by Stu E.D. | Jul 8, 2015 | Environment, Sustainability, World News
Water Crisis The record-breaking drought in California is not chiefly the result of low precipitation. Three factors – rising temperatures, groundwater depletion, and a shrinking Colorado River – mean the most populous U.S. state will face decades of water shortages...
by Stu E.D. | Jul 7, 2015 | Environment, Off Topic, Pollution, Sustainability, World News
Guy McPherson is a professor emeritus of evolutionary biology, natural resources and ecology at the University of Arizona, and has been a climate change expert for 30 years. He has also become a controversial figure, due to the fact that he does not shy away from...
by Stu E.D. | Jul 3, 2015 | Farming, Food, Hawaii, Sustainability
Hawaii imports 90 percent of what it eats at great environmental cost. Now ag activists seek to make ‘grown here, not flown here’ a reality. HONOLULU—When my Airbus touched down at Honolulu International Airport, I was one of 30,843 people to arrive in Hawaii on a...
by Stu E.D. | Jun 30, 2015 | Activism, Organizations, Products & Services, Sustainability
These days, it’s unusual to find a large consumer products company that doesn’t have some sort of venture capital or startup-nurturing mechanism.Unilever is no different: Over the past year, it has invested $6 million in Unilever Foundry, a program for finding...
by Stu E.D. | Jun 18, 2015 | Ecotourism, Hawaii, Sustainability
If we limit the use of our natural resources and educate the users — including tourists — we just might be around for the long haul. The word “sustainable” is a bit of a buzzword, evoking images of wind turbines, solar panels, and barefoot hippies eating locally grown...
by Stu E.D. | Jun 16, 2015 | Hawaii, Microhydro, Sustainability
Northwest Energy Innovations has deployed its wave energy device in waters off Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Windward Oahu, beginning a year-long test to commercialize this type of technology, the company said.The “Azura” wave energy device is located at the U.S. Navy’s...
