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Re: ecological economist
2008-08-13 10:08:33 UTC
Bob Costanza et al's landmark paper published in 1997 in "Nature" magazine is frequently used as a source: http://www.uvm.edu/giee/publications/Nature_Paper.pdf
Here is a World Bank report that is also quotable: http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2004/12/08/
000012009_20041208104054/Rendered/PDF/308870PAPER0EDP0101010Valuation.pdf
Jeff Hohensee
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Re: Question re use of Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs)
2008-04-04 22:26:31 UTC
Turning a CFL on and off frequently can shorten its life. To take full advantage of the energy savings and long life of ENERGY STAR qualified CFLs, it is best to use them in light fixtures you use the most and are on for at least 15 minutes at a time. Good locations include outdoor light fixtures, indoor fixtures in the living room, family room, kitchen, bedroom, recreation room, etc. This is not to say you should leave your lights on all day if you use ENERGY STAR qualified CFLs. It is still a good habit to turn the lights off when you leave the room for an extended period of time. You may also have heard that CFLs use a lot of energy when turning on and off. While there is a brief surge in energy use when a CFL is turned on, with today's starting technology, that surge usually lasts about a tenth of a second and consumes about as much energy as five seconds of normal operation. So, even when turned on and off frequently, a CFL uses less energy than its incandescent equivalent. But because turning a CFL on and off more frequently can shorten its life and CFLs are more expensive than incandescents, we recommend consumers use CFLs in applications where they are on for at least fifteen minutes. http://energystar.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/energystar.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.ph p?p_faqid=2569
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Re: Phantom Electric Loss
2008-04-04 11:25:47 UTC
There is a product called a "Plug Miser" that uses a motion detector to turn off devices after a user set period of time.
Jeff Hohensee
Natural Capitalism Solutions -
Re: Compostable kitchenware
2007-11-08 18:25:59 UTC
Here's a couple of companies that wholesale biodegradable "one use" products:
http://www.recycline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=34
http://www.excellentpackaging.com/pages/1/EPSNature.htm
We have found commercial composting facilities that can authentically process bio-polymers a lot harder to find than the polymers themselves. If anyone knows of any networks or resources for bio-degrading "hard" bio-degradables we'd appreciate leads.
Jeff Hohensee
Natural Capitalism Solutions -
Re: Highschool projects - Calcualte carbon footprint, net zero etc
2007-09-20 12:48:56 UTC
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/school.html
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Re: Cities Insitutions
2007-07-19 13:17:51 UTC
http://www.climatemanual.org/Cities/index.htm
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RE: Please Read: Important Proposed Changes to Listserv -- Feedback Sought
2007-03-26 11:12:08 UTC
Thanks Doug, I deeply appreciate your work. The FSB list serve is a valuable resource. Restricting posts to a discussion board would create a barrier to my participation. I strongly prefer the easy access of e-mail with the known problems to controlled conformity of a BBS input. I respect which ever direction you choose to head. Keep up the good work.
Jeff Hohensee
Natural Capitalism Solutions -
Re: Trees for Cars
2006-12-05 12:14:03 UTC
General Motors funded a program called the GEO Tree Planting program in the 90's. They used it as part of their GEO branding and planted a tree for every GEO they sold. They turned around and funded over 71 non-profits across the US to plant over a million trees, many in urban forests (which are a lot more expensive to plant, and have a significantly deeper impact on mitigating urban air pollution.) GM discontinued both the car and the program. If you can get a hold of one of the non-profits that was involved there is A LOT to learn about what worked and what didn't. I'd check the Alliance for Community Trees. http://actrees.org/site/index.php Many of their members were involved in the program. By the by, there is some controversy in the urban forestry movement about carbon credits for tree planting. Some of the big players like American Forests will let you calculate carbon per tree on their website as part of soliciting funds for tree planting. http://www.americanforests.org/resources/ccc/ Others complain that from a systems standpoint tree planting to mitigate vehicle emissions is on the output side, which is never as efficient. They desire education campaigns aimed at sustainable behavior changes (i.e. less miles driven plus better miles per gallon vehicles reduces carbon emissions) at the input end of the system. I suppose it's all better than naught.
Bonne Chance,
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Re: Looking for ideas regarding recycling food scraps and other reusables after football matches
2006-09-23 18:37:07 UTC
Depending on how where the matches are, my personal favorite for large group food scrapes is pigs. We used to take scrapes from a youth camp and give them to local farmers. I suppose this is more down-cycling than recycling. But folks call plastic recycling recycling, so what the helk. We talked about taking keeping our own pigs for a while, but the health requirements in an institutional setting were onerous. Hence the good neighbor solution. The farmers loved it. I am guessing the pigs did also.
Jeff Hohensee
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Re: Enviro perf weather report - relevance to CBSM
2006-08-10 05:07:01 UTC
Thanks!
Are there any proven or promising processes for or identifying behavior barriers?
Jeff
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