Green Living Q & A

I really want to re-do my room? any help?

this summer i am redoing my clothing style to fit who i actually am and i really want to re do my room too so i can get a new start. i am very natural and i like greens browns and blues- but i also like motorcycles and eco friendly things…. i need ideas for a new kind of room- i am 15 and right now my room is tropical.

also my mom is very stubborn and i need help for ideas to convince her it is a good idea. she is attached to the furniture and i wanna get rid of it… also its been 7-8 years since ive redone it
i also like contemporary styles

Would this piece of furniture get through customs ?

http://www.google.com.au/imgres?q=seagrass+furniture&hl=en&gbv=2&biw=1366&bih=687&tbm=isch&tbnid=lUSV9q5rNuqZMM:&imgrefurl=http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/277644273/eco_friendly_and_handmade_seagrass_furniture.html&docid=z0XejV5TrWPj-M&itg=1&imgurl=http://i01.i.aliimg.com/photo/v0/277644273/eco_friendly_and_handmade_seagrass_furniture.jpg&w=300&h=496&ei=0LuMT82BDO6iiAfpyNHZCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=565&vpy=283&dur=334&hovh=289&hovw=174&tx=113&ty=306&sig=102276633477212791811&page=1&tbnh=164&tbnw=96&start=0&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:14,s:0,i:95

Might be a stupid question but i really have no idea. from New Zealand to Australia. its made of seagrass. any ideas ?

Please help a lost and confused mom who doesn’t know what degree to study for.?

This question has consumed me since I graduated high school. I attended college for one year and quit due to personal issues but everyone (family, friends) wanted me to become a teacher and I was going to pursue it until I realized that didn’t have a passion for it, nor the patience. I’ve taken so many career/personalty tests they all say the same things, im a mixture of artistic, creative, entrepreneurial, social but like to work in solo projects due to the fact that i cant concentrate with others around me. I really don’t think I have any special talents, I’m not good at drawing, don’t do pottery, acting, cause we don’t have those where I live. I’m not very good at math and science and other things like that I was at one point use to get A’s in those classes. I like to read only novels not anything else and I enjoy writing but my stories seem so stupid so I always end up deleting them.

All the jobs that come up in those test are always the same, architecture, landscape architecture, film director/producer, photography, screenplay writer/writer, fashion, acting, interior design, business etc… What’s funny is I do have an interest in every subject architecture/landscape I’m always thinking of buildings and homes the way I would build them and design them eco friendly and I’m not a huge environmentalist but I do what to do my part! Film/producer Whenever I read, listen to music and write my stories I see the images in my head and they flow easily that’s why I enjoy reading its like watching your personal movie like with real character’s or CG animation, how they move and look everything. Photography I don’t own a camera the reason i cant afford the 800 dollar camera i would like but whenever I’m out and I see this perfect shot my hands instantly go into a box formation the perfect size for that shot I would take. Writing I explained earlier. Fashion there not drawn well but I do have a sketch book and not runway no way just like for a small store where I can sell my own designs. Acting I would like to do it just for fun to see if I’m any good at it, my school was small and didn’t have a drama/theater class. Interior design whenever friends move they always call and ask to help them, and not to empty boxes like example my room and daughters room I designed chinese/ mexican feel to it with the designs on my wall and my daughters is triangles and butterflies it took FOREVER TO PAINT but when it was finished everyone loved it. They ask for help on paint, how to put there furniture etc and they tell me that I would be good as a interior designer but I don’t see anything I do as special just helping out a friend. Business I always think of ideas and sorts of detail and the people I tell say there good but its ludicrous they don’t exist I would have to create programs and everything to make them work and it seems in possible.

I’m just so lost now that I’m stressing badly now that question I can’t seem to answer nags at me. People say take it one step at a time. I’m 22 who lives at mommies house because im a single mother and I know what some of you are thinking but we were together for 3 yrs and after 7 months of pregnancy with 1st child he took off, I work in a casino as a janitor no matter how hard I try I get yelled at by customers who aren’t happy, my supervisor says not to take it personally but its hard not to. I live in a tourism town so there’s only casino’s and golfing I don’t handle working under the hot sun very well so I stay where I am the bosses say you better do your job up to code and with a smiling face because we can replace you if you don’t! Its true the economy is bad and people will work any jobs and they fire and hire new people like nothing I’ve seen it. At the moment I’m back in school studying generals. Any advice or helpful suggestions would be really appreciated!!!!

like to paint my table and bookcase!! help??????

http://kin.naver.com/detail/detail.php?d1id=5&dir_id=514&eid=/0wkng35zKoNFGjP/Q5KmHktY07O7aLF

these are pics of my 2 bookcase 3 table, 1 bed table, 1 desk
what can i do to make these looking pretty next my new beige color couch?
i heard that to paint the furnitures you have to use nontoxic eco friendly paint? please help me with details!!!!
which color will look best with the beige and tools, recomened stuff like paint? and where could i get them… and a step by step instruction..
help me please!!

