Archive for the ‘New Projects’ Category
Market Externalities of Fossil Fuels
By Moises Velasquez-Manoff, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor / November 20, 2009
A new report by the National Research Council seeks to put a dollar amount on the “hidden” costs of energy produced by burning fossil fuels.
These costs aren’t factored into the market prices of coal, oil, and gasoline, or ...Read more.
Working Group on Sustainable Livelihoods
Mission of the Working Group:
Over 2 billion people have been left out of the purported economic gains of the globalization process of the last decade. The disparity between rich and poor has been increasing, and the global economic collapse has shown the strong inter-connections between developed and developing worlds. Clean air, clean water and biodiversity ...Read more.
What is a “Community Supported Energy” (CSE) Project?
Community Supported Sustainable Energy projects are desperately needed to increase local energy production, reduce reliance on external producers and keep money money local, increasing multipliers while creating jobs.
Freightliner Custom Chassis (FCCC): State-of-the-art in truck design?
Triangle Clean Cities hosted a tour of the Gaffney, SC Freightliner truck chassis facility, owned by Daimler. The chassis were going into a range of vehicles, and the engineers we met were using the designs for the basis of hybrid and alternative fuel systems.
Green is Golden-belt Redevelopment Project
A Community Supported Energy (CSE) Project and Incubator Space for the Arts and the Emerging Green Economy
Critique of White House “Green Jobs Report”
The following is a critique of “The White House Task Force on Middle Class Working Families: Green Jobs Report,” convened by Vice President Joe Biden. It is an excellent document and in it are the words and conceptual models needed for the The Green Jobs Movement’s success. It also is missing some things.
Education for Sustainable Development
This is a correspondence between Marc Dreyfors, President of The Forest Foundation, and a research professor in the field of educational systems/curriculum for sustainable development, a relatively recent division of environmental education.
Internships and Volunteers needed for 2009
Green Events
Grow TFF’s service of Green Event Planning through development and implementation of a marketing plan. Help Greenway Transit expand it’s green transportation service to area businesses, universities and organization’s. Develop marketing, advertising materials and workshop schedule. Arrange meetings, and collect and maintain a resource list. A small stipend is available as well as commission ...Read more.
Triangle Green Fund: A Sustainable Community Energy Project
Small green businesses in the Triangle are desperate for capital, as stimulus money has been slow to trickle down or has made a non-appearance. We can no longer be reliant on banks or the government to jump-start the Green Economy. We need to take responsibility. A local investment system that targets green business and helps redirect capital is the trick the Triangle needs to build more sustainable communities.
“Triple Bottom Line,” a False Model
Using the “triple bottom line” as an introduction and simplified model may help, but it creates and false impression that if we optimize our social and economic values with environmental values we will find the best solution.