Florida isn’t called the ‘sunshine state’ for nothing! Fuel Miami LLC, an ‘out-of-home advertising‘ company, is installing 600 solar-powered bus shelters throughout the city of Miami. The media company, which is a subsidiary of…
A new study suggests that by the year 2020 all new cars will be hybrids. Can there be such a wholesale shift in the automotive ecosystem in just 12 years? According to IBM’s Institute for…
California’s wine industry is going greener. While wrestling with the contradictions inherent in ‘green wine-making,’ many wineries are experimenting with a variety of sustainable practices, from harnessing solar power, to reducing reliance on large machinery, to…
In an effort to conserve water, many college campuses across the U.S. are dropping the use of trays from their cafeterias. Faced with severe droughts, schools like Georgia Tech and University of Florida have…
We enjoyed this piece by Bryan Walsh, in Time Magazine, where he suggests the most effective way to engage people (especially here in the U.S.) in the cause of sustainability and environmental responsibility might be to quite literally…
From Green Plugs to Energy-saving Software
Home electronics and household appliances continue to draw substantial amounts of energy, even when the power is off. This phenomenon is known as ‘leaking electricity.’ According to a recent
