Posts Tagged ‘Methane’
Saturday, May 29th, 2010
The LooWatt is a remarkable industrial design. A beautiful toilet that uses no water and requires no city infrastructure, save investing in a few "biodigesters" that convert human waste to methane fuel. This toilet has been featured in Dwell and it's won awards and recognition at the AIGA Aspen Design Challenge and the Buckminster Fuller Challenge.
Tags: Biodigesters, City Infrastructure, Design Challenge, Methane, Toilet
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Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Old time AG readers will know that water shortage is a major impact of climate change. Still, it is good to have another reminder that dirty energy is killing our water supplies. HuffPo contributor John DeCock writes , “While the catalysts for climate change are greenhouse gases like CO2 and methane, the consequences to the planet are realized through water .” Rather than only focus upon the 40% fresh water use by electric power generation, it is critical to recognize that climate
Tags: Catalysts, Climate Change, Climate Justice, Co2, Consequences, Contributor, Decock, Electric Power Generation, Fresh Water, Greenhouse Gases, Methane, Old Time, Reminder, Water Shortage, Water Use
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Image: UPS This is Pretty Big News Carbon offsets are certainly controversial and not perfect, but despite their shortcomings they're still a good way to funnel money from the people who buy the products and services responsible for pollution to green projects like wind power, reforestation, methane capture, etc. The end result might not always be 100% "carbon neutral" as claimed, and if it is, it might not stay that way indefinitely, but a small step in the right direction is better than
Tags: Carbon Offsets, Co2 Offsets, End Result, Image, Methane, Money, Pollution, Reforestation, Shortcomings, Step In The Right Direction, Ups, Wind Power
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Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
Desert Hills Dairy of Nevada has joined with Carbon Bank Ireland , an emerging leader in cap-and-trade carbon emissions markets, to build the state’s first biogas facility to convert cow manure into electricity. Along with producing enough sustainable methane to power itself and other equipment at the second largest dairy in Nevada , the high tech digester will produce liquid fertilizer and mulch. Carbon Bank Ireland specializes in harvesting certified emissions credits from susta
Tags: Bank Ireland, Biogas Digester, Cap, Carbon Emissions, Cow Manure, Dairy Cows, Desert Hills, Electricity, Liquid Fertilizer, Methane, Mulch
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Saturday, September 12th, 2009
Could you eat locally grown and produced food for two weeks?It’s time to share some reduce, reuse, recycle and composting stories from around the internet.Every one of these stories will help us work towards a zero waste future.Reducing food wasteWe all know how bad food waste is for the environment. Once it gets to landfill it produces methane which is a potent greenhouse gas.Many people use bokashi bins or compost heaps for some food waste, but reducing food waste in the first place is even mo
Tags: Compost Heaps, Composting, Food Waste, Landfill, Methane, Potent Greenhouse Gas, Recycle, Zero Waste
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