While its commendable and, I believe, the job of every person living on planet earth to take care of the common ground we all share; sadly, it appears that environmental conservation has become more of a radical religion than anything else. In reading posts on blogs and news organization sites, its obvious that folks are worried about literally every last ounce of…

Lowe’s, a nationwide home improvement retailer, has announced a recent partnership with solar installer Sungevity — a move which will bring renewable energy to the masses. The collaboration will allow residential homeowners to lease pv panels without any upfront cost and the worries that come with maintaining an expensive solar array. Customers will have direct access to Sungevity’s iQuote, a system that uses aerial images to calculate installation estimates to ease the process with no…

Finally, some good news for those who are thinking of buying an EV! This month, ECOtality North America received a $2.87 million grant from the city of San Francisco to establish charging stations throughout the U.S. The company is set to develop over 15,000 of their Blink charging stations in 16 cities throughout Oregon, Washington, California, Arizona, Tennessee and Texas – as well as the District…

Telecom giant, Cox Communications, is one of the first companies in Southern California to generate more than half of its energy needs with renewable power. Using an 800-kilowatt fuel cell, the company will reduce its environmental impact to the equivalent of taking more than 850 cars off the road annually — enough energy to power 603 average homes. Fuel cells are one of the few truly green sources of energy, as they are highly efficient…

A non-profit private school, based in the Philippines, has launched a scholarship program to help lower income students afford a decent education by allowing them to pay school tuition fees with recyclables. WISHCRAFT, or ‘We Integrate Scholarship with the Collection of Recyclables and Frequently Generated Trash’, provides prospective students with the unique opportunity to bring in old plastic bags, empty soda cans, scrap metal, used shampoo bottles, and other recyclable items for discounts on their tuition fees. A young…