http://www.empowerbrown.org/blog the environment on blast Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:25:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If students once found a cause in banning the bomb, this generation is out to ban the bottle. The disposable plastic water bottle, that is. -Lawrence Goodman, Brown Alumni Magazine Shoot, son: BTB just got a full page spread in the Brown Alumni Magazine. This might be the one time that the ... http://www.empowerbrown.org/blog/2010/01/14/btb-in-the-alumni-magazine/ [caption id="attachment_376" align="alignnone" width="599" caption="It Continues at http://www.onlineeducation.net/bottled_water/water_full.jpg"][/caption] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. http://www.empowerbrown.org/blog/2009/12/14/you-cant-seriously-still-be-buying-bottled-water/ More good news from the front lines, some solid estimates of capabilities of green roofs to sequester carbon! I can almost see the CCURB proposals... or maybe the 2010 Mayor's Green Summer Job Corps. From Miller-McCune.com: In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers at Michigan State University have calculated the carbon sequestration benefits ... http://www.empowerbrown.org/blog/2009/12/13/carbon-absorption-of-green-roofs-numbers-crunched/ [caption id="" align="alignright" width="263" caption="December 9, 2009 - the day that "Copenhagen" beat out "Tiger Woods" in the rankings of hot search terms. Thank you, treehugger.com."][/caption] Ben Jervey is covering this story here and here. Tuvalu, speaking for all of AOSIS (the Alliance of Small Island States, needs a legally-binding deal, and ... http://www.empowerbrown.org/blog/2009/12/13/tuvalu-shows-mettle-at-copenhagen/ Thanks to Jef Nickerson @ Greater City: Providence for this announcement: A report by the Environmental Working Group ranks Providence’s municipal water as second best (of metropolitan areas over 250,000 people) in the country. EWG compiled information from water utility tests going back to 2004 in 48,000 municipalities in 45 states. ... http://www.empowerbrown.org/blog/2009/12/13/congratulations-providence/ ECRI Calendar 12/7/09 Public Info Sessions on Pawtucket's Proposed WasteZero System to Reduce Trash and Increase Recycling Tue, Dec 8 at 7:00 PM at Potter Elementary School, 973 Newport Avenue Tue, Dec 15 at 7:00 PM at Varieur Elementary School, 486 Pleasant Street Wed, Dec 16 at 7:00 PM at Winters Elementary School, 481 Broadway Thur, ... http://www.empowerbrown.org/blog/2009/12/08/events-from-the-environmental-council-ri/ Happy to see this post @ RIFuture! Thanks to Michael Roles. Join us as Senator Whitehouse hears our VOICES The Rhode Island Student Climate Coalition urges you to join concerned citizens from all over Rhode Island to thank Senator Whitehouse for his bold and important stances on climate change.  Senator Whitehouse ... http://www.empowerbrown.org/blog/2009/12/08/a-call-for-green-jobs-clean-energy-and-strong-emissions-cuts/ The National Wildlife Federation just released a report on "Generation E," laying out 35 ways in which students are "cutting carbon emissions, saving resources and equipping the coming generation for a green energy economy." The CCURB Project HeatSave was highlighted, and our own dashing Adam Yarnell '10 is holding down page ... http://www.empowerbrown.org/blog/2009/12/05/aw-shucks/ This week the Climate + Energy talk will be hosting two professors, one speaking on issues in financing climate change solutions and the other on building your own renewable energy sources. Come find out about the latest on what other researchers are doing in our exciting and dynamic field of ... http://www.empowerbrown.org/blog/2009/11/16/climate-energy-brown-bag-1117/ emPower's tonight, 9pm, Wilson 302. Be there... or bring a note from your doctor next time. Anyway, DIGEST: In Brief: Announcements: 1. Take the Beyond the Bottle Online Pledge! 2. Apply to Be a BOLT Leader! 3. Apply for Greenpeace's Semester-Long Activist Training 4. Summer Study Abroad on Climate Change/Sust. Dev. in Latin Am. and the Carib. Events: 5. ... http://www.empowerbrown.org/blog/2009/11/15/empower-digest-1115/