Posts Tagged ‘Diary’

From the Intern Diary: Thermostat Wars and Energy Efficiency

For me, this experience provided further affirmation of the myriad of benefits companies, employees, and, most importantly, the environment can generate by going green. Corporate sustainability, CSR, or whatever you like to call it, is no longer just the trendy thing to do. It is becoming a social and financial responsibility for companies as well.

Green Diary Rescue & Open Thread: Fossil Fuel

Emily Gertz at Grist writes: G20 cans fossil-fuel subsidies, but fails to make other climate-conserving moves On Friday afternoon, President Barack Obama formally announced that the world’s 20 major developed and developing nations had agreed to gradually eliminate fossil-fuel subsidies. It was the only climate-specific policy directive to come out of the Group of 20 (G20) Summit in Pittsburgh, and it fell far short in the view of climate activists, who were hoping for a firm propo


Green Diary Rescue & Open Thread: Clean Energy, Green Jobs

At SolveClimate, which is a site you don’t want to miss during the run-up to Copenhagen, David Sassoon writes: Deutsche Bank: Absence of US Clean Energy Policy Will Send Global Capital Elsewhere Deutsche Bank last week released a research note of curious interest just ahead of this busy week of international climate meetings and upcoming Senate action on federal climate law. Called Creating Jobs and Growth: The German Green Experience , it reviewed the policy architecture respons


I Kept a Diary so you don’t have to

I found her diary underneath a tree And started reading about JD Yes, I kept a diary, off and on during the 1970s. As you compare the entries below with my life today, you’ll see that these years were pretty damn exciting. My life these days isn’t nearly as thrilling, tho, of course, I do have the blog, for keeping track of such momentous occasions as buying a new door and watching movies about giant alligators . It’s too bad I didn’t blog during the 70s. I wonder wh


Shopper’s Diary: Black Parrot in Portland, Maine

From Julie: Housed in a lofty former book repository from the 1860s, the Black Parrot in Portland, Maine, stocks a fine assortment of home furnishings in addition to clothing. We especially like the leafy green motif in evidence throughout the store’s interior. Above: Owners Sherrie Gibson and Warren Selig created a window sculpture using Algues modular plastic decorative components by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec for Vitra; the kits are available at Unica Home; $35


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