Environmental/Green Websites?

Can anyone suggest some environmental or green websites for the UK?

I’ve just come across http://www.greenfinder.co.uk it’s a great resource for any eco-minded people in the UK. It puts you in touch with loads of different environmentally friendly products, services and companies across the country.

About time too!

http://www.greenfinder.co.uk

Also, http://www.usefulgarbage.com is another great environmental site which puts people who want to get rid of stuff with people who want to get hold of stuff. What a great way to reduce, reuse and recycle household goods. I’ve just had a lovely lady come and pick up some furniture I no longer needed.

Saved me a trip to the dump and saved a bit of space in a UK landfill!

A question for swing state and undecided voters?

How will you make your decision for US President?

Suggestions:
-Filter out the gutter rhetoric and lies from both sides.
-Choose who you think is best able to calm and correct the economic crisis.
-Choose who you think will deal most effectively on a global scale.
-Choose who you think is more capable of rebuilding our national image and stature in the world.
-Choose who will work harder to assure our personal freedoms.
-Choose who will be most effective at maintaining our national security both domestically and militarily.
-Choose who is more dedicated to the ecological and environmental issues the world faces.
Best of luck.

We’ve got ISSUES in our lives…?

Whats are the biggest Governmental, Social, political (and/or) Environmental issuses facing us today in the US? State your argument and if u r for the affirmative or against it… I need to get back on track with the rest of the world so I thought this may help. Thanks to everyone who replied…

SUV’s SUCK? Don’t they?

They SUCK Gas, they SUCK in general…as do Hummers…if you do drive a Hummer are you overcompensating for something small?

Do you believe that in these times, when environmental issues have an effect on us all, when a large protion of the violence in the Middle East is a result of our fight to obtain as much oil as possible, when these bigger vehicles are responsible for guzzling more gas and causing double the amount of road accidents since their inception than any other vehichle, even four door sedans, that driving an SUV, especially a Hummer, is political, socially, and personally irresponsible?
Seeing Clearly? That’s a laughable screename if there ever was one. You see so clear that you can’t even answer my question. This is not a partisan question. The environment and public health is EVERYONE’s issue. But, as I can see from a lot of your answers, you do not care about others, Well, other than immigration reform..I wonder if that was a concern to you BEFORE the Bush administration used as a devisive tool to rally support from it’s base?

Is it fair to say BP caused the worst environmental disaster?

Is not every single person who participates in the oil-based economy (that would be all of us) also responsible?

Who allowed off-shore drilling? Are not the consumers whose govenments agreed to allow off-shore drilling responsible?

What oversight is there on the off-shore rigs? Did OSHA send out safety inspectors? Or did American people and others say, please go ahead and drill in the ocean for oil and make sure you get it to us at as cheap of a price as possible?

How to look at this issue of responsibility fairly to all involved? What is Muslim view?

environment questions (outside US)?

i need to ask someone who has lived or is living in a country outside of the USA these 14 questions for a class and don’t have anyone to ask. hope someone can help 🙂

1. What country did you live in and for how long?

2. Does your country have a natural resource agency and an
environmental protection agency? Do these agencies have
rigorous environmental policies?

3. What are the key environmental issues in your country?

4. How do these issues affect your country?

5. Were you affected as an individual by environmental issues?

6. What is being done to solve these environmental issues?

7. What factors have interfered with solving these issues?

8. Is population growth a key concern in your country? Explain.

9. Does your country have a recycling program?

10. What is the status of air and water quality in your country?

11. What is the status of forest and wildlife resources in your country?

12. Is mismanagement of soil a concern in your country? Explain?

13. What is the status of energy resources in your country?

14. Does global warming pose any potential threat to your country?

How do I find organic and sustainable suppliers in the Cincinnati area?

