http://climatesolutions.org daily 1 2008-12-23T00:11:35Z http://climatesolutions.org/cs-journal/guest-blog-what-about-water 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. No publisher suzanne blcs home 2012-05-16T17:48:49Z Blog Entry http://climatesolutions.org/cs-journal/inspired-by-the-carbon-rich-soils-of-amazonia 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. No publisher suzanne home NBI 2012-05-15T20:35:11Z Blog Entry http://climatesolutions.org/cs-journal/this-is-why-we-do-what-we-do 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. No publisher suzanne home 2012-05-13T15:15:08Z Blog Entry http://climatesolutions.org/cs-journal/spreadsheets 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. No publisher suzanne home Washington Oregon 2012-05-08T22:28:47Z Blog Entry http://climatesolutions.org/cs-journal/guest-blog-partnering-with-nature-how-one-city2019s-growth-could-be-greened 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. No publisher suzanne home NBI 2012-05-02T20:26:27Z Blog Entry http://climatesolutions.org/cs-journal/what-happens-when-the-choir-won2019t-sing Have climate campaigners learned the art of political communication too well? No publisher suzanne home 2012-05-01T16:51:10Z Blog Entry http://climatesolutions.org/cs-journal/guest-blog-cedar-grove2019s-solution-story-is-composting-and-energy 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. No publisher suzanne home NBI 2012-04-27T19:44:00Z Blog Entry http://climatesolutions.org/cs-journal/on-the-road-with-the-northwest-biocarbon-intiative-team 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. No publisher suzanne NBI 2012-04-27T17:51:08Z Blog Entry http://climatesolutions.org/cs-journal/more-northwest-aviation-biofuel-leadership Two announcements of recent days highlight the Northwest’s leadership in making aviation biofuels a reality. No publisher suzanne home 2012-04-26T19:46:00Z Blog Entry http://climatesolutions.org/cs-journal/creating-markets-for-natures-goods-and-services 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. No publisher suzanne home NBI 2012-04-27T16:30:40Z Blog Entry http://climatesolutions.org/cs-journal/disrupting-the-ecosystem-of-denial-and-building-a-culture-of-responsibility-2013-part-1 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? No publisher suzanne Climate Change home 2012-04-24T16:12:09Z Blog Entry http://climatesolutions.org/cs-journal/talking-waters 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. No publisher suzanne home NBI 2012-04-17T20:14:44Z Blog Entry http://climatesolutions.org/cs-journal/we-are-at-a-crossroads-in-washington-state 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 No publisher suzanne home Washington 2012-04-16T04:49:20Z Blog Entry http://climatesolutions.org/cs-journal/green-military-marches-on-1 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. No publisher chris blcs home Washington 2012-04-12T20:37:19Z Blog Entry http://climatesolutions.org/cs-journal/guest-blog-cleantech-trip-to-china-from-beijing-to-shanghai 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. No publisher suzanne blcs home 2012-04-11T18:06:10Z Blog Entry