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I did it, this weekend I finally did it. I started my own home made composting center!

For about a year now, I’ve been toying with the idea of urban composting. I’ve had conversations with friends about their indoor and outdoor composting experiences, debates over worm vs. no worm systems, done research in identifying the carbon-nitrogen balance, and even consulted a friend at the Brooklyn Composting Project.  After all this conversation...

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...

I’m the type of person that prefers to be hot rather than cold.  Needless to say, I’m looking forward to summer.   I understand however, that the hot weather can be a challenge for a lot of people – especially if your house isn’t designed to cool rooms naturally.  Those warm, sunny days can mean over-heated apartments and hot sticky nights (remember those?).  Before you break out the AC unit this summer, think twice...

So China’s top climate change negotiator has laid down the gauntlet. He wants consuming nations to take responsibility for emissions generated by Chinese manufacturing of the goods they consume.

I don’t want to get into the nuances of an international accord on greenhouse gas emissions, but I think China has a point here. It is a global marketplace with supply chains spanning across the world. And greenhouse gas emissions certainly don’t care...