In particular, I’d like to find a caterer that uses organic and/or sustainably-supplied foods. Does anyone know of a company or restaurant, or have tips on how to find one? Thanks!

What would be the best way to solve world hunger (in a sustainable way)?

I mean, not just “send loadsa food over there lol”, but ways that will reduce dependency on others for food and serious points.

how does buying organic foods help the environment and more sustainable?

IDEA: Would you use a company that can deliver picnic food &supplies to location of your?

How many people even go on picnics now a days? I know that I hate having to get everything put together and arguing with family members or worrying about whether a friend will remember to bring supplies with them. But would someone be more inclined to have more picnics if they knew there was such a business that was affordable sustainable and would deliver all the supplies needed to you. I’m thinking like a beach /park location. Or if anyone as any suggestions please let me know…

what’s the fastest way to gain sustainable muscle mass via diet and exercise?

want to know the best foods (or suplements) to eat to gain size in my upper body.

does anyone know where to get cute eco-friendly clothes?

i hate hollister and those kinda places but i cant seem to find cute eco–friendly

not like it says go green on it.
but made from hemp that kind of thing…

Ladies: If given the chance would you model clothing that was Eco-friendly?

Brand name for Eco friendly clothes line?

What would be a good, catchy name for an environmentally friendly clothing line? Any ideas?

Designers who use eco-friendly materials in CHILDREN’S clothing?

Hi everything. I’m doing my GCSE Textiles coursework, and I’m desperately trying to find fashion designers who normally/always use eco–friendly materials in their garments for CHILDREN. It really has to be for children, not for adults! Any gender, but I’d prefer to have a female based designer.

It’d be a huge help for me, I just need a name and a link to their page, I’m really struggling to find one! Thanks!

What are some good ways to save the Earth and be eco-friendly?

I really care about the Earth and wants some ways to help the planet.
I know that buying eco–friendly and organic clothes are good, but I don’t want to sacrifice cute style. Oh, and don’t say things like “recycle” because I already do that.

And, I know, wrong category.
Thanks for all your ideas!

list 6-7 environmental issues addresed in the movie Medicine Man?

Also please help me answer these questions:-
How accurately does this movie portray the environmental issues?
Are the issues handled in an environmentally responsible manner?
What is taught in the movie with respect to environmental science?
How do the issues addressed in this movie relate to sustainability, stewardship, and sound science themes?
Based on when the movie was made, is the message still relevant based on contemporary social, economic, and scientific views?
Is this movie an effective communication tool for its environmental messages or lessons?

Environmental issues happening in the world?

What are some environmental issues, including things like Arctic fox, Polar bears, the keystone land pipe, water, plastic bags, etc.
Can you please include a link, down below of a news article, or give me a topic that is currently a issue?
Thanks in advance!

What are some interesting topics on environmental issues?

i have a paper that is due and i ran out of environmental issues to write about i have done air pollution and crown of thorns..

Environmentalists-If you were president, what part would environmental issues play in your campaign?

How would you design your political platform about the environment? What are some of the major issues facing the nation and the international community? What are the key areas you would focus on? How would you encourage local communities to get involved in their local environmental issues?

What environmental issues effect the interior plains of Canada?

im doing an isu (independent study unit) in my geography class where i have to right an essay on an environmental issue and i cant find any, please helppppp 🙂

I cant wait to see how the mainstream media explains…

I cant wait to see how the mainstream media explains how all the republicans just wanted discussion about wind energy, oil exploration, and alternative energy and the dems refused to even discuss it. “let them eat cake”. that’s the new democrats line. the vote of the american population does not count.

the evening news starts soon. lets just see how this is played.
Ha! It was just too powerful for them to spin. They just entirely ignored the fact that pelosi shut down the cameras and house and disallowed discussion of any energy plans.

The Russians build the Daddy of all Bombs as devastating as a nuclear bomb, Is this a great day for humanity?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070911/wl_nm/russia_bomb_dc_1;_ylt=AqBItqyyVniWLyzYxAu0J7xbbBAF

I think if human beings applied a fraction of their creativeness to alternative energy we would have a fraction of uses for this kind of device.

Job title of someone who works with alternative fuel?

What title would you give to someone who works to develop the compressed methane energy.
This article will help explain what exactly the job entails
http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news-events/press-releases/fuel-cells

All I need to know is the title that this job would have.
Thanks!

How can a presidential candidate help americans decrease their oil consumption within the next 10years?

