Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Dell J&J, environment, green, HP, IBM, Intel, Newsweek, rank, US on October 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
About two weeks ago, Newsweek published its inaugural list of the top 500 greenest companies in the US. The top 10 are:
Hewlett-Packard
Dell
Johnson & Johnson
Intel
IBM
State Street
Nike
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Applied Materials
Starbucks
4 of the top 5 are technology companies (HP, Dell, Intel and IBM). For IBM, Newsweek wrote:
“Has had formal environmental policies since 1971. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 150, anniversary, balloon, car, earth, environment, history, Japan, Nissan, port, spider, Y150, Yokohama on September 26, 2009 | 7 Comments »
This year marked the 150th anniversary of the 1859 opening of the Port of Yokohama.
To commemorate this anniversary, Expo Y150, a grand exposition focusing on the history and attractions of the city, was held between April 28 to September 27, 2009.
Against Yokohama’s distinctive backdrop of the sea and the port, the Bayside [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged environment, global warming, globalization, green, oil, Thomas Friedman on June 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Just finished reading the book titled “Hot, Flat and Crowded” by Thomas Friedman, 3 time Pulitzer Prize winning writer from the New York Times. Hot, Flat and Crowded means the convergence of three forces: Global warming, Globalization (which was the topic of his last bestselling book, “The World is Flat”) and Global population growth.
Friedman believes [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged emissions, environment, gases, global warming, greenhouse, satellite, space on January 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Last Friday, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched a satellite to monitor greenhouse gases to help scientists better judge where global warming emissions are coming from, and how much is being absorbed by the oceans and forests.
The picture above is courtesy of AP Photo/Kyodo News showing the H2A rocket taking [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged car, data-center, environment, gas, green, IBM, project-big-green on June 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The recent news about rising (skyrocketing?) oil and gas prices has reminded me that now living in Japan, we do not have a car and use Japan’s efficient subway and train system, along with our two legs to get around Tokyo and its surrounding areas – our little contribution to saving the planet and our [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged environment, Japan, packaging, recycling on May 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In Japan, consumers buy items that must have great packaging – extra packaging for the interior box, and extra flowery paper for the exterior gift wrapping. And then, you must put your item on to a big bag, and when it rains, it is better to put an extra plastic bag to protect your [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged environment, fuel, Japan, technology on March 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Recent stories about use of fuel cells in homes in Japan, from USA Today.
