Blogs at Worldwatch
Each blog features regular contributions from Worldwatch researchers and outside experts on the global issues that the Institute tracks, from climate change negotiations to how to feed a growing population. We invite you to engage our bloggers in dialogue on the latest news and developments in their respective research areas.
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Concrete Goals for Sustainable Development?The UN Conference on Sustainable Development provided few answers, but may have motivated enough discussion to create a path forwards (photo courtesy of CIDSE via flickr). The United Nations Rio +20 conference in 2012 culminated in a vague, unambitious document that does little to define or outline any measurable goals or strategies to promote environmental [...] |
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Time for a New EnvironmentalismSince the early years of the environmental movement, some voices within the movement have pointed out that fighting power plants, dams, deforestation, mining, and roads is a game of defense, one that can never be won. As the late environmentalist Peter Berg used to say, such fights are “like running a battlefield aid station in [...] |
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Transactive Energy Isn’t Your Grandpa’s Power GridThe U.S. power grid is a modern engineering marvel, but it’s overdue for an overhaul. Participants at the recent Transactive Energy Conference in Portland, Oregon, came together to discuss the changing system and to develop the concept of transactive energy as the future of the grid. Transactive Energy seeks to engage all devices and resources [...] |
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Building Sand Dunes and Strategic Policy SolutionsAs the impacts of climate change become manifest, governments around the world are beginning to plan for changes in order to ensure they will be able to meet their respective population’s growing demand for energy, food and water and also prepare communities for climate change through adaptation measures. The Netherlands has been a leader in [...] |
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Transactive Energy Isn’t Your Grandpa’s Power GridThe U.S. power grid is a modern engineering marvel, but it’s overdue for an overhaul. Participants at the recent Transactive Energy Conference in Portland, Oregon, came together to discuss the changing system and to develop the concept of transactive energy as the future of the grid. |
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As Next Round of Climate Talks Nears, Poland Faces Tough ChoicesSo, it seems like I owe the Polish government an apology. |
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Ready to Roll or Still Charging? A Closer Look at Electric Vehicle Development in ChinaChina is putting effort into developing its electric vehicle industry, but industry reports say it is falling behind other countries in terms of "EV readiness." (Source: Treehugger.com) |
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Energy Efficient Buildings in China: A Mixed PictureSino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city (SSTEC), China’s latest and largest eco-city project, saw its first residents earlier this year. The city is built on a blend of non-arable saline and alkaline land that was virtually uninhabitable five years ago. While this is an accomplishment in and of itself, SSTEC is trying to go even greener in terms of... |
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The Raw Campaign: An Interview with Jonty WhittletonNourishing the Planet’s Carol Dreibelbis spoke recently with Jonty Whittleton, senior campaign manager at Compassion in World Farming (CIWF), a U.K.-based organization working to end factory farming and promote animal welfare, about his involvement with the Raw campaign. The Raw campaign focuses on exposing the true cost of factory farming and building a movement for alternative food and farming solutions. |
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World Environment Day 2013: Five Ways to Preserve Food and Prevent WasteBy Sophie Wenzlau |
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Innovation of the Month: Cereal Banks Protect Against Famine and Empower Women Across the SahelBy Caitlin Aylward |
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Camu Camu: A Little Fruit that Packs a Big PunchBy Eleanor Fausold |
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Time for a New EnvironmentalismSince the early years of the environmental movement, some voices within the movement have pointed out that fighting power plants, dams, deforestation, mining, and roads is a game of defense, one that can never be won. As the late environmentalist Peter Berg used to say, such fights are “like running a battlefield aid station in a war against a killing machine that operates just beyond reach, and that shifts its ground after each... |
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Building Sand Dunes and Strategic Policy SolutionsAs the impacts of climate change become manifest, governments around the world are beginning to plan for changes in order to ensure they will be able to meet their respective population’s growing demand for energy, food and water and also prepare communities for climate change through adaptation measures. |
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One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Pay DirtIt is, unfortunately, society’s nature to discard the unwanted or forgotten. This tendency is on display across the globe, from slums of mega-cities to undernourished children in rural villages to the ugly endangered creatures that never receive attention. Nowhere, however, is this tendency more apparent than in our trash. We accumulate so much unwanted stuff that each city-dweller throws away an... |
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