For awhile now, economists, scientists and even corporations have been crying to our governments around the world that energy efficiency may need initial capital (such as green buildings) but will meet the double bottom lines: profit & environment.  The only problem was the lack of political will and the stars weren't ...

In January 2007, Los Angeles Council Member Rosendahl (http://www.lacity.org/council/cd11/) issued a vision statement on his blog to achieve the ''greenest'' airport (LAX) in Los Angeles – see below for an excerpt.  Since the federal government and authorities have the legislative power and oversight over airports, local elected officials are ...

According to a recent Crain's artice, the ''green buildings'' simply is not profitable for developers and I think there are tax incentives to entice them to build w/ a social conscience.  Instead of incentives, the other approach is to propose a regulatory policy and mandate some codes under the Buildings Department that reflects more ...

On the way up to the Cascade Mountains outside Seattle (we went up to go snowboarding), my buddy mark would point out where all the logging was going on.  There would be huge swaths of forest that were cut down leaving big patches of dirt.  It made me wonder about all the paper that we waste at my office in San Jose.  At the least the loggers ...

I just received a forwarded email from a fellow Hamiltonian, (www.Hamilton.edu) regarding the need to revisit the school's policy and vision for an environmentally friendly & sustainable campus.  Apparently, my undergrad ranks below average in environmental protection policy standards and the alumni are mobilizing to lobby the ...

The Mercury News printed an article on green vs. mean automobiles.  Not that it says anything earth shattering.  OMG, gas guzzlers and diesels are bad?  Regardless, here's a link to the article, not sure if you'll be able to read it though.  and here's the list of 2007 green and mean cars which actually is ...

when people hear the terminology ''environmental policy,'' I think they usually associate it with ultra left, green-party type of movement.  But quite contrary, I was surprised to learn while working at various posts in city government that environmental policy can be (and is often) referred to something that is not even related to the protection ...

The private and public sectors clash and collaborate everyday as we constantly mesh capitalism, democracy, and every other ideology in between to create a viable society.  Before discussing in details about the common denominator betwen these two worlds, should there even be a common denominator?  In other words, there's a reason why we have ...

This past Friday, I took the opportunity to head up to San Francisco for Greenfest 2006. Now, let me go on the record by saying that there are far better people to ask about green issues than I. In fact, on the spectrum of green knowledge, I probably come in at a pretty unimpressive level of consciousness. And it’s exactly for this reason that I ...