Creative Loafing Tampa

Poo-powered Japanese motorcycle sports toilet and talks

A sustainably fueled commode of transportation.

• by Katie Machol
A sustainably fueled commode of transportation.
• Tags: Green Living, Toilet Bike Neo Project, TOTO Green Challenge, Japan, co2, emissions, sustainable, biogas, biofuel

The climate impacts of freight transport

Freight shipments are responsible for about a quarter of all transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions.

• by Katie Machol
Freight shipments are responsible for about a quarter of all transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions.
• Tags: Green Living, Green Policy, pollution, freight trucks, transport, carbon emissions, CO2, greenhouse gases, transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions, NAFTA

2010: Power plant CO2 emissions up 5.6% and hottest year on record. Coincidence?

• by Katie Machol
Carbon dioxide emissions from power plants in the U.S. rose by 5.56% in 2010 over the previous year -- the biggest annual increase since 1995. Not surprising is the fact that 2010 was also the warmest year on record (having tied with 2005) and that nine of the 10 warmest years on record have occurred since 2000.
• Tags: Green Living, Green Community, Florida, EPA, global warming, Green Living, Green Community, carbon emissions, co2, greenhouse gas, us power plants, power plant, Environmental Integrity, The Environmental Integrity Project

Japanese inventor builds machine that turns plastic bags into fuel

• by Katie Machol
Though the fuel created will end up releasing CO2 into the air, it’s still reducing the amount of oil that needs to be drilled and also keeps all of that plastic out of our landfills. In essence, it’s like “recycling” crude oil.
• Tags: Green Living, recycle, Green Living, reuse, plastic, crude oil, co2, plastic bags, Akinori Ito, Blest Corporation

Greenpeace's new "Unfriend Coal" campaign against Facebook

• by Katie Machol
• Tags: Activism, Green Living, Activism, clean energy, facebook, Green Living, wind power, solar power, greenpeace, carbon emissions, co2, Mark Zuckerberg, unfriend coal, coal power

DIY countertop and freezer composting (video)

• by Katie Machol
Ask Umbra from Grist.org has some great tips on countertop and freezer (yes, freezer) composting methods and what you can do with that mini compost pile when it's ripe (in more ways than one) for the planting.
• Tags: Green Living, food, composting, Green Living, compost, carbon dioxide, greenhouse gases, methane, co2, grist.org, ask umbra, vermiculture, Uncategorized

Even death can be more eco-conscious with the new Restomation process

• by Katie Machol
Lucky for us eco-conscious folks, Scottish biochemist Sandy Sullivan has come up with a much cleaner and greener option to burial or cremation.
• Tags: Green Living, carbon footprint, Green Living, energy efficient, co2, carbon, Burial, restomation, green funeral, cremation, UK Cremation Society, sandy sullivan, Uncategorized

The Green Community week in review: Greenwashed bamboo textile claims, best green trend in the Bay, and more

• by Katie Machol
Read what you might've missed last week in the Green Community!
• Tags: Green Living, Green Community, Green Policy, Green Jobs, protest, Creative-Loafing, dunedin-brewery, Tampa-Bay, food, David Warner, Environment, sustainable architecture, sustainable design, water, mcdonalds, agriculture, corn, independent film, animal cruelty, PETA, green, independent filmmakers, ronald mcdonald, Green Living, industrial agriculture, Nature, Cigar City Brewing, Green Community, Green Policy, Green Jobs, cl green, energy star, tampa bay area, Linda Taylor, USGBC Gulf Coast Chapter, water conservation, USGBC, gas, mother earth, cl green community, genetically modified food, natural gas, solar hot water, office assistance plus, rain barrel, waste, carbon dioxide, st petersburg college, dunedin house of beer, emissions, water restrictions, outdoors, LEED certification, spc, St. Pete College, sustainability management, food Inc., jason green, animal rights activist, USGBC Florida Gulf Coast Chapter, energy waste, Best of the Bay 2009, BOTB, peta protestors, LEED, growler, brown glass, beer bottles, beer jug, eco friendly beer, sustainable beer, mother nature, activities, outside, midlothian, leed exam training, leed ap, leed ap exam training, leed ap om eb, operations and maintenance, existing building, Corporate training, corporate e-training, susan reiter, leed training, leed ap training, leed ap om eb training, josh bomstein, fgcc florida gulf coast chapter, environmental science technology, associates in science, as, bachelor of applied science, bas, spc sustainability coordinator, utilities, hot water waste, water waste, cold showers, dirty dishes, low flow showerheads, low flow water heads, aerated showerheads, clothes washing, dirty clothes, washing machines, co2, dishwasher, energystar, solar source, solar rebates, water heater, instant hot, instahot, water heater temperature, water heater timers, water leaks, carbon, limestone, magnesium, calcium, cement, concrete, fossil fuel emossions, global CO2 emissions, mining, silicates, seawater, byproducts, king corn, crops, Federal Trade Commission, Bamboo Clothing, Rayon, green office makeover, clutter sorting, office organizing, environmentally friendly, green trend, Uncategorized

Cement companies designing greener processes

• by Jessica McCormick
One of the largest producers of excess carbon dioxide -- the cement industry -- might get a green facelift in the next few years. Some new cement companies are looking to change the process significantly and either lower or counter their CO2 production.
• Tags: Green Living, Green Community, water, green, Green Living, Green Community, gas, natural gas, waste, carbon dioxide, emissions, co2, carbon, limestone, magnesium, calcium, cement, concrete, fossil fuel emossions, global CO2 emissions, mining, silicates, seawater, byproducts, Uncategorized

Tips to save money by decreasing hot water waste

• by Jason Green
• Tags: Green Living, Green Community, Green Living, Green Community, cl green, energy star, cl green community, solar hot water, st petersburg college, spc, St. Pete College, jason green, energy waste, utilities, hot water waste, water waste, cold showers, dirty dishes, low flow showerheads, low flow water heads, aerated showerheads, clothes washing, dirty clothes, washing machines, co2, dishwasher, energystar, solar source, solar rebates, water heater, instant hot, instahot, water heater temperature, water heater timers, water leaks, Uncategorized