Posted: (08/28/2008)
Carbon Footprint: Saving at Home
YOU know your shoe size. But you probably don't know your carbon footprint, particularly the footprint of your home. "The term "'carbon footprint' is used to describe the amount of greenhouse gases that are emitted into the atmosphere each year by a person, household, building, organization or company," said Cathy Milbourn, a spokeswoman for the federal Environmental Protection Agency. One of the main sources of greenhouse gases is the home. "For individuals, about 40 percent of our carbon emissions come from our homes," said Eric Carlson, the executive director of Carbonfund.org, an environmental group in Silver Spring, Md. Article Continues: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/garden/28fix.html
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Posted: (08/27/2008)
Getting on Board with Corporate Social Responsibility
Getting on Board with Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate boards can and should influence their companies' social and environmental performances finds a new report. Institutional investors are helping push the importance of social and environmental issues on companies' bottom lines. Corporate boards now need to figure how to respond to investors' and other stakeholders' demands concerning social, environmental, and governance (ESG) issues finds the report "The Role of the Board of Directors in Corporate Social Responsibility." The report was published by the Conference Board of Canada, a non-profit that researches business and economic trends. To read the complete article go to: http://www.enn.com/business/article/38033
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Posted: (08/27/2008)
Measuring Tahoe's blues Sediment and pollution obscure lake and light
There is something ineffable about trying to measure a thing by the point at which it is no longer measurable. But that was exactly what we were doing, leaning over the side of a boat, watching a white plate sink into Lake Tahoe. We counted off the feet on the line attached to the Secchi dish, named for Angelo Secchi, a 19th-century scientist at the Vatican, who invented this method to measure water clarity in the Mediterranean. "10, 20, 30." Sunlight reflected off the white surface and refracted through the blue water, casting a crystalline halo around the dish. Then the plate began to lose definition around the edge. Soon it was just a pale diffuse light, getting smaller and smaller in the darkening depths. "40, 50, 60." To read the entire article, click on the "link" below.
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