Breaking: President Bush Excerpts on Climate Change and GHG Emissions [ +Reactions]
[Live] 2:45 EST – President Makes Remarks on Climate Change !!
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[Video] Al Gore, the PPT Presentation v2.0
[Time - 27:54] The optimism of environmentalism isn’t about belief, it’s about behavior. And we need a hero generation. We have the capacity to do it. Rise to the challenge and lay the basis for a bright and optimistic human future.
An Earth-Friendly Home [Graphic]
The average American releases about 50,000 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year. A large portion of that comes from our homes and wasted, wasted energy. Matter of fact, according to a recent McKinsey study, the single most cost-effective way to reduce GHG emissions is via building insulation. Click on over to the Time Earth-Friendly Home graphic and move the lens around for other ideas to reduce GHG emissions and save some dolla, dolla bills. Before you click over though, I will say, this is pretty basic information, but at least they provide some numbers and illustrate the impact of concerted effort.
While you’re over there, check out this article, too:
++51 Things We Can Do to Save the Environment [Time]
$90 Billion or $300 Per Person [Editorial]
With the price of oil at $95 a barrel, economists estimate that U.S. households will spend an additional $90 billion on costlier gasoline. Estimating our population at 300 million, that’s an average of $300 per person. Between my wife and I, that means we’re giving up $600 of our economic pie to the recently increased cost of transportation, on average.
Green Your Business, Lifecycle of a Green Product, Energy-Efficient Dwellings, + James Lovelock (WIR)
- 50 Ways to Green Your Business
- 7 Steps in the Lifecycle of a Green Product
- Kansas Coal-fired Power Plant rejected over carbon dioxide.
- Cement is crucial for growth in booming economies but an enemy of green.
- UA architecture students set out to prove that energy-efficient dwellings need not be expensive.
- Scientist James Lovelock says that global warming is irreversible.
Agro-Housing Becoming an Option for China
In China, there’s a massive exodus from the rural to urban areas, but it’s controlled because the country doesn’t have enough housing for everyone that wants to live in a city. At the same time, urbanization accentuates the air and soil pollution problems. So, Knafo Klimor Architects proposed an agro-housing project that blends agriculture and high-rise housing in one structure. This agro-housing project brings the food-supply directly to the building, and to the extent that residents can realize the benefits of urban farming, there is a decreased reliance on transportation for agricultural products (shopping and delivery to stores). Plus, with the building’s integrated water capture systems, the project has the potential to reduce water consumption and runoff. Residents could make money off the crops, too.
This agro-housing project is going to be built in Wuhan, China. As you can see from the renderings, the building has quite the elaborate labyrinth to control water, air, and heat. Structurally, it will be made with SIPs and a majority of the materials will come from steel, aluminum, and terracotta — all materials that can be recycled at the end of the building’s life. Via Dwell.
