Archive for the ‘Causes’ Category

Welcome to the second installation of “Solar Day” – June 19, 2010

The dust from the storm that is the BP oil spill will take a long time to settle. Clean energy, to some or most people who are not Republican Senator Barton and his friends would be the obvious alternative. Solar Energy can be considered clean under circumstances, but owing to the fact that we are [...]

June 20, 2010   Posted in: Causes, Solar Energy  3 Comments

Introducing – The story of stuff – bottled water

My cousin Sriram Sarma forwarded the link to the website “storyofstuff.org”. Their latest project of intrigue appears to be the story of bottled water. I found this quite interesting. On behalf of our AquaNation project (about which you can find here – the site is still being designed), I blogged about it here . However [...]

May 2, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Causes, Sustainability and Media, water  3 Comments

National Arbor Day – April 30, 2010

Trees do so much for us. We use them in agriculture, to make paper, as lumber and so on and so forth. One of my favorite trees/plants is the “Traveler’s Palm” I learned about in high school. Traveler’s Palm, Ravenala madagascariensis (and I have remembered that all these years!) is a plant that belongs to [...]

April 30, 2010   Posted in: Causes  One Comment

Earth Day is here!

It is as simple as that.В  Many events are not seen as seminal the moment they occur. Take Earth Hour for instance – it started in a bar. Similarly, when the Earth Day was first celebrated in 1970, did the founders feel the impact of what they had set forth? Maybe, maybe not. However, they [...]

April 22, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Causes, events  2 Comments

EnergyStar: Who is going to certify our certification programs?

Recently EnergyStar was in the news, and obviously not for the right reasons. If you do not know what EnergyStar is, it is a brand built by the Government to help businesses label their products as energy efficient. The website with it’s ostentatious offers to help you improve the energy efficiency of your house among [...]

March 28, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Causes, Government and Sustainability, Renewable Energy Politics  3 Comments

World Water Day on March 22, 2010

Most, if not all of us have grown in a time where we take a special day to celebrate or observe a day. For example, today is St. Patrick’s Day, an Irish holiday. Do not ask me anything about this though, , my knowledge of Irish history is very basic.
Why do we celebrate a [...]

March 18, 2010   Posted in: Causes, Uncategorized, water  2 Comments

January is National Radon Action Month

Did you know that January is National Radon Action Month?
What is Radon?
Radon is an element, occuring as a colorless, odorless and tasteless gas that occurs mostly through decaying uranium found in soils. Radon does not cause short term effects, but has been predicted to cause lung cancer in the long term.
Here is a good source [...]

January 17, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Causes  2 Comments

350, 450, 550 – What’s in a number?

Today, I joined the Brighter Planet’s 350 Challenge.You can see the badge on the left column over here.
When a blogger simply signs up, Brighter Planet will offset 350 pounds of Carbon.
So, I signed up, and without spending a dime, I was able to have someone offset 350 pounds of Carbon on my behalf. What does [...]

January 9, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Causes, Clean Technology Funding, Sustainability and Media  No Comments

Warm, fuzzy manatees and PR – coming soon to a powerplant near you!

Alright, so this is not exactly the post that will get you your million dollar investment in cleantech, greentech, sustainability and so on.
It is just a warm, fuzzy story, a story that can also be a good PR exercise and bring some free advertising – just the kind that Tampa Electric is now enjoying. They [...]

January 9, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Causes, Science and the Environment, Sustainable Businesses  One Comment

Global Warming is a hoax. Global Frying is real…just look at everyone on Fox News

I have to admit, it is impossible to try and separate sustainability and ecologically cognizant behavior. With Fox News, you usually get a good laugh from Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert. However, sometimes, you cannot just stand by at the kind of nonsense that gets thrown around on Fox News.
So, here is what I found [...]

December 15, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Causes, Renewable Energy Politics, Sustainability and Media  No Comments