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Dennis Weaver Drives Cross Country with Green Fueled Vehicles

Dennis Weaver, the well-known actor, has been walking his talk for years, first with his Earthship home and next with his Institute of Ecolonomics. This spring he’ll be driving his talk with “Drive to Survive,” a cross-country journey from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. demonstrating the viability of alternative-fuel vehicles. A convoy of alternative-fueled vehicles powered by hydrogen, electricity, compressed natural gas, biodiesel, methanol and ethanol will travel on a 3- week, 11-city media and publicity tour promoting clean-burning, renewable energies. When it crosses the finish line in Washington DC. on Capitol Hill, Weaver will deliver a 100,000-signature petition to President Bush and the US Congress illustrating our commitment to technologies that will free us from dependency on foreign oil.The Drive to Survive builds on the momentum of the Institutes’ Drive for Life 2001, a 1,000-mile course from Los Angeles to Denver along segments of historic Route 66. Dennis Weaver founded the nonprofit Institute of Ecolonomics in 1993 to demonstrate that creating a symbiotic relationship between a strong economy and a healthy ecology is the formula for a sustainable future. You can add your name to the petition or download a copy and collect signatures. Drive to Survive: [sorry this […]

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Sustainability Publishing House Leads in Word & Actions

New Society Publishers calls itself “the activist publisher,” publishing books that “contribute in fundamental ways to building an ecologically sustainable and just society.” In 1997, the British Columbia – based company won an Ethics in Action Award sponsored by Canadian Businesses for Social Responsibility. Look at how they walk their talk: * staff gets six weeks paid vacation annually!* their office paper consists of 80% recycled content: 60% post consumer fiber, 80% Processed Chlorine Free, 20% Totally Chlorine Free, and they purchase in bulk. In July 2001, when they launched Guy Dauncey’s book, Stormy Weather: 101 Solutions to Global Climate Change, they committed to printing all of their books on 100% post-consumer recycled or tree-free paper. The paper is acid-free, chlorine-free, and they use vegetable-based inks for printing.23 other Canadian and American book publishers are now following in New Society’s footsteps, including Raincoast, Canadian publishers of Harry Potter. Raincoast printed more than 1.5 million books last year. New Society works with Friesens Printing of Manitoba, and New Leaf Paper, in San Francisco. Some of their recent releases relevant to sustainable business are: — The Sustainability Advantage: Seven Business Case Benefits of Triple Bottom Line, by Bob Willard— The Natural Step […]

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Weekly Clean Energy Roundup: Jan. 22, 2003

Provided by EREN Network News*News and Events 14 Organizations to Cut Greenhouse Gases 4 Percent by 2006 Zilkha Proposes 180-Megawatt Wind Plant for Washington Hawaiian Electric Launches Renewable Energy Subsidiary Green Mountain Energy to Stop Selling Power in Connecticut Toyota to Discontinue Electric Version of its RAV4 New York State Supports Industrial Energy Efficiency *Site NewsNew Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) *Energy Facts and TipsEIA Updates Projection of U.S. Winter Heating Costs———————————————————————-NEWS AND EVENTS———————————————————————-14 Organizations to Cut Greenhouse Gases 4 Percent by 2006Fourteen organizations, including several large corporations, have entered into a legally binding agreement to cut their greenhouse gas emissions by 4 percent within the next four years. The 14 entities announced last week that they are forming the Chicago Climate Exchange, a voluntary cap-and-trade program for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The program will allow entities that exceed their emissions goal to sell carbon credits to organizations that are falling short. Trading will begin in spring, and will include so-called “sinks” — farm and forestry projects that help reduce greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere — as well as “offsets,” which are emissions-reducing projects in other countries that are funded by the U.S. entities.The 14 entities include American […]

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