I only hear bad news about oil. Maybe more money should be invested for research for alternative forms of energy. If we decrease our 20million barrel per day oit habit as quickly as possible then we are less likely to suffer from oil problems. Will americans continue using 20million barrels of oil per day until a terrorist attack or a global shortage happens? When will the USA do what’s best and stop using 20million barrels?

How will the human species ever employ green energy alternatives when oil men rule the world and have no…?

interest in relinquishing so much as one iota of their power? For decades politicians, scientists, environmentalists even G.W. Bush himself, have spoken of breaking our addiction to oil. So, what happens when gas prices go up? The powers that be start scrambling for new oil reserves. What news from the green energy fronts? Any new developments? Or is green energy still 10 to 15 years away, like it has been for more than 50 years? Is this why the U.S. invaded Iraq? Is this why fuel prices have gone up while oil companies sit on 68,000,000 acres of unexplored oil land? So that we can attempt to turn the clock in Iraq back to 1927? As always, U.S. oil C.E.O.s will come out on top and all other humans, all other life will continue to be crushed under their feet. How can we begin to break their strangle hold on the world?
Dirty Harry: Technology only depends on oil because the oil men decided it does.

renewable energy science help!?

4 school we have 2 choose a remote village in the world and invent (but not buikd) a device/machine using renewable energy sources in some way to help the village. any ideas on a village and what i could do? thanx! btw i cant do savann tabak, haiti, as my friends doing it. im really dumb at science! thanx!

Renewable energy, All UK Pub toilets, distilled pee, to recover all Uk alchohol for recycling or petrol?

And all world alchohol too. Alchohol is not absorbed by the body, all of it comes out in the pee, thats why you get dehydration and hangovers. So we connect all the towns pub pee toilets up and distill it to recoup the alchohol, put it back into the drinks, to save all that energy brewing/distilling it in the first place! nice one ha. or just process it to run as alchohol petrol replacement in vehicle engines. Football grounds, homes, and hotels, and events can provide their own heating. etc. If anyone patents this idea, we’ll go 1/3rds, ie you, yahoo, and me.

Will civilized countries develop renewable energy sources…”?

voluntarily to avoid world bankruptcy and famine, or will we wait until there is no more oil and we experience the resulting devastation and ultimate total world war?

How much do you think the oil industry lobbies the government for NASA?

Should we be wasting a finite energy resource while simultaneously blowing inconceivable amounts of money simply to find out what a comet is made of? Wouldn’t a better use of that talent and money be in developing renewable energy sources, fighting world hunger and disease, and solving the huge problem of our rapidly dwindling supply of fresh water on this planet?

what energy mix should we pursue in the future ?

renewable or non renewable energy? taking into account the expense..
what do you think would help our world,

What are our options in preserving deer populations and decreasing auto incidents?

Are there any options for preserving deer populations that will allow us to decrease auto accidents? While I absolutely fear hitting another deer and I can’t stand it when they run out on me while I’m driving, I also think they are some of the most precious and beautiful beings. There’s got to be a better way for both humans and deer to exist together.

I live in a rapidly expanding piece of suburbia in New Jersey and the more development, the more “deer fear” when driving at night. I’m pretty ignorant when it comes to environmental issues, all I know is to recycle, so any information regarding the preservation of deer populations will be greatly appreciated. Even keywords I could look up to find current discussion of this issue are welcomed. Thanks in advance.

In your opinion, which of the 08 Presedential Candidates has the Best Environmental policy?

I have been researching where they stand on Envir. issues such as Air Quality and safer drinking waters, protection of wildlife and Our waterways… I am looking for a Leader who wants to improve things today , not 2050….We are all ready for a Healthier Planet today….So who will Help Lead us there in your opinion…..I know we the voters, and the consumers should make sure we make the best choices on who we vote for and what we buy……

Should the fashion industry lead the way by making efforts to use our natural resources for textiles?

Currently we manufacture a majority of our textiles overseas that are used in the US. Would there be an added value to the product of we used natural resources, to make a step towards the reverse of our environmental issues?

SUV’s are bad, aren’t they?

As are Hummers.

