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Here I am back in Bowling Green Ohio fresh off the plane from Madison and let me tell you what a great couple of days. Going to the Society of Environmental Journalist conference was a great opportunity. I learned more there then I learned anywhere in any classroom.  

Madison, Wis. - Thursday, I was given the opportunity to view first hand the impact food has on a community - curious to find out more today I attend a panel discussion titled "A Capitol Idea, Squared: Madison's Local-food MOvement and Beyond." 

Madison Wis., - It is hard to come across easily affordable and reliable energy that is good for the environment in today's age. Instead we as a society rely on Coal, which is affordable and reliable but costly to the environment. Coal supplies almost 80% of the nations energy, yet it is the most dangerous to the environment and to people's health. So, a panel of Coal experts came together at the SEJ conference to talk about the issue of coal. 

Madison Wis., - We have heard it for months. An urge from environmental activists, journalists and American citizens. Now is the time to step towards environmental climate change and Al Gore exclaimed this in his speech this morning at the Society of Environmental Journalist Conference. 

Madison Wis. - Day three of an exciting conference is beginning. Hundreds of SEJ members grab their morning coffee and pack themselves into the Madison/Wisconsin Ballroom on the 2nd floor of our hotel. Waiting in anticipation for Al Gore who will be addressing the conference with guest speakers Jane Lubchenco, undersecretary of commerce for Oceans and Atmophere, James Rogers, chairman, president and CEO of Duke Energy Corporation, Nancy Sutley, chair White House Council on Environmental Quality and Changhua Wu, greater China Director, The Climate Group. 
8:57 a.m. Moderator Andre Revkin begins the session by talking and discussing Generation E, the next generation to inherit climate change. He then introduces the speaker of the morning Al Gore. 
9:00 a.m. Wow, would have never thought I would get the chance to be in the same room as Al Gore. What an honor for me - he receives a standing ovation upon entering the room. 
9:01 a.m. Gore feels there is something underway at Copenhagen, were the next big discussion about global warming will take place. He feels optimistic about the conference.
 9:16 a.m. - Gore discuss the challenge of the climate crisis and how it is so complex it requires decisions to be made in every nation, but he wants everyone to understand the progress that has been made in our nation and across the world. He thanks President Obama, and congratulates him on his nobel peace prize nomination, for introducing a stimulus plan in the first six months of his presidency that carries a large amount of renewable electricity. He believes the construction of this super grid will bring in new devices, technologies connecting and saving energy throughout the country. "We are going to see an economic boost from the introduction of new energy and electrical energy savings," he said. 
 

Madison Wis. - Everything has an environmental impact. Your morning showers, washing the dishes, leaving on the lights, driving to the grocery store. They all impact the environment, but sometimes it is hard to make the connection between what you use in your home to their environmental impact. But, today, on a trip to Milwaukee Wis., I learned about the impact of food. 

So, about two months ago, I was asked by a professor in the journalism department if I would fly out to Madison Wisconsin with her for the 19th Annual Society of Environmental Journalism conference. Taking place Oct. 8-11, I immediately said yes to the opportunity. 

For those of you who are not only technically savvy, but like to dabble in environmental incentives then the new Solar Surge invented by NovoThink  might just be the new gadget for you.   

 

According to a recent independent study commissioned by IBM in Great Britain revealed the Generation Y, 18-24 year olds, are guilty of being the most energy and water wasteful demographic in the United Kingdom. The reason? 

When it comes to going vegetarian/vegan PETA is the organization who strives to change the minds of thousands of people. Their tactics, although unconventional, strive to convince people they need to change their eating habits to benefit animals.