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Are Zero Waste Communities A Viable Option for Achieving Sustainability in The United States?

By Aysu Katun on January 21, 2010 5 Comments Austin, Berkeley, Boulder, Canberra, desalination, diversion, diversion rate, federal plan, General Motors, GrassRoots Recycling Network, Hewlett-Packard, incentive, Kamikatsu, landfill, landfill-free, Lord Norman Foster, Los Angeles, Masdar City, monorail, NIKE, policy reform, recycle, recycling rate, repair, reuse, San Francisco, Seattle, solar power, waste processing, waste reduction, zero carbon, zero waste communities, zero waste goal, Zero Waste International Alliance, zero-waste

Are Zero Waste Communities A Viable Option for Achieving Sustainability in The United States?

Imagine a world where the concept of “waste” does not exist. A world in which nothing gets discarded, every industrial product gets reassembled into something useful, each unit of energy is offset and anything and everything is a renewable resource. This is the design principle and environmental philosophy of “zero waste”.

Local Green Jobs Roundup: Detroit, San Francisco, Ohio, Nevada, New York and Florida

By Tracey de Morsella on April 14, 2009 Comments Off on Local Green Jobs Roundup: Detroit, San Francisco, Ohio, Nevada, New York and Florida Babcock Ranch, Brooklyn Navy Yard, construction jobs, detroit, Duggal Greenhouse, energy efficiency, Five Borough Economic Opportunity Plan, Florida, Fort Myers, Global Wind Systems, GoSolarSF, green jobs, greenhouse gas, John Fellhauer of Fellhauer Mechanical Systems, Large-Scale Solar Association, Masdar City, Michael R. Bloomberg, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Nevada, New York, novi, Oak Harbor, Ohio, Perry Avenue Building, photovoltaic solar power plant, planned community, Portage Township study, residential solar power, San Francisco, SF Energy Watch, Solar City, Solar Generating Facilities, solar Power Plants, solar;, tax credits, tax revenues, Terra Community College, The Sun Rises On Nevada, turbines, Vote Solar, wind energy, wind power, Wind Power Technology Certificate, wind turbine, wind turbine assembly

The wind energy industry will brings badly needed jobs to Detroit. Local green jobs are rising as San Francisco solar and energy efficiency incentive programs expand. Terra Community College in Ohio will be offering a new wind power certificate. A new study shows that investment in solar generating facilities could bring thousand of jobs to Nevada. Green initiatives bring new jobs to Brooklyn Navy Yard. Planned ‘Solar City’ in Florida will bring 20,000 jobs to the region.