Do you believe that in these times, when environmental issues have an effect on us all, when a large protion of the violence in the Middle East is a result of our fight to obtain as much oil as possible, when these bigger vehicles are responsible for guzzling more gas and causing double the amount of road accidents since their inception than any other vehichle, even four door sedans, that driving an SUV, especially a Hummer, is political, socially, and personally irresponsible?
Oh and to respond to WhyAskWhy below…

Your screename says it all. I never said anything about guilt, apparently your conscious has suppleid that for me. You should feel ashamed, you must be a republican.
And to amglo1:

23 MPG’s??? Wow, to think that you think that is
impressive or practical.

Where do I get my information about SUV’s causing more accidents: Um, well, for one thing, I read. You should try it, click here:

http://www.gladwell.com/2004/2004_01_12_a_suv.html

Touchy feeley? I think it’s amusing that you consider someone’s interest in saving the environment and trying to tackle a big PUBLIC (you know PUBLIC? That means everyone,) health issue. My agenda is not leftist. My agenda is humanist. I care for the world and it’s people, unlike you who apparently wants to rant and rave about other problems without answering my question,”They want to kill me, too?”, what does that have to do with anything that I am talking about? Hmmm…NOTHING!

Here’s some more reading for you, too:

http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~hal/people/hal/NYTimes/2003-12-18.html

http://www.ewg.org/news/story.php?print_version=1&id=5383
Where do you people come up with this shite?
They are not safer by any means, in no way shape or form. USe your brains and look it up. And as far as all of you defending your SUV use because it helps you cart your kids around? I think that is very ironic given the fact that are polluting the atmosphere at a greater rate which your precious little one’s will have to deal with in the future.
And to love to be curious:

Parrot follower? That’s hysterical! Hmm.. where did you hear that from, one of the several other hundred people who have used that term in here?

Blissfully ignorant? I have my Masters Degree in Environmental Science. What are your credentials?

The US form of government is a democratic republic?

So why do people continue to scream that the President is not listening to the people? In our form of government elected officials are elected and then are supposed to do what they believe is the right thing.

Are these people who want the president to listen to the people, do they want to change our form to a direct democracy?

If that is so, would they like to put things up to popular vote such as abortion, school vouchers, taxes, social security, definition of marriage, term limits on congress, environmental laws, hate crime law and on and on?

I believe the people screaming today about the President only want a direct democracy when it serves their partisan interests but would not like AMericans voting on other issues.

Cadidate X or Candidate Y?

Candidate X Promises and Plans:
1.)Establish a $10 billion Foreclosure Prevention Fund
2.)Provide $10 billion in Relief for State and Local Governments
3.)Hardest-Hit by the Housing Crisis to Prevent Cuts in Vital Services.
4.)Extend and Expand Unemployment Insurance
5.)Provide a Tax Cut for Working Families
6.)Eliminate Income Taxes for Seniors Making Less than $50,000
7.)Simplify Tax Filings for Middle Class Americans
8.)Fight for Fair Trade
9.)Amend the North American Free Trade Agreement
10.)Improve Transition Assistance
11.)Invest in our Next Generation Innovators and Job Creators
12.)Double Funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership
13.)Invest In A Clean Energy Economy And Create 5 Million New Green Jobs
14.)Create New Job Training Programs for Clean Technologies
15.)Boost the Renewable Energy Sector and Create New Jobs
16.)Create a National Infrastructure Reinvestment Bank
17.)Invest in the Sciences
18.)Make the Research and Development Tax Credit Permanent
19.)Deploy Next-Generation Broadband
20.)Provide Tax Relief for Small Businesses and Start Up Companies
21.)Create a National Network of Public-Private Business Incubators
22.)Ensure Freedom to Unionize
23.)Fight Attacks on Workers’ Right to Organize
24.)Protect Striking Workers
25.)Raise the Minimum Wage
26.)Protect Homeownership and Crack Down on Mortgage Fraud
27.)Address Predatory Credit Card Practices
28.)Reform Bankruptcy Laws
29.)Work/Family Balance
30.)Expand High-Quality Afterschool Opportunities

Candidate Y Promises and Plans:
1.)Workplace Flexibility
2.)Relief for Families
3.)Government Reform
4.)Supporting Small Businesses
5.)Cheap and Clean Energy
6.)Better Healthcare
7.)Simpler and Fairer Taxes
8.)Lower Barriers to Trade
9.)Expanding Domestic Oil And Natural Gas Exploration And Production
10.)Taking Action Now To Break Our Dependency On Foreign Oil By Reforming Our Transportation Sector
11.)Investing In Clean, Alternative Sources Of Energy
12.)Protecting Our Environment And Addressing Climate Change: A Sound Energy Strategy Must Include A Solid Environmental Foundation
13.)Promoting Energy Efficiency
14.)Addressing Speculative Pricing Of Oil
15.)DC Personal Protection
16.)The Confiscation of Firearms After an Emergency
17.)Cut The Corporate Tax Rate From 35 To 25 Percent
18.)Seal the Pork Barrel
19.)Stop the Revolving Door and Restore Ethics
20.)Democracy is Not for Sale
21.)Excellence, Choice, and Competition in American Education
22.)Comprehensive Immigration Initiatives for a Secure Nation

Economy Help?! Obamas Plan!?

