Still wondering what green collar jobs are? Maybe you heard them mentioned on the presidential campaign trail, by candidates from both parties. Maybe you have seen the numbers – wind power created 35,000 jobs in 2008 alone despite the economic downturn, many of them in manufacturing. Maybe you have read the stories about re-purposing shuttered factories and re-hiring laid-off workers to build a new energy future.

Regardless, the stories are...

Community Energy is continuing its long-standing tradition of greening the now-massive Windpower Conference and Exhibition. This is the annual gathering of the entire wind energy business put on by the American Wind Energy Association. This year’s conference is in Chicago and promises to be the biggest event yet with over 15,000 attendees expected and 1,200 exhibitors. Staff from Community Energy have been attending this conference for years and...

As we all know, this is Earth Month.  Our office has decided to celebrate by taking additional initiatives to reduce consumption and increase reusing.  In my celebration of the earth, I took on some personal endeavors that have paid off in a variety of ways.

Everyday this month, I have taken the stairs instead of the elevator.  This is at least twice a day, but should I need to use something on another floor, my stair use...

A  recent New York Times Magazine article, Why Isn’t the Brain Green? seeks to answer one of my unanswerable questions:  Why do people resist making simple lifestyle changes that have the potential to reduce climate change and ensure a clean environment for future generations?

“CRED (The Center for Research on Environmental Decisions) researchers consider global warming a singular opportunity to study how we react to long-term...

This Earth Day, and every day, find a way to connect with the world around you.