Archive for June, 2008
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Obama: Renewable Energy in Nevada
Tonight, a good friend sent this article about Obama’s vision for making Nevada a major renewable energy producer. I went to high school in Nevada up at Lake Tahoe, and I still visit my family there whenever I have the opportunity. It is great to hear that Obama, who Strive for green is enthusiastically rooting [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Eco Politics, Living Beyond Oil, Renewables by Nicholaus Harris
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Rethinking Plastics at the Berkeley Ecology Center
Tonight I went to an event at the Berkeley Ecology Center called “Rethinking Plastics.” Stuart Moody from the environmental/spiritual organization Green Sangha was the presenter, and he covered all the harm that comes from irresponsibly consuming and disposing plastic.
Plastics are an amazing invention with incredibly valuable applications, but I was astounded to learn facts like [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Environmental Problems by Nicholaus Harris
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Smart “Doomsayers” in a 1998 SF Chronicle Article
Browsing the SF Chronicle’s home page today, I noticed a headline titled “Doomsayers predict new world oil crunch” in spot #7 of the Most Read articles section.
I was immediately skeptical given the fact that the word “new” was used in the title! As it turns out, the article is from August 31st, 1998! A striking [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Living Beyond Oil by Nicholaus Harris
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Going from green marketing to renewable energy
A personal message from the author:
Since October of ‘07, I have been involved in a green marketing campaign. My passion lies in creating and using technology to solve problems, but after graduating from UC Berkeley, I decided that it would be an important first step to understand how people perceive environmental problems and how to [...]