•Create or save more than 3.5 million jobs over the next two years;

•Take a big step toward computerizing Americans’ health records, reducing medical errors, and saving billions in health care costs;
•Revive the renewable energy industry and provide the capital over the next three years to eventually double domestic renewable energy capacity;
•Undertake the largest weatherization program in history by modernizing 75 percent of federal building space and more than one million homes;
•Increase college affordability for seven million students by funding the shortfall in Pell Grants, increasing the maximum award level by $500, and providing a new higher education tax cut to nearly four million students;
•As part of the $150 billion investment in new infrastructure, enact the largest increase in funding of our nation’s roads, bridges, and mass transit systems since the creation of the national highway system in the 1950s;
•Provide an $800 Making Work Pay tax credit for 129 million working households, and cut taxes for the families of millions of children through an expansion of the Child Tax Credit;
•Require unprecedented levels of transparency, oversight, and accountability.

i Was Reading This From A Website To Take Notes For my Project And Half The Stuff Here I Do Not Understand.

Please Help!

Is this the Brother-In-Law Effect?

Crony Capitalism: $737 Million Green Jobs Loan Given to Nancy Pelosi’s Brother-In-Law
11:00 AM, SEP 29, 2011 • BY MARK HEMINGWAY

Despite the growing Solyndra scandal, yesterday the Department of Energy approved $1 billion in new loans to green energy companies — including a $737 million loan guarantee to a company known as SolarReserve:
SolarReserve LLC, a closely held renewable energy developer, received a $737 million U.S. Energy Department loan guarantee to build a solar-thermal project in Nevada.

The 110-megawatt Crescent Dunes project, near Tonopah, Nevada, will use the sun’s heat to create steam that drives a turbine, the agency said today in a e-mailed statement. SolarReserve is based in Santa Monica, California.
On SolarReserve’s website is a list of “investment partners,” including the “PCG Clean Energy & Technology Fund (East) LLC.” As blogger American Glob quickly discovered, PCG’s number two is none other than “Ronald Pelosi, a San Francisco political insider and financial industry polymath who happens to be the brother-in-law of Nancy Pelosi, the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives.”
But wait… there’s more! One of SolarReserve’s other investment partners is Argonaut Private Equity:
Steve Mitchell and Argonaut Private Equity might have a chance to recoup some of their losses in the Solyndra debacle now that the Department of Energy has given a $737 million dollar loan guarantee to a company backed by Argonaut that also lists Mitchell among its board of directors.

Mitchell served on the Solyndra LLC Board of Directors. He also serves as Managing Director for Argonaut Private Equity, a company that invested in Solyndra through the LLCs parent company. After Solyndra declared bankruptcy, two Democratic members of the U.S. House asked that Mitchell testify about Solyndra. Though he has not appeared before Congress, he has “been asked to provide documents to Congress” pertaining to Solyndra.
And for good measure, it’s also noteworthy that Obama is about to hold a big money fundraiser at the home of Tom Carnahan in St. Louis:
Carnahan, a member of the prominent Missouri Democratic family, has been tapped by the Obama campaign as its chief Missouri fundraiser. He is chairman of the board of Wind Capital Group, a wind energy company that makes it corporate headquarters in St. Louis. He formerly was president and CEO of the company.

Last year, Wind Capital’s Lost Creek Farm facility in northwest Missouri received a $107 million tax credit from the Treasury Department, among many such wind operations receiving support from from stimulus funds.
Tom Carnahan is the son of former Missouri governor Mel Carnahan and former U.S. senator Jean Carnahan. He’s also the brother of current Missouri secretary of state, Robin Carnahan.
It’s increasingly hard to tell the government’s green jobs subsidies apart from the Democrats’ friends and family rewards program.

Is this the Brother-In-Law Effect?

