Sentences with phrase «about resource consumption»

Mat edits the Business and Energy sections of TreeHugger, as well as writing about resource consumption, animal welfare issues, and the response of religious communities to our current environmental problems.

Not exact matches

World oil demand is about 90 million barrels a day, suggesting the world shale oil resource covers 10.5 years of consumption.

It proposes no point at which per capita resource use would cease to grow anywhere, since its whole theory is about how to increase production and consumption.

Miyoko tells readers, «you probably recycle, shop at farmer's markets, buy local as much as you can...» She goes on to offer some staggering stats about animals raised for human consumption that I'm not sure a lot of non-vegans have considered -LCB- at least not most of the ones I have spoken to -RCB-- some research has shown vegans use approximately 90 percent less water, energy, resources and land to raise their food than do omnivores.

Using eco-friendly products is an important step toward teaching my children about conservation, and Seventh Generation and Dr. Seuss» The Lorax have joined forces to inspire families to save the earth's resources with conscious consumption.

So, people are now talking about population and consumption, resource, maxing out resources.

Fischetti: The early [assertion] in the book about, I think it's being proved [out], [that] the earth really can't substantiate the resources that we're extracting from it or the waste that we're producing; and there's more studies that are coming out very recently even that are proving starting to put numbers on all of that, so the assertion is I think is that continued growth is not possible without greater resource consumption and [waste creation].

As about one fourth of world electricity consumption is used for lighting purposes, the LEDs contribute to saving the Earth's resources.

The redesigned label provides expanded information to American consumers about new vehicle fuel economy and fuel consumption, greenhouse gas and smog - forming emissions, and projected fuel costs and savings, and also includes a smartphone interactive code that permits direct access to additional web resources.

The solution isn't easy but, according to Pearce, it is possible - we need to change how we think of water - instead of thinking of water as an endlessly renewal source that falls from the sky we need to think of it as a limited and precious resource that needs to be conserved - and he's not talking about putting a brick in the toilet or cutting down ones time in the shower, the first step is for us to understand our real water consumption and where that water comes from.

As far as: «Jeffrey Sachs is concerned about quantities and not qualities — does anyone actually still believe that U.S. style energy and natural resource consumption leads to real improvements in welfare?»

But stocking your little one's closet with secondhand clothes is one of the easiest ways to save money — since the used items are sold for a fraction of the price; to save resources, since you aren't encouraging consumption by buying brand new; and to save yourself from worrying about every tackle, fall, and spill that could ruin that pricey (but too cute to resist sweater).

«Globally, the blue water footprint (i.e., the consumption of surface and groundwater resources) of food wastage is about 250 cubic kilometres, which is equivalent to the annual water discharge of the Volga river [in Russia], or three times the volume of [Switzerland's] Lake Geneva.

The latter part is more original stuff, as I (i) make the case for how China's clean energy push is in fact consistent with its overall economic reform, e.g. Scientific Development, reduction of excess industrial capacity, natural resource price reform, western development, boosting domestic consumption, and Going Out strategy; (ii) describe China's activities in innovation and R&D and its desire to create, not just produce, energy technologies of the 21st century; (iii) address criticisms that China's «indigenous innovation» policies are protectionist in nature by pointing out the myopia of such observations from a US (or EU for that matter) policymakers point of view; (iv) provide thoughts about what the proper U.S. policy response should be.

A 2006 MIT assessment of geothermal power estimated that the «technically extractable portion» of the US geothermal resource is «about 2,000 times the annual consumption of primary energy in the United States.»

Individual decisions about how to direct capital to various energy projects — related to the collection, conversion, transport and consumption of energy resources — combine to shape global patterns of energy use and related emissions for decades to come.

Large untapped energy source A 2006 MIT assessment of geothermal power estimated that the «technically extractable portion» of the US geothermal resource is «about 2,000 times the annual consumption of primary energy in the United States.»

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We've been hearing about the smart grid and the smart home for years, but if you start from scratch, how smart can you actually make your 420 - square - foot apartment in terms of its energy and other resource consumption?

Consumption patterns and associated per capita shares of resource use and pollution differ enormously, and using a consumption - based calculation rather than a national territorial production - based approach demonstrates even further the extent of global economic and environmental inequality: about 50 % of the world's people live on less than $ 3 per day, 75 % on less than $ 8.50, and 90 % on less than $ 23 (US$ at current purchasing powConsumption patterns and associated per capita shares of resource use and pollution differ enormously, and using a consumption - based calculation rather than a national territorial production - based approach demonstrates even further the extent of global economic and environmental inequality: about 50 % of the world's people live on less than $ 3 per day, 75 % on less than $ 8.50, and 90 % on less than $ 23 (US$ at current purchasing powconsumption - based calculation rather than a national territorial production - based approach demonstrates even further the extent of global economic and environmental inequality: about 50 % of the world's people live on less than $ 3 per day, 75 % on less than $ 8.50, and 90 % on less than $ 23 (US$ at current purchasing power parity).

At best people are going to leave the theater and maybe think differently about oppressive treatment of indigenous cultures and our consumption of non-renewable resources and that would be a good thing, right?

The survey found that 46 percent agreed that, due to consumer trust issues and service complexities, «the home of 2020 looks about the same as the home of 2011 in terms of resource consumption and management.»

In terms of resource use, U.S. buildings account for about 37 percent of total energy consumption.