Al Gore notoriously used multimedia to bring global warming to the public’s attention: Millions of people woke up to the climate crisis thanks to the world’s most famous Power Point presentation. An Inconvenient Truth thrust climate into the national discourse, forever branding global warming as an issue we could no longer ignore. But even though…
DetailsOn Thursday, September 8th a widespread power outage left over 5 million people in California, Arizona, and Mexico without electricity. Among the population affected, 1.5 million San Deigans were left in the dark as 2 million gallons of sewage water began to spill into San Diego water tables, beaches, lagoons, and harbor. The spillage caused the closure of 1o miles of San Diego…
DetailsThe Story Behind Google’s Huge Appetite for Energy Google this week dumped a massive amount of data about how much energy it uses (a lot), and how efficiently the company uses it (quite). As per usual with Google, the news came out via a blog post, this one from Urs Hoelzle, Google’s Senior Vice President…
DetailsMoving San Diego to a Clean Energy Future Join a worldwide rally to demand solutions to the climate crisis Scientists tell us that 350 parts per million is the safe upper limit of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. Currently we are at 394 and rising rapidly. Click here to read about the effects and dramatic…
DetailsSan Diego City College 1313 Park Blvd. San Diego Ca. 92101 September 24, 2011 – Saturday 9:00am – Sunset The “Water for Children Awareness Music Festival and Eco Fair” will be held at the campus of San Diego City College in San Diego (Near Balboa Park) California, with community organization promoting the event that focuses on Water…
DetailsGET IN THE MIX: The ultimate networking event where San Diego’s business elite meet at the Town and County Resort & Conference Center on Tuesday, September 20, 5 to 9 p.m. San Diego’s Business Mixer & Expo offers businesses and entrepreneurs a great opportunity to network during an evening of fun with business people representing…
DetailsThe Southeast Regional office of the U.S. Green Chamber of Commerce was officially opened on Thursday, July 14, 2011 with 250 Central Florida area business leaders in attendance to celebrate the grand opening and engage with speakers from national companies who shared their success stories of sustainability. Speakers representing AAA, Costco, Darden, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin,…
DetailsTake Action in Support of the California Shark Fin Bill AB 376 The Shark Fin Bill will reduce demand for fins and will help enforcement in our ports. The Bill has passed the Assembly and Senate Committees and is going to the full Senate next week. We Must Act Today! Please support this bill by calling…
DetailsRoz Savage is a British ocean rower and environmental campaigner. Coupled with her solo row across the Atlantic in 2005-6, she has rowed over 11,000 miles, taken 3.5 million oarstrokes, and spent cumulatively nearly a year of her life at sea in a 23-foot rowboat. Her personal creed of taking life ‘one oarstroke at a…
DetailsBuilding on from the U.S. Green Chamber of Commerce’s recent opinion piece Green Jobs Are Queuing Up To Be The New Economic Drivers Of The 21st Century, which was featured on the organization’s website and called on members to take advantage of all existing funding opportunities that exist, the USGCC has teamed up with The…
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