Twitter Top 10: CEIL Made the List

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Robert Hash

Typically we highlight our favorite folks on Twitter, but for this week’s Twitter Top 10 we thought it would be fun to call attention to the Twitter lists that include CEIL.

We try to be active and engaging on Twitter — sharing news, information and resources — and we think our inclusion on the following lists means we’re doing a darn good job!

Environmental Management – Created by @PaolaFire
Science. Green. Environ. – Created by @KazanLaw
Energy Efficiency – Created by @PatDClark
Environment8 – Created by @GreenRTs
Eco – Created by @PackagingDiva
AltEnergy Green Sustain – Created by @Hal_Good
Green Do-Gooders – Created by @GreeneLiving
Green Building + Design – Created by @MarkJohnsonFAIA
GreenList – Created by @ZeroCO2
Sustainability News – Created by @ReeveConsulting

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CEIL’s Top Ten Twitter List: Water

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Robert Hash

Welcome back to another CEIL Top Ten Twitter List! We’ve rounded up ten of our favorite Twitter feeds that focus on water — drinking water, waste water, storm water, flooding, energy from water…you name it, they tweet about it!

@SFWater – San Francisco Public Utilities Commission – Your awesome water, wastewater and municipal power agency!
@USGSNeb – Follow the USGS Nebraska Water Science Center for the latest news on natural resources in Nebraska, including flooding, new scientific reports, and much more.
@ACWAWater – ACWA is a statewide association of public agencies whose 450 members are responsible for about 90% of the water delivered in California.
@groundwaterfdn – Educating people and inspiring action to ensure sustainable, clean groundwater for future generations.
@WorkWithWater – International news, information and solutions for water management.
@treeswater – TWP is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit org working to improve people’s lives by helping communities protect, conserve and manage their natural resources.
@H20Efficiency – The Journal for Water Resource Management, creator of Waterprint, the first, free water footprint calculator for the iPhone and iPad.
@EPAowow – The Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds – helping to manage, protect, and restore watersheds
@waterforpeople – Water For People helps people in developing countries by supporting the development of sustainable drinking water and sanitation facilities
@WaterWorldMag – PennWell’s Water Group offers complete coverage of the drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, and industrial water industries.

You can follow the entire list by following us on Twitter and visiting:
http://twitter.com/#!/CEILeadership/top-water-tweeters

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Twitter Top 10: CEIL’s Favorite Waste Management and Recycling Tweeters

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Robert Hash

We’re back with another Twitter Top 10 list! We have seen a lot of great stories lately coming from the waste management and recycling segments of the green world. These innovative and smart solutions are popping up all over the world — from our own backyard to across the globe.

We’ve put together a list of our 10 favorite waste management and recycling tweeters so that you can keep tabs on the latest news, information and resources from this sector:

@WasteManagement – The Twitter presence for Waste Management.
@RecyclingToday – The business magazine for recycling professionals.
@WasteAwareFood – Love Food Hate Waste raises awareness of the environmental and economic impact of food waste and provides tips and recipes to reduce food waste and save money
@WasteRecycNews – Waste & Recycling News is the continent’s news source for businesses that generate and manage waste, recyclers and environmental managers.
@RecycleMatch – The first comprehensive enterprise solution for managing, minimizing, and monetizing material waste and recyclables
@WMW_Magazine – Waste Management World is the leading specialist journal covering global waste management issues, including landfill, recycling and waste to energy.
@SWANA – For nearly 50 years, SWANA, The Solid Waste Association of North America, has been the leading professional association in the solid waste management field.
@Waste_Watch – We inspire and help people to waste less and live more sustainably.
@1800Recycling – Get help finding recycling centers and information on how to recycle
@EnviroMetal – Jim and/or Casey tweet on behalf of the North American steel industry on a variety of environmental topics, including: sustainability, recycling and life cycle

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Twitter Top 10: CEIL’s Favorite Green Magazines on Twitter

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Robert Hash

In today’s digital world, a lot of magazines with a focus on green building, technology and trends have taken to Twitter as a way to deliver the most up-to-date news and information to their readers. We’ve compiled a list of our favorite green/sustainability-focused magazines on Twitter below. What’s great about this list is that it includes all different sectors of sustainability — consumer, business and government-focused publications.

@puregreenmag – Pure Green Magazine. Celine MacKay, Editor in Chief of Pure Green Magazine. Green with Style.
@EcoStructure – Championing sustainability and the green building movement, examining the merger of environmental performance and outstanding design in commercial architecture.
@rrecycling- Resource Recycling is the definitive source for recycling news.
@GreenSourceMag – Sustainable Design, Green Building, LEED Projects.
@Sierra_Magazine – Green tips, environmental news, and free-ranging opinion from the editors of Sierra magazine. Our mission: Explore, enjoy, and protect the planet.
@BioenergyIntl – Bioenergy International – bringing the global bioenergy industry together. Published in English, French, Italian, Polish, Russian, Japanese.
@windowpower_m – Windpower Monthly is the leading title for the wind power and renewables industry covering legislation, wind farms, offshore, turbines, grids and transmission
@ASES_Solar – Solar Today Magazine. The American Solar Energy Society is the nation’s leading association of solar professionals & grassroots advocates.
@RecyclingToday – The business magazine for recycling professionals.
@edcmagazine – Magazine that covers the rapidly growing green building industry.

To follow the entire list on Twitter, visit: http://twitter.com/#!/CEILeadership/topsustainabilitymags

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Twitter Top 10: Renewable Energy Focus

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Robert Hash

For this week’s Top 10 Twitter list we’re focusing on renewable energy. There is plenty of information sharing on Twitter about renewable energy, but these are the ten folks we think are leading the charge.

@REWorld – The world’s #1 Renewable Energy News and Information Source
@NWcleantech – NW Cleantech is a digital community connecting cleantech innovators in the Pacific Northwest.
@RenewMarkets – Providing information about new and modified incentive schemes in the field of renewable energies
@ClimateGroup – An independent, not-for-profit org working with government + business leaders to drive a #CleanRevolution. Use # to show the #CleanRevolution in action for RTs.
@RenewableSearch – Cleantech News – Cleantech Search Firm – Smart Grid, Renewable and Alternative Energy – Solar, Wind, Geothermal, Biofuel – Retained and Contingent
@EnergyBoom – Scouring the globe for the latest renewable energy and tech news so you don’t have to!
@Renewenergytv – The latest in solar, alternative and renewable energy videos
@renewbl – Wind, Solar, Hydro, Geothermal, Biomass – news from around the globe.
@ToