http://susty.com Sustainable + Sexy Living Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:08:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://susty.com/algae-biofuel-breakthrough-pentagon-jet-fighters-airplanes-alternative-energy-renewable/ http://susty.com/algae-biofuel-breakthrough-pentagon-jet-fighters-airplanes-alternative-energy-renewable/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:21:05 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=8882 http://susty.com/algae-biofuel-breakthrough-pentagon-jet-fighters-airplanes-alternative-energy-renewable/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/weather-climate-do-not-confuse-scientific-american-daily-show-colbert-report-video/ http://susty.com/weather-climate-do-not-confuse-scientific-american-daily-show-colbert-report-video/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:25:42 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=8886 weather reveals about global warming. And the answer is that no single weather event proves or disproves the fundamental science of climate change, but extreme weather is what scientists expect from global warming.]]> http://susty.com/weather-climate-do-not-confuse-scientific-american-daily-show-colbert-report-video/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/obama-copenhagen-schedule-change-will-attend-end-of-climate-conference-gore-cancels-lecture/ http://susty.com/obama-copenhagen-schedule-change-will-attend-end-of-climate-conference-gore-cancels-lecture/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:01:21 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=8333 A day after Al Gore canceled a lecture he was to give at the international climate summit in Copenhagen comes news from the White House has announced that President Obama will now be attending the on Dec. 18 during what is considered a crucial period when key leaders will be in attendance (rather than as originally planned on Dec 10). Gore's would-be lecture was to occur on Dec 16 and one is left to wonder whether Gore was privy to the Obama schedule change in advance and either decided to or was asked to no upstage the president. Or perhaps worse, be a palpable reminder of the ghosts of Kyoto when Gore in a cerimonial gesture signed the Kyoto treaty only to have the Senate, as anticipated, reject ratification of the treaty based on the Kyoto Protocol.]]> http://susty.com/obama-copenhagen-schedule-change-will-attend-end-of-climate-conference-gore-cancels-lecture/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/obama-going-to-copenhagen-climate-talks-cop15-u-s-official-signed-kyoto-protocol/ http://susty.com/obama-going-to-copenhagen-climate-talks-cop15-u-s-official-signed-kyoto-protocol/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:26:57 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=8060 U.S. official signed the Kyoto Protocol? If you don't already know, find out who after the jump.]]> http://susty.com/obama-going-to-copenhagen-climate-talks-cop15-u-s-official-signed-kyoto-protocol/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/tropical-deforestation-basics-problem-solution-get-your-fix-environment-eco-friendly-green-design/ http://susty.com/tropical-deforestation-basics-problem-solution-get-your-fix-environment-eco-friendly-green-design/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:24:11 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=7862 How to Save Tropical Rainforests Research reveals that logging is the largest single factor leading to tropical deforestation, as the cutting and road building associated with the timber industry opens avenues into rainforests. This initiates a chain of destruction that can include more logging, mining, slash-and-burn clearing for cattle grazing and conversion for chemical-intensive industrial agriculture. Most of the resultant products are exported to northern industrialized countries.]]> http://susty.com/tropical-deforestation-basics-problem-solution-get-your-fix-environment-eco-friendly-green-design/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/green-patriarch-opens-eighth-environmental-symposium-in-new-orleans-video/ http://susty.com/green-patriarch-opens-eighth-environmental-symposium-in-new-orleans-video/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:49:02 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=7727 "Green Patriarch" Bartholomew of the Eastern Orthodox church officially opened the Eighth Religion, Science and the Environment (RSE) Symposium, entitled “Restoring Balance: The Great Mississippi River,” taking place for the next five days including a large and diverse group of theologians, scientists, policymakers, environmentalists, representatives of business and NGOs, and media. See video of the Ecumenical Patriarch's opening address below the fold.]]> http://susty.com/green-patriarch-opens-eighth-environmental-symposium-in-new-orleans-video/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/bill-maher-australian-super-drought-sydney-dust-storm-means-global-warming-skeptic-inhofe-senator-now-video/ http://susty.com/bill-maher-australian-super-drought-sydney-dust-storm-means-global-warming-skeptic-inhofe-senator-now-video/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:44:31 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=7645 http://susty.com/bill-maher-australian-super-drought-sydney-dust-storm-means-global-warming-skeptic-inhofe-senator-now-video/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/climate-deal-united-states-dead-on-arrival-copenhagen-copenhagen-cop15-talks-global-warming/ http://susty.com/climate-deal-united-states-dead-on-arrival-copenhagen-copenhagen-cop15-talks-global-warming/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:04:06 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=8074 David Corn at Mother Jones has word of a statement released by John Podesta, who headed Barack Obama's presidential transition, hinting that the White House is looking to downplay expectations.]]> http://susty.com/climate-deal-united-states-dead-on-arrival-copenhagen-copenhagen-cop15-talks-global-warming/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/dust-storm-turns-sky-black-in-broken-hill-australia-video/ http://susty.com/dust-storm-turns-sky-black-in-broken-hill-australia-video/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:53:27 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=7650 http://susty.com/dust-storm-turns-sky-black-in-broken-hill-australia-video/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/google-global-warming-fight-data-center-no-chillers/ http://susty.com/google-global-warming-fight-data-center-no-chillers/#comments Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:39:11 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=7103 Data Center Knowledge explains that the chillers used to refrigerate water to cool data centers require, unsurprisingly, a large amount of electricity to operate. The quest for cost-effective energy via efficiency has led to a practice known as “free cooling:” air from outside the data center is used when the temperature is cool, while falling back on chillers on warmer days. Google takes this strategy to the next level eliminating chillers altogether in its data center near Saint-Ghislain, Belgium. Bonus feature is an on-site water purification facility that allows it to use water from a nearby industrial canal rather than a municipal water utility. Google anticipates free cooling at the facility for about seven days per year, but what's really fascinating is what happens when the weather gets hot.]]> http://susty.com/google-global-warming-fight-data-center-no-chillers/feed/ 0