Community Commerce Centers provide a systemic solution for the problem of reducing the energy cost of getting workers to their workplace, which reduces greenhouse emissions while also reducing taxes that would otherwise be used for infrastructure construction and the cost of reducing roadway congestion. In addition, Community Commerce Centers provide the opportunity for increased growth in commercial and residential construction not only in larger metropolitan population areas but also smaller population areas.
greenhouse emissions
Community Commerce Centers: The 21st Century Workplace
(via www.caro.cc)
Submitted by carocc on Wed, 2008-03-05 04:20. | Tags: business | climate change | commuting | energy | greenhouse emissions | recession | technology | workplace
Are Carbon Offsets a Cop-Out?
(via www.fastcompany.com)
Fighting climate change may have become a crusade--but it's no sin to do the easiest thing first.
Submitted by lorelaig on Thu, 2007-11-01 14:40. | Tags: business | carbon offsets | greenhouse emissions
Killer cow emissions
(via www.latimes.com)
It's a silent but deadly source of greenhouse gases that contributes more to global warming than the entire world transportation sector, yet politicians almost never discuss it, and environmental lobbyists and other green activist groups seem unaware of its existence.That may be because it's tough to take cow flatulence seriously. But livestock emissions are no joke.Â
Submitted by AC89 on Tue, 2007-10-16 14:59. | Tags: food | factory farming | greenhouse emissions | livestock | methane | nitrous oxide | vegetarianism