Crony Capitalism: $737 Million Green Jobs Loan Given to Nancy Pelosi’s Brother-In-Law
11:00 AM, SEP 29, 2011 • BY MARK HEMINGWAY

Despite the growing Solyndra scandal, yesterday the Department of Energy approved $1 billion in new loans to green energy companies — including a $737 million loan guarantee to a company known as SolarReserve:
SolarReserve LLC, a closely held renewable energy developer, received a $737 million U.S. Energy Department loan guarantee to build a solar-thermal project in Nevada.

The 110-megawatt Crescent Dunes project, near Tonopah, Nevada, will use the sun’s heat to create steam that drives a turbine, the agency said today in a e-mailed statement. SolarReserve is based in Santa Monica, California.
On SolarReserve’s website is a list of “investment partners,” including the “PCG Clean Energy & Technology Fund (East) LLC.” As blogger American Glob quickly discovered, PCG’s number two is none other than “Ronald Pelosi, a San Francisco political insider and financial industry polymath who happens to be the brother-in-law of Nancy Pelosi, the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives.”
But wait… there’s more! One of SolarReserve’s other investment partners is Argonaut Private Equity:
Steve Mitchell and Argonaut Private Equity might have a chance to recoup some of their losses in the Solyndra debacle now that the Department of Energy has given a $737 million dollar loan guarantee to a company backed by Argonaut that also lists Mitchell among its board of directors.

Mitchell served on the Solyndra LLC Board of Directors. He also serves as Managing Director for Argonaut Private Equity, a company that invested in Solyndra through the LLCs parent company. After Solyndra declared bankruptcy, two Democratic members of the U.S. House asked that Mitchell testify about Solyndra. Though he has not appeared before Congress, he has “been asked to provide documents to Congress” pertaining to Solyndra.
And for good measure, it’s also noteworthy that Obama is about to hold a big money fundraiser at the home of Tom Carnahan in St. Louis:
Carnahan, a member of the prominent Missouri Democratic family, has been tapped by the Obama campaign as its chief Missouri fundraiser. He is chairman of the board of Wind Capital Group, a wind energy company that makes it corporate headquarters in St. Louis. He formerly was president and CEO of the company.

Last year, Wind Capital’s Lost Creek Farm facility in northwest Missouri received a $107 million tax credit from the Treasury Department, among many such wind operations receiving support from from stimulus funds.
Tom Carnahan is the son of former Missouri governor Mel Carnahan and former U.S. senator Jean Carnahan. He’s also the brother of current Missouri secretary of state, Robin Carnahan.
It’s increasingly hard to tell the government’s green jobs subsidies apart from the Democrats’ friends and family rewards program.

Would it not be more effective to eliminate carbon tax and cap trades and use the capital for innovation?

The carbon trade doesn’t make a dramatic impact on cutting carbon emissions in my opinion. I think we need to slowly drive up the cost of using fossil fuels through taxes. Then instead of letting a company sell of carbon credit to another company, essentially causing the same aggregate quantity of pollution companies should use that capital to make their business and surrounding environment more green. I feel that amount of capital use to buy products and invested in green energy companies can be utilized to foster innovation to assist in gravitating our nation and economy to a more green, carbon free, and less pollution direction. I understand the initials cost would be extremely high but innovation and investments now would slowly cripple the costs. Portugal produces 45% of their energy from renewable energy provided the Portugese paid twice as much for electricity for the last 5 years.

Why must there be a sustainable atmosphere for there to be life?

I read for there to be life on a planet, the planet has to be the correct distance from a star, a sustainable atmosphere and certain chemicals. I don’t know why there has to be a sustainable atmosphere.

What can Graphic Designs do to become more sustainable?

I am giving a talk to a group of college students soon on Sustainability and how Graphic Designers can strive to make their industry/classroom more sustainable. Any ideas? I have a few but would like as many as possible. I have never worked in industry. Thankyou in advance

What are some sustainable fabrics, components and techniques when making a textiles product?

I am doing my textiles GCSE and I have to design an art deco bag that is sustainable. Help please?>

What are the economic and environmental conditions required to have a sustainable community?

I know what a sustainable community is, but I was just wondering what economic conditions are needed in a sustainable community. Likewise, what the environmental conditions have to be like to have a sustainable community. Quick 10 points to the best answer!

What would be considered a normal or a sustainable birth rate?

I want to compare the high birth rates of china and india, that are very overpopulated to a more sustainable birth rate.