Photo Cred – http://hiconsumption.com/2015/05/tesla-powerwall/   Elon Musk is a man who wants to free us from our destructive dependency on fossil fuels. His company Tesla was the first to create an electric car that actually rivals the performance of many gas guzzlers, but costs have made it a barrier to replacing cars that rely on fuel entirely. The next big idea to come from Elon’s company to transition the world towards fossil fuel freedom is by pairing solar energy with rechargeable batteries, affordably powering homes…

When you’re a company that creates products that help the environment, how your business operates shouldn’t contradict what your company set out to do. If we create something that helps the environment we better be environmentally conscious while doing it! It may seem overwhelming to try to set and attain sustainability goals for your company, keep in mind that every little bit you do as a company, from shutting off the lights, using less paper or adding multiple waste streams, makes a difference! With that…

The summertime can be a taxing time for municipal water levels, conservation of water is of utmost importance when the warm weather comes rolling in. As you’ll see in the following post, putting a plug in at-home water waste is a lot easier than expected!  Fix any leaky faucets and pipes – a tiny drip from a faucet can waste up to 20 gallons of water per day! Save money and water by installing low flow faucet aerators. Use your toilet for its intended purpose,…

The people in charge of sustainability at Stanford University have brought out the big guns (or should we say a big dancing tree) and raised the bar for the RecycleMania Competition by creating this awesome vid to promote their campus sustainability program. Complete with backup dancers, catchy lyrics (“we put all the right junk in all the right waste bins”), and a tree with more energy and dance moves than you could shake a stick at (sorry, had to), Stanford University is really pulling out…

You may or may not have heard of Anaerobic Digestion (AD). For those of you that have, kudos on your knowledge of green energy alternatives. For those of you who haven’t, it’s ok, that’s why you’re here. Anaerobic Digestion may sound like working out on a full stomach (never a good idea) but it’s actually a process where organic materials are placed in an enclosed vessel and are then broken down by micro-organisms. Biogas consisting mostly of methane and carbon dioxide is then released from…