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More Incentive to Clean Up the Gulf: The X Prize Foundation Announces the Wendy Schmidt Oil Clean-up X Challenge

Posted on July 31, 2010 by J.A. Ginsburg

Idea first floated at the TEDxOilSpill conference by Francis Belland of the X Prize Foundation and David Gallo of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute becomes real. Since the BP gusher started spewing millions of gallons of crude oil and methane into the Gulf of Mexico more that three months ago, there have other high profile spills, [...]

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TEDxOilSpill: Surface Slicks, Deep Water Despair, Galaxies of Oil Platforms and Why We Really, Truly Don’t Need Oil

Posted on July 2, 2010 by J.A. Ginsburg

The bottlenose dolphin swimming the Gulf of Mexico was “splattering oil out its blow hole.” The obscenity of such a thing was too much for marine conservationist, author and founder/director of the Blue Ocean Insitute, Carl Safina, whose voice broke as he told the story in the middle of a lecture at the TEDxOilSpill conference. [...]

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The Future? Fossil Fuels Are So…Yesterday: On Post-Oil Possiblities, TEDxOilSpill, Amory Lovins, Reinventing Fire & Small People Power

Posted on June 20, 2010 by J.A. Ginsburg

Despite my general rule that once a day is designated for a cause, the cause is likely lost (or at least in serious trouble), I found myself rooting mightily last Saturday for Solarday. Missed it? It is only in its second year, but with global aspirations and the power of the sun on its side. [...]

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When Tipping Points Collide: On Oil Spills, Dead Zones, Superweeds, Dead Birds, Dead Bees and Not-So-Funny Laughing Gas

Posted on June 8, 2010 by J.A. Ginsburg

If only there were a rewind button. From the first, almost cheerfully do-able estimate of 1,000 barrels of oil spewing daily into the Gulf of Mexico to a… jaw-dropping 5,000 barrel revision horrifying 19,000 barrel update are-you-kidding-me? 25,000 barrel recalculation and an it’s way-way-way-more-than-the-Exxon-Valdez admission …the bad news on the BP catastrophe has gone so [...]

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Post COP15, Part 2: Five Ideas That Could Help Save the Climate (Really)

Posted on December 23, 2009 by J.A. Ginsburg

On biomimicry and the answers right in front of us; Photosynthesis & personal power; Urban farming, tropical agroforestry and (eco)system modeling; A carbon negative idea with fertile perks; Population balance Waiting for diplomats to resolve the global climate crisis may take so long, it won’t matter. So what do we do in the meantime? At [...]

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