by Gil Friend | Oct 7, 2003 | Sustainability
and… Global warming ‘will hurt Russia’ [New Scientist]
by Gil Friend | Aug 21, 2003 | Sustainability
Larry Bain of Acme Chop House, speaking tonight at Cafe de la Paz at the Sustainable Business Alliance monthly forum (this one on TRADITIONAL BUSINESSES, UNTRADITIONAL BUSINESS MODELS): People always ask ‘why does organic food cost more? They should be asking...
by Gil Friend | Aug 19, 2003 | Sustainability
[ChemWeb]: Sewage is full of… well… chemicals. It’s not surprising really considering the stuff we pour down our plugholes and flush down our lavatories, writes David Bradley.
by Gil Friend | Aug 18, 2003 | Sustainability
[CleanEdge]: Spectrolab, Inc., a subsidiary of The Boeing Company, has achieved an unprecedented conversion efficiency for a terrestrial concentrator solar cell. Using concentrated sunlight, these photovoltaic (PV) cells can convert 36.9 percent of the sun’s...
by Gil Friend | Aug 18, 2003 | Sustainability
Very cool: induction-based cooking surfaces. Luxine (sorry no website but great analysis by EPRI) has a high-end product. Fast heat-up (2 min). Cool surfaces (which is great for the cook!). High efficiency (95% vs. 30% for a...
by Gil Friend | Aug 13, 2003 | Sustainability
[New Scientist]: A WHO report published on Wednesday concludes that a voluntary ban by Danish farmers on growth promoters in chicken and pigs cut antibiotic resistance in bacteria in the animals by over 90 per cent, with little cost to farmers and no increase in the...
