Europe, Green Plus Limited, announced that they have received a letter of endorsement from British Clean Fuels, a fuel company in London known for its service to taxis in London. Green Plus is a liquid fuel combustion catalyst that can be added to diesel, gasoline, marine and other fuels. [ENN Press News] 9:42:17 AM Google It!    [Corporate Sustainability] Sustainable Leadership Awards Announced at CoreNet Global Summit A Seattle building materials maker, a New York neighborhood and a Kansas City design firm are winners of this year's Sustainable Leadership Awards, presented by CoreNet Global at their Global Summit meeting in San Antonio in conjunction with International Interior Design Association and the American Institute of Architects. [ENN Press News] 9:41:19 AM Google It!

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