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Blog Round Up April 11th - April 18th

Posted on April 18, 2008 | Filed Under Weekly Round Up

Chas Offutt, Director of Internet Strategy
Technology & Rivers

With the release of America’s Most Endangered Rivers™: 2008 Edition, much of the chatter this week mentions the report. I have included some links in the round up, but you can go here to find many more.

The river round up for 4-11 to 4-18:

On Facing South, America’s Most Endangered Rivers™: 2008 Edition is mentioned during a discussion of global warming.

Park + Vine has ten ways to green your business, including storm water management.

America’s Most Endangered Rivers™: 2008 Edition is also mentioned on treehugger.

The St. Johns River from America’s Most Endangered Rivers™: 2008 Edition is cover over at Covering Florida.

Rivers are forever dams are not, Chrissy58’s Weblog has some thoughts from the Colorado Riverkeeper on this.

Blog Round Up April 4th - April 11th

Posted on April 11, 2008 | Filed Under Weekly Round Up

Chas Offutt, Director of Internet Strategy
Technology & Rivers

The new villain in the James Bond series is of the eco-villain variety. The Gristmill has a post on the upcoming movie with the details. Apparently the new villain is trying to get hold of the South American water supply.

The river round up for 4-4 to 4-11:

WaterWired suggests you visit (the real NY location, not DC as I once thought) The American Museum of Natural History exhibit Water:H2O = Life.

Treehugger has a graphic that gives us an idea on what the drought might look like for Atlanta this year.

With spring here, Green is Sexy asks why not let those April showers water your lawn and garden?

Conserve water around with house with grey water, from PBriscoe.

Blog Round Up March 28th - April 4th

Posted on April 4, 2008 | Filed Under Weekly Round Up

Chas Offutt, Director of Internet Strategy
Technology & Rivers

The Wall Street Journal’s Environmental Capital blog has a great post on the greening of our national past time. Here in DC a new baseball stadium just opened and was LEED certified.

The river round up for 3-28 to 4-4:

The Milltown Dam was breached this week and Trout Underground has some ideas for future dam removals.

New Yorkers now have their own water trails and the New York Outdoors Blog has a link to the map.

Real “North Coast” Living explores what a rain garden is and why you should have one.

Not quite river related, but a funny post on Treehugger about a Yacht that is it’s own island.

Blog Round Up March 21st - March 28th

Posted on March 28, 2008 | Filed Under Weekly Round Up

Chas Offutt, Director of Internet Strategy
Technology & Rivers

I have said here before that innovation is a great thing. Today Treehugger has a post about a great knew boat that is solar and pedal powered. Now you can get exercise while enjoying being out on the water.

The river round up for 3-21 to 3-28:

Clean water is important. Gristmill has video of a new invention that delivers clean water.

While you are on the Gristmill, why don’t you learn about a great river movie?

Many, many ways to conserve water around the home, by DIY Life.

Rain barrels are finding their way in to Massachusetts according to Michaelann Land.

Blog Round Up March 14th - March 21st

Posted on March 21, 2008 | Filed Under Weekly Round Up

Chas Offutt, Director of Internet Strategy
Technology & Rivers

Since St. Patrick’s day was this week, I thought I would mention this post. It’s a Blog Eat Blog World tells us that ancient Egypt use to drink beer with every meal because it was the best way to avoid the germs in the Nile River.

The river round up for 3-14 to 3-21:

Are green building techniques now the mainstream way of doing things? Triplepundit has the discussion.

The LAist informs us it is World Water Week.

Another dam is one step closer to being no more; Trout Unlimited New Jersey fills us in.

Some great water conservation tips from the National Wildlife Federation.

Green Tallahassee tells about a Green Living and Energy Expo in Florida.

The Minneapolis Real Estate Blog recently spent some time learning about rain gardens.

Blog Round Up: March 7th - March 14th

Posted on March 14, 2008 | Filed Under Weekly Round Up

Chas Offutt, Director of Internet Strategy
Technology & Rivers

Ever wonder if the increased demand for electricity from electric plug-in cars would be good for the environment? Treehugger dissects a new study from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory that examines the issue.

