Tag: Green Stats

  • Drunker, Fatter, Yet Also Greener

    They are getting older, drunker, and they are also getting fatter, as this nation now drinks 70 to 80 percent more beer and wine than they did twenty years ago, while having far more

  • Survey Reveals the Climate of Concern About Warming

    A survey was published yesterday by GlobeScan measuring how people of various countries felt about climate change and the actions that should be taken to combat it. Overall, "very serious" concern for climate change worldwide is up to nearly two-thirds

  • Oh No Mommy! Will the Greenies Take Fireworks Away From Us?

    Photo: Flickr, CC Obligatory Post About Green Fireworks for the 4th of July Fireworks are fun - who doesn't like explosions? - and a good excuse to get together with family and friends, but they're also not very clean. In Beijing, China, the smoke from

  • 34 kg of CO2 to make a book (Book Review)

    At Construmat this year, the international building and construction trade fair held in Barcelona every two years, the Government of Catalonia presented their project "34 kg of CO2", along side Casa Barcelona. 34 kg is the exact quantity of CO2 that

  • Microwave or Toaster Oven, Which is the Greener Kitchen Gadget?

    So you've noticed that you can save a lot of energy by switching from ovens to smaller cooking devices like a microwave or toaster oven when reheating food. But...which is better, the microwave or the toaster oven? We're taking a closer look to see

  • Survey: Who's Your Green Villain?

    If you liked My Green Hero, you'll love My Green Villain; infamy has this appeal. Much like the first, the survey looks at U.S. consumers' darker archetypes in an attempt to provide better motivators for both consumers and

  • Top 7 Green Categories of 7 Green Lists of 7 Green Things

    In the never ending battle to beat out absurdities such as Stewie the Grape Stomping Reporter and the real 19th century vampire kit that is (apparently) a must have, here is a little contribution that picks up on my last

  • Top 7 Green Lists of 7 Green Things

    Seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven! It's a magic number; people are addicted to the number seven. Doesn't it feel good, just looking at all those sevens? You get a thrill right, something deep down inside, a little

  • Survey: Who's Your Green Hero?

    Taking stock of the green public zeitgeist is always a good idea; the more meaningful numbers, the better this dirt clod will be run.  In this groove, The SOAP Group (a (rare) certified B Corporation) has started

  • Number of the Day: 200

    80 -- roughly the number of extra power plants that the USA would need without these efficiency improvements.

  • Green Stats: 89,000

    370 - The number of terawatts available from wind power.

  • Green Stats: 77 Percent

    54 -- the percentage of consumers could not name a company who

  • Green Stats: 80

    40 -- the percentage of the world's oceans that have been "heavily impacted" by humans.

  • Green Stats: 323 Million

    414 million -- the amount, in dollars, that US consumers spent last week on candy for

  • Green Stats: 29,628

    1,675 -- the number of grid-connected solar photovoltaic installations in California prior to 2002;

  • Green Stats: 49

    75 -- the percent who said they are "very likely" or "somewhat likely" to reduce their home's energy consumption this year.

  • Green Stats: 32

    Oliver Munday for the New York Times 32 -- the average rate of higher consumption in the first world, when compared to the developing world. The average rate at which people consume resources like oil and metals, and produce wastes like plastics and

  • Green Stats: 241,000

    23,900 -- the increase in jobs in the automotive sector alone that would

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