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Guest blog: What about water?

Guest blog: What about water?

Posted by Suzanne Malakoff at May 16, 2012 10:48 AM |
Filed under: blcs home

I see a future where water resources are integrated as part of the smart grid, where smart water technology is distributed throughout the world and where more rational models are imposed by managers of large water assets to improve the economics of water.

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Inspired by the carbon-rich soils of Amazonia

Inspired by the carbon-rich soils of Amazonia

Posted by Suzanne Malakoff at May 15, 2012 01:35 PM |
Filed under: home NBI

Transforming plant matter into biochar and using it as a soil amendment could store that carbon for hundreds if not thousands of years, and is a path to actually reducing atmospheric carbon. New standards for sustainable biochar production have just been approved.

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This is why we do what we do

This is why we do what we do

Posted by Suzanne Malakoff at May 12, 2012 10:30 PM |
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Working to stop climate change seems so daunting and our lives busy, that we forget about why we're working so hard in the first place. Mother's Day seems like a good day to pause and remember.

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PDX and .xls: What my spreadsheets tell me about coal in the Northwest

PDX and .xls: What my spreadsheets tell me about coal in the Northwest

Posted by Suzanne Malakoff at May 08, 2012 03:15 PM |
Filed under: home Washington Oregon

I decided to look up from my spreadsheets on Monday and attend the Power Past Coal rally in downtown Portland. With my hippie, street vendor burrito in hand (filled with things that only rabbits should eat), I arrived to join a crowd of 600 folks in Pioneer Square.

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Guest blog: Partnering with Nature: How one city’s growth could be greened

Guest blog: Partnering with Nature: How one city’s growth could be greened

Posted by Suzanne Malakoff at May 01, 2012 10:20 PM |
Filed under: home NBI

Practices and frameworks for working with nature to improve ecosystem functions, increase flows of services, and bolster the resilience of coupled human-natural systems include permaculture, agroecology, ecological forest management, ecological design, and green infrastructure.

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What happens when the choir won’t sing?

What happens when the choir won’t sing?

Posted by Suzanne Malakoff at May 01, 2012 09:51 AM |
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Have climate campaigners learned the art of political communication too well?

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Guest blog: Cedar Grove’s solution story is composting and energy

Guest blog: Cedar Grove’s solution story is composting and energy

Posted by Suzanne Malakoff at Apr 27, 2012 12:44 PM |
Filed under: home NBI

Putting compost out into the environment sequesters carbon in the soil, creates more robust plants that help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and significantly decrease our regional carbon footprint by diverting the material from landfill.

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On the road with the Northwest Biocarbon Intiative team

On the road with the Northwest Biocarbon Intiative team

Posted by Suzanne Malakoff at Apr 27, 2012 10:50 AM |
Filed under: NBI

Climate Solutions' Northwest Biocarbon Initiative team is taking it on the road with presentations to groups around the Northwest. Patrick Mazza's latest talk was to educators assembled at Washington State University-Vancouver on April 20. Check it out.

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More Northwest aviation biofuel leadership

More Northwest aviation biofuel leadership

Posted by Suzanne Malakoff at Apr 26, 2012 12:46 PM |
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Two announcements of recent days highlight the Northwest’s leadership in making aviation biofuels a reality.

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Creating markets for nature's goods and services

Creating markets for nature's goods and services

Posted by Suzanne Malakoff at Apr 24, 2012 02:50 PM |
Filed under: home NBI

The recent BioCycle Conference in Portland focused on the new economics of materials and natural services – harnessing organic wastes with processes that make valuable goods, and valuing ecological services to send the right signals on the use of nature in general.

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Disrupting the ecosystem of denial and building a culture of responsibility – Part 1

Disrupting the ecosystem of denial and building a culture of responsibility – Part 1

Posted by Suzanne Malakoff at Apr 24, 2012 09:10 AM |
Filed under: Climate Change home

How can climate science denial continue to exist, in the face of so much evidence? To get to the answer, I think we have to ask a different question: How can the rest of us – the majority who accept the reality of climate science – continue to act as though we don’t believe it?

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Talking waters

Talking waters

Posted by Suzanne Malakoff at Apr 17, 2012 11:45 AM |
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With very little resources, the city of Albany-Millersburg, OR developed a fantastic example of a successful biocarbon project that is helping a local ecosystem thrive.