The river round up for 3-7 to 3-14:

It is great to see the government being environmentally responsible, DC Metrocentric agrees.

Over at North Country Maturing Gardener there are more ideas on how to build a rain garden.

One of The Wall Street Journal’s blogs, Environmental Capital, found a better place for animal waste than our rivers, even though they don’t make that point.

Is water the new energy crisis? The Huffington Post has the discussion.

Blog Round Up: February 29th - March 7th

Posted on March 7, 2008 | Filed Under Weekly Round Up

Chas Offutt, Director of Internet Strategy
Technology & Rivers

What a wild weather week we have had here in DC, I can’t help but think of all the Combined Sewer Overflows in the area. But to cheer myself up, I found some great river posts.

The river round up for 2-29 to 3-7:

Where do you put your rain garden? North Country Maturing Gardener some information to help you decide.

Allergy Consumer Review says that a rain barrel is one of the top ways to go green this spring.

The internet has been buzzing with New York City’s plan for sustainable stormwater runoff, Treehugger has the scope.

Chaotic Utopia is a little surprised with what is in the water.

Blog Round Up: February 22nd - February 29th

Posted on February 29, 2008 | Filed Under Weekly Round Up

Chas Offutt, Director of Internet Strategy
Technology & Rivers

I love a good joke. So when I saw this story about the on going border war with Tennessee and Georgia, I couldn’t wait to share.

Chattanooga’s mayor said sending a truckload of water to Georgia lawmakers in the throes of drought and a declaration offering a “cool wet kiss of friendship” is intended to be humorous.

My guess is this won’t be the end of this story.

The river round up for 2-22 to 2-29:

The Mad Canoeist has some paddling hot spots in Maryland.

Declare your love for tap water on the Food & Water Watch blog.

WaterWired is helping to spread the word that the Peace Corps needs experienced water and sanitation professionals.

Over at the E-Nog: The Environmental News Blog, rain barrels “rock�?.

Another great post with ways to save water at home; this time from The Sietch Blog.

Blog Round Up: February 15th - February 22nd

Posted on February 22, 2008 | Filed Under Weekly Round Up

Chas Offutt, Director of Internet Strategy
Technology & Rivers

All great things green come from an innovative idea. I read with intrigue somethingaboutMaryman’s post with some ideas for Seattle. You should read his post, but the idea is to use the city’s right of ways to decrease the number of impervious surfaces.

The river round up for 2-15 to 2-22:

It still may be snowing, but some people already have green grass on their mind. Ian’s Messy desk is planning ahead for a “green�? green lawn.

In their blog, the National Wildlife Federation has some always useful water conservation tips.

The Independent, Conservative, Common Sense Oasis agrees that the rejection of an inflatable dam on the Susquehanna River is a good thing.

It is time to make a rain barrel over at Tech for People.

New York City is working on its combined sewer overflow problem with green infrastructure. Sustainable Flatbrush has more info.

Blog Round Up: February 8th - February 15th

Posted on February 15, 2008 | Filed Under Weekly Round Up

Chas Offutt, Director of Internet Strategy
Technology & Rivers

It hasn’t shown up in the round up yet, but the Wall Street Journal now has its own environmental blog. So far Environmental Capital hasn’t spent time talking about water issues, but it is a very active blog. It is always good to see more people getting in on the conversation.

The river round up for 2-8 to 2-15:

Even if you don’t live in an area where water is scarce, Frugal Eco-Living knows that conserving water is a good thing.

The Portable Walter Filter Blog has some great tips on how to conserve water.

The Reaction has a good post that demonstrates why we need to conserve water, our reservoirs are low.

Bartoy has a wrap-up of the rejection of the Yazoo Pump Project.

For those that want to know, Wastewater Engineering has a very in depth post on how wastewater is treated.

What do economists say about removing dams on the Klamath River, Klamblog knows.

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