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Solar panel lifespan (brief)
What we do know today is that a panel will continue to lose about 0.5% efficiency each year over it´s lifetime, and this is what makes solar panels manufactured today, come with a warranty that guarantees an energy production off at least … more...
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Environment
0 replies | 1765 views | Posted on: 11/27/2017 | Last updated: 11/27/2017
Mayors Step Up to Fill Climate Change Leadership Gap
On Monday, June 26, The United States Conference of Mayors, including both Republican and Democratic mayors from across the nation, met in Miami and adopted several resolutions to fight climate change. One of the resolutions the attendees a… more...
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Climate Change
1 replies | 1265 views | Posted on: 06/30/2017 | Last updated: 07/13/2017
What’s Happening to the Bees?
Pollinators serve a very important role in agriculture. Grasses such as wheat and corn are pollinated by the wind, but most other native crops require pollination by bees or other pollinating animals. Among other important foods, these crop… more...
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Agriculture/Farming
0 replies | 1257 views | Posted on: 06/29/2017 | Last updated: 06/29/2017
How Much Do You Know About Solving Global Warming? (Take the Quiz! via New York Times)
Green entrepreneur, Paul Hawken recently edited a book called “Drawdown.” The new book analyzes one hundred potential climate change solutions and ranks them based on the measure of greenhouse gases that could be eliminated. The interes… more...
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Environment
0 replies | 2090 views | Posted on: 06/15/2017 | Last updated: 06/15/2017
California is Staying the Path
"Against the backdrop of recent awareness-building events designed to bolster against the political sludge oozing out of Washington DC, I spent Friday, April 28th at the 11th Annual Summit on Sustainability at the Getty Center, put together… more...
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Environment
1 replies | 661 views | Posted on: 05/05/2017 | Last updated: 06/07/2017
Webinar: How Sustainable is Our Global Climate Ethos? June 8th 1:15-2:45pm EST
How Sustainable is Our Global Climate Ethos and will it create a sustainable climate? Building on decades of work across the globe by the public and private sectors, has a shared global climate ethos -- a sense of collective commitment … more...
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Climate Change
0 replies | 1448 views | Posted on: 05/24/2017 | Last updated: 05/24/2017
What you count counts
I hope you will check out my latest blog for USGBC-LA: http://usgbc-la.org/blog/spotlight-on-sustainability-what-we-count-counts/ more...
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Environment
3 replies | 1879 views | Posted on: 04/26/2017 | Last updated: 05/03/2017
Arnold Arboretum Clean-Up Day: Love your Block
Arnold Arboretum Clean-Up Day: Love your Block May 13 | 10am-1pm Arnold Arboretum: Bussey Brook Meadow 395 South Street, Boston MA 02130 Join EPMA in supporting the City of Boston’s Love Your Block: Civic Engagement Week for a park c… more...
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Environment
0 replies | 999 views | Posted on: 04/28/2017 | Last updated: 04/28/2017
The Future of Food: Climate, Crops, and Consequences Lecture Series
The Future of Food: Climate, Crops, and Consequences Lecture Series May 8 | 4:00pm Biological Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Cambridge The Future of Food: Climate, Crops, and Consequences Lecture Series, organized by the Harvard … more...
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Climate Change
0 replies | 1683 views | Posted on: 04/28/2017 | Last updated: 04/28/2017
Job Opportunity: Assistant to the New England Women in Energy and the Environment (NEWIEE) Board
Job Opportunity: Assistant to the New England Women in Energy and the Environment (NEWIEE) Board Position: Part-time Assistant to the Board, Contract Position (about 20 hours per week) Description of Responsibilities: Membership/Volu… more...
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Environment
0 replies | 911 views | Posted on: 02/08/2017 | Last updated: 02/08/2017
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