http://sustainability.blogsome.com A great resource for those who would like to see a better world... Mon, 05 Dec 2005 14:53:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en WASHINGTON, DC — Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham announced today that the Department of Energy (DOE) will provide $17,390,442 for 187 energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in 48 states, the District of Columbia and one territory. Funding is being provided through DOE’s State Energy Program Special Projects ... http://sustainability.blogsome.com/2005/12/05/energy-department-to-award-173-million-for-187-energy-saving-projects/ IRS Publishes Updated Registration and Reporting Forms The IRS has published updated versions of Form 637 and Form 720. These forms are available by going to the Forms and Publications page of the IRS website, www.irs.gov. A direct link to that page is: http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/lists/0,,id=97817,00.html. Form 637 is the registration application that all ... http://sustainability.blogsome.com/2005/12/05/irs-grants-incentive-for-biodiesel-use/ DOE launched a Disaster Recovery and Building Reconstruction Web site on November 22nd as part of its continuing effort to support hurricane victims in the Gulf Coast. The new Web site encourages cost-effective, durable, and energy-efficient reconstruction in areas devastated by recent hurricanes. It provides resources and information for consumers, ... http://sustainability.blogsome.com/2005/12/05/doe-web-site-aids-energy-savings-in-gulf-coast-reconstruction/ New Site up. VitaminHealth.info is now part of our network of websites. http://sustainability.blogsome.com/2005/11/30/new-site-up/ Remember when it was a counter culture thing? There was a time when the words “organic farming” made most folks think of a counter culture stereotype. People with long hair, and maybe a sympathetic bone for communal doings. The USDA has put up $750,000 for research to help set the stage for ... http://sustainability.blogsome.com/2005/11/29/feds-fund-research-for-organic-farming-efforts/ Source: The Sangai Express Imphal, November 16: The Imphal Regional Centre of Organic Farming under National Centre of Organic Farming, Ghaziabad has invited applications for Service Providers. Interested organisations/ bodies may apply, informed a DIPR release. It also stated that Capital Investment Subsidy Scheme under the National Project on Organic Farming has been ... http://sustainability.blogsome.com/2005/11/29/organic-farming/ There will be a one-day seminar on Gardening the Organic Way on Dec 4 at the YMCA in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur. Topics for the event, which includes an exhibition on organic fruits and vegetables, include an overview on organic farming, starting an organic garden, controlling pests and diseases without ... http://sustainability.blogsome.com/2005/11/29/green-farming/ ENVIRONMENT: COLDIRETTI, BIODIESEL BEFORE AN EMERGENCY HAPPENS (AGI) - Rome, Italy, Nov. 28 - With biodiesel emissions are halved and we save the planet. Coldiretti is gathering signatures in support of an initiative to produce one million tons of biofuels from crop production, which will reduce emissions of hydrocarbons by 80 ... http://sustainability.blogsome.com/2005/11/29/biodiesel-today-in-italy/ MGR writes “National Geographic is reporting that Japanese scientists have discovered a way to convert vegetable oil into biodiesel with a much less expensive catalyst (between 10 and 50 times cheaper) than what is currently used. From the article: ‘Any vegetable oil can become fuel, but not until its ... http://sustainability.blogsome.com/2005/11/29/national-geographic-is-reporting-that-japanese-scientists-have-discovered-a-way-to-convert-vegetable-oil-into-biodiesel-with-a-much-less-expensive-catalyst/ 11/28/2005, 2:21 p.m. ET By ELISABETH WALDON The Associated Press CARSON CITY, Mich. (AP) — The exhaust from most diesel engines smells like diesel. Justin Keiffer’s 1984 Volkswagen Rabbit smells like doughnuts. A 2002 Carson City-Crystal High School graduate, Keiffer, 21, first became interested in biodiesel fuel when writing a paper on the ... http://sustainability.blogsome.com/2005/11/28/man-uses-vegetable-oil-to-power-his-vehicles/