This family has proven that simple designs, natural storage, permaculture ideas, and organic pest and weed management can have not only environmental rewards, but great business success as well.
Category: energy
energy
Star Light, Star Bright
With the invention of artificial light, we could overcome the darkness of night, but has it overcome our connection to the stars?
Oxygen in the atmosphere
I am not at all worried about the world running out of oxygen anytime soon.
Natural Gas or Coal: It’s all about the leak rate.
Environmental advocates face a dilemma with respect to natural gas
Anne Martin
alumni, climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, sustainability, travel, water
alumni, climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, sustainability, travel, water
A New Year
I’m ready to go as far and for as long as we can. My only expectation is to come back different.
Scott Delgado
2016 Trip, CEM, coasts, Duke Marine Lab, energy, marine studies, oceans, students, sustainability, travel
2016 Trip, CEM, coasts, Duke Marine Lab, energy, marine studies, oceans, students, sustainability, travel
Day Ten – The riches of deep seawater
On day 10, we experienced the Hawaii Ocean Science and Technology Park which is administered by National Energy Laboratory Hawaii Authority (NELHA). The park is a collection of 42 groups, which range from research andContinue reading
Biofuel forests for the future?
The forest products industry likes to cut trees, but trees are the most efficient way we know to remove CO2 from the atmosphere.
Anne Martin
alumni, climate, conservation, energy, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, forests, marine studies, sustainability, travel, water
alumni, climate, conservation, energy, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, forests, marine studies, sustainability, travel, water
Lessons from the Road
Be it the vision of the Amazon, or a view from the shore of a different sea…soil of a different texture or a tree with bark made of colors we have never before witnessed…a language we don’t know or a new alignment of the stars…may we be thankful for the time to reflect, and the chance to stand in wonder of life, to bask in the newness…thankful for the reminder that we are alive.
William Schlesinger
biogeochemistry, climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, faculty, population growth, sustainability
biogeochemistry, climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, faculty, population growth, sustainability
In quest of the steady-state
Sustainability will not be achieved with rising human population and increasing resource use.
Energy Sprawl
Renewables have many advantages, but lessening the impact of energy provision on natural habitat does not appear to be among them.