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We are at a crossroads in Washington State

We are at a crossroads in Washington State

Posted by Suzanne Malakoff at Apr 15, 2012 09:49 PM |
Filed under: home Washington

There is no way around it; this legislative session was the hardest one I can remember. We won some very important victories, but there was too little progress on climate change and clean energy

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Green military marches on

Green military marches on

Posted by Chris Bast at Apr 12, 2012 01:37 PM |
Filed under: blcs home Washington

While partisan battles have been raging in the other Washington over Department of Defense efforts to use clean energy as a major weapon in the fight to keep America safe and secure, military leaders, in cooperation with businesses and clean energy advocates, are moving forward to address the worldwide and domestic threats posed by our dependence on fossil fuels.

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Guest Blog: Cleantech trip to China: From Beijing to Shanghai

Guest Blog: Cleantech trip to China: From Beijing to Shanghai

Posted by Suzanne Malakoff at Apr 11, 2012 11:06 AM |
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The nation has ambitious plans to develop wind and solar energy. Building efficiency will play a large role. There is a goal to put one million electric vehicles on the road by 2015. Carbon trading plans are being considered.

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Puppies Instead of Climate Change

Puppies Instead of Climate Change

Posted by Kimberly Larson at Apr 01, 2012 08:30 AM |
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Climate Solutions is launching a campaign to get everyone to say "puppies" when referring to climate change.

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Organic residues provide a vital link to solving the climate crisis

Organic residues provide a vital link to solving the climate crisis

Posted by Suzanne Malakoff at Mar 30, 2012 09:10 AM |
Filed under: home NBI

Ultimately, the concept of “organic wastes” must be rendered obsolete. Organic residues are too valuable not to re-use, and the climate crisis makes it imperative we make the most out of organic carbon streams.

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Reality TV may be unreal, but these innovators tackle a bigger problem with bona fide zeal

Reality TV may be unreal, but these innovators tackle a bigger problem with bona fide zeal

Posted by Suzanne Malakoff at Mar 29, 2012 12:00 PM |
Filed under: home NBI

I want to draw your attention to a handful of them now. The Northwest Biocarbon Initiative is unveiling our first set of Innovation Partners: companies and non-profit agencies whose projects increase the capacity of the planet to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in plant life and soils.

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Congressman Reichert helps build our clean energy future

Congressman Reichert helps build our clean energy future

Posted by Suzanne Malakoff at Mar 28, 2012 09:00 AM |
Filed under: blcs home Washington

While fossil fuel industries and some of their friends in Congress are trying to pull the rug out from under the clean energy economy, Dave Reichert is trying to put it on a solid foundation.

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U.S. EPA announces proposal to limit carbon pollution from new power plants

U.S. EPA announces proposal to limit carbon pollution from new power plants

Posted by Suzanne Malakoff at Mar 27, 2012 02:45 PM |
Filed under: home Montana Washington Oregon

Today, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Obama administration answered the call, releasing a proposal to limit industrial carbon pollution from new power plants. The proposal builds on successful laws in California, Oregon, and Washington

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coal

Posted by Paul Jackson at Oct 20, 2011 03:39 PM
Please, please Sir Obama will you tell the Chines they're getting no more coal. It's time for clean nuclear energy.

Support 9/15 Forum !!!

Posted by Regina Glenn at Oct 20, 2011 03:39 PM
A Sustainable Economy: Bringing Together Social Responsibility, Environmental Consciousness and Business!!:

A CHANCE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND BE AT THE BEGINNING
OF A HUGE BUSINESS BOOM ... GREEN!!

From debt crisis to energy crisis, and to just about everything in between, 2011 has been dominated by questions regarding our economy’s stability. We are on the brink of a new era and the sustainability of our economy has never been so unknown. In creating a sustainable economy, two aspects play vital roles; social responsibility through the healthy growth of diverse business leaders, and environmental consciousness through a change from dirty energy to clean technology, green thinking, and sustainable ideas.

The hallmark of a clean economy is the production of goods and services with environmental benefits. According to a study by the Brookings Institute, the clean economy employs around 2.7 million workers across a diverse group of industries, and outperformed the nation during the recession.

In a diverse economy, business leaders, government officials, and entrepreneurs of all backgrounds work together in mutually supportive ways to create viable development. Small businesses and entrepreneurs that reflect our diversity are huge part of reaching the goal of a sustainable economy.

In one HUGE and COOL attempt to do this, Climate Solutions, Northwest Minority Supplier Development Council and the Seattle Chamber of Commerce bring us a special forum – Multicultural Businesses in the Clean Economy: Growing Opportunities and Creating Sustainable Jobs, a must attend event for business leaders interested in growing businessses in and with the clean economy. This forum will highlight key leaders and spark discussion on how we can better connect small and multicultural businesses with opportunities, funding, and support to take their innovations to scale.
Should be fun. 4pm to 7pm at McKinstry's Innovation Center
Peace!

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