Under Tempe’s desert sun some 28,000 competitors walk and run a 4.2 mile trek in honor of Pat Tillman. Pat Tillman played for Arizona State University (ASU) in the stadium where the commemorative race ends. When Pat went on to don the Arizona Cardinal uniform he still chose to bike to practice and not take some flashy car. He was a simple man who went without the frivolities so many sports figures flaunt. He enlisted in the Army shortly after September 11, 2001 walking away from a $3.6 million NFL contract and died under friendly fire in Afghanistan. It makes sense that Pat’s Run strives to better its eco-efficiency every year to honor a man who gave his life for his country and became a model for simplicity and honor. Here are five ways Pat’s Run is an eco-conscious model for charity races. [Read this article]
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Pat’s Run: An Eco-Conscious Model For Charity Races
Date: 04/25/2012 | Source: Green Living Ideas 
EPA Releases Green Power List, Microsoft Debuts At Third
Date: 04/25/2012 | Source: Environmental Leader
Microsoft has ranked third in the EPA’s list of organizations using the most green power, and along with McDonald’s, appears on the list for the first time. Intel and Kohl’s maintain their long-time first and second place positions on the Top 50 Green Power Partnership rankings, while Microsoft, which is new to the list, bumped Walmart’s California and Texas facilities from third to fourth place. The EPA updates the rankings quarterly. Combined, the Top 50 partners use more than 15 billion kWh of green power annually, according to EPA data. By using green power, these organizations are avoiding carbon pollution equal to that created by the electricity use of more than 1.3 million American homes each year, the EPA reports. Microsoft says it has reduced carbon emissions by at least 30 percent since 2007 through a combination of energy efficiency measures and purchasing carbon credits. [Read this article]
Which Cities Tend To Be The Greenest? The Answer May Surprise You
Date: 04/20/2012 | Source: The Atlantic Cities
For many if not for most people, cities are inextricably associated with pollution. The image of the smoke belching industrial city is pretty firmly etched into the popular mind, while leafy suburbs and pastoral rural towns are generally seen as the epitome of a greener, Jeffersonian ideal. In reality, cities and metropolitan areas are key levers in energy conservation and the reduction of emissions and greenhouse gases. Cities across the United States and around the world are embracing green strategies. They’re encouraging green building, energy conservation and recycling; they’re developing parks and green spaces; encouraging transit use, building bike lanes, and discouraging cars (some with congestion pricing efforts), and using walkability as a benchmark in their development and redevelopment efforts. In fact, our biggest cities tend to be among our cleanest. [Read this article]
Earth Day: The History Of A Movement
Date: 04/11/2012 | Source: Earth Day Network
Each year, Earth Day – April 22 – marks the anniversary of what many consider the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. The height of hippie and flower-child culture in the United States, protest was the order of the day, but saving the planet was not the cause. “Environment” was a word that appeared more often in spelling bees than on the evening news. Although mainstream America remained oblivious to environmental concerns, the stage had been set for change by the publication of Rachel Carson’s New York Times bestseller Silent Spring in 1962. The book represented a watershed moment for the modern environmental movement, and more than any other person, Ms. Carson raised public awareness and concern for living organisms, the environment and public health. Earth Day 1970 capitalized on the emerging consciousness, channeling the energy of the anti-war protest movement and putting environmental concerns front and center. [Read this article]
Is Your State Prepared For Climate Change?
Date: 04/11/2012 | Source: Triple Pundit
A new report from the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) found that 29 states, almost 60 percent, are not prepared for water threats caused by climate change. Only six of the 36 states facing possible water supply challenges have comprehensive adaptation plans, and only 22 states have formally adopted or established greenhouse (GHG) emissions reduction targets or goals. The report, titled Ready or Not: An Evaluation of State Climate and Water Preparedness Planning, categorizes all 50 states into one of four categories. Category 1 represents states that have the best and most prepared plans, while Category 4 includes the most unprepared states. California, the most populated state in the nation, is one of the nine most prepared states. California stands out even among the group of nine states in Category 1 with a comprehensive climate change preparedness plan. [Read this article]
UCLA Greens Its Campus: University Sets The Standard For Environmental Sustainability
Date: 04/11/2012 | Source: Mother Nature Network
As home to the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES), the University of California at Los Angeles is paving the way in setting a green example and pioneering eco-practices and programs on its West L.A. campus, which has the population equivalent of a city of 70,000. “The whole UC system has set sustainability policy goals that all 10 campuses are striving to meet, and they run the gamut around different kinds of operations for each of the campuses; for example, reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2020, aligning with the state of California EV-32 goals,” says Cully Nordby, the IoES’ academic director and chair of the campus sustainability committee. “We’re also reducing our waste. The policy is to get to zero waste by the year 2020. We’ve eliminated Styrofoam. We’ve instituted a very aggressive recycling program.” Since 1990, the school has reduced their greenhouse gas emissions per squarefoot by 26%. [Read this article]
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