Posted on June 30 2009 by zerofootprint and filed in Health + Pollution
By: Annika Mengisen, The New York Times, Published: January 8, 2009
On November 28, 2008, a retention pond for fly ash (a waste product from burning coal) burst in Kingston, Tenn., spilling an estimated 1 billion gallons of sludge containing years’ worth of waste from the Tennessee Valley Authority’s adjacent coal-burning power plant over an area of 300 acres, Griffith explains.
Posted on June 30 2009 by zerofootprint and filed in Climate Change
Posted on June 15, 2009 in Canadian Water Treatment Magazine
In 2008, there were 767 million utility or billing water meters in the world, according to ABS Research's latest world meter reports on the three sectors.
The water meter market has been impacted by the collapse of the construction industry and a reduction in demand for new residential meters, most notably in China, the
Posted on June 30 2009 by zerofootprint and filed in Carbon Emissions
Posted on Softchoice.com
When adopting a green IT strategy, two factors are considered: Cost and environmental impact. A recent survey by IBM and Info-Tech ranked the adoption of green solutions in 1,000 medium-sized companies (defined as 1000 employees or less). The results showed that in today's business environment, cost savings takes precedence over waste reduction. Luckily, the two
Fact: 1 kg of barley takes 1300 liters of water to produce!
Published: 16 June 2009, Geneva, By: WBCSD
This overview of basic facts and societal challenges related to water is now available in Turkish thanks to our regional network partner, Turkey BCSD. The report uses existing data from many United Nations organizations, the OECD, the World Resources Institute and other research organizations. It is presented in a simplified and condensed
Posted on June 29 2009 by zerofootprint and filed in Carbon Emissions
By Sam Stein, Posted June 26, 2009
With Contributing Reporting By Jeff Muskus and Ryan Grim
After a tense debate, in which the margin of success or failure never moved beyond a handful of votes, the House of Representatives passed the most sweeping climate change policy ever considered by Congress early Friday evening.
The outcome had remained up in the air up until the actual vote,
Fact: 1 apple requires 70 liters of water to get to the store. 1 glass of apple juice requires 140 liters!
Fact: The total 20th century rise in sea level is estimated to be 0.17 meters. This is greater than the sea level rise over the previous 2,000 years!
Posted on June 26 2009 by zerofootprint and filed in Health + Pollution, Nature + Science
Zerofootprint has received a lot of feedback questions and comments around offset credits for trees planted on one's property.
Planting trees on your property is indeed a good thing and everyone is encouraged to do so trees provide shade, keep your house cool in the summer, help retain soil moisture content and sequester carbon dioxide in their lifetime. Although trees or shrubs play
Posted on June 26 2009 by zerofootprint and filed in Health + Pollution
For those who remember the stench (and rats) of the 2002 garbage strike here in the city of Toronto, the latest garbage strike is an added incentive to reduce waste.
Here are a few tips that will let you reduce your waste and help keep garbage from piling up in front of your house:
Bring less waste home:
Zerofootprint congratulates the 16,400 students from around the world who have used the iEARN Youth Calculator. Together, you have pledged to reduce your personal carbon emissions by over 10,000 tonnes - a remarkable achievement!
