Non-Profit + Social Enterprise + Social Justice + Green & Energy

Biofuel Powers Air New Zealand Test Flight

polymeme — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:42:01 -0500

GREENTECH MEDIA | NEWS FEED :Air New Zealand becomes the second airline to successfully use biofuel in a test flight. Virgin Atlantic Airways and Continental Airlines are also testing biofuel blends as a way to cut fuel costs and reduce their greenhouse-gas emissions... READ MORE

JPG Magazine Says Goodbye

polymeme — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:00:31 -0500

JPG MAGAZINE : Today is a particularly sad day for all of us at JPG and 8020 Media.We've spent the last few months trying to make the business behind JPG sustain itself... READ MORE

The Latest on Homicide Rates

polymeme — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:01:05 -0500

FREAKONOMICS :Nothing grabs headlines like dire warnings about homicide trends. And there is no criminologist better at garnering headlines than James Alan Fox... READ MORE

Uncharitable

polymeme — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:24:56 -0500

TACTICAL PHILANTHROPY :What Pallotta gets right in his book is his broad theme that the social benefit sector is hamstrung by a cultural belief that people who do good should do so in a sacrificial way... READ MORE

This oil man favors a gas-tax hike

polymeme — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:47:53 -0500

CNN MONEY :It's not often you hear a corporate executive advocate a tax on the product he sells, particularly not in the oil business, where opposition to gasoline taxes is fervent. But Paul Foster... READ MORE

Marty Peretz and the American political consensus on Israel

polymeme — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:50:19 -0500

SALON :Opinions about the Israeli-Palestinian dispute are so entrenched that any single outbreak of violence is automatically evaluated through a pre-existing lens... READ MORE

A Plug-In Hybrid Goes on Sale, in China

polymeme — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:38:13 -0500

WHEELS :The questionable quality of Chinese cars has been the butt of many jokes, but it looks as though BYD Auto of Shenzhen, China, might be having the last laugh... READ MORE

Prius: It's Not Just a Car, It's an Emergency Generator

polymeme — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 10:13:58 -0500

GREEN INC. : The Prius has a new use, and it does not involve driving. The Harvard Press — which serves the Massachusetts town of Harvard as opposed to the university — reported that the car’s battery helped keep the lights on for some locals during the recent ice storms. ... READ MORE

Rising Seas, Severe Drought, Could Come in Decades, Says U.S. Report

polymeme — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:26:44 -0500

WWW.SPACEREF.COM :San Francisco-- The United States could suffer the effects of abrupt climate changes within decades--sooner than some previously thought--says a new government report. It contends that seas could rise rapidly if melting of polar ice continues to outrun recent projections... READ MORE

Government buildings emit more CO2 than all of Kenya

polymeme — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:26:44 -0500

GUARDIAN :Public buildings in England and Wales are pumping out 11m tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, more than Kenya's entire carbon footprint, the Guardian can reveal... READ MORE