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THIS WEEK: Holy cow! This week Planet Forward got up close and personal with some Virginia livestock. DC Brau, the first local brewery in D.C. feeds their organic waste to livestock in the Virginia area. Take a look!
Produced by students from Middlebury College, this creative piece shows us what could happen if we don’t find an energy solution.
It’s time for a restructuring of America’s sewage system. When you flush waste and water down the toilet, it takes energy to pump and filter that water. And much of our country’s energy is created through the burning of harmful fossil fuels. So how do we use less water and energy? The answer? It’s a …Read More…
Next time you flush the toilet, think about all the CO2 you are releasing into the atmosphere. No, you are not personally releasing gases into the atmosphere when you tug down on that handle and see the water spinning, but we could offset about half of total airline carbon emissions if we used urine to …Read More…
When planning the 2010 Olympic games, the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee (VANOC) committed itself to fulfilling a “triple bottom line” – an effort to ensure that the games are not only economically sound but socially and environmentally responsible too. A tremendous amount of media coverage has been dedicated to critiquing VANOCs success in meeting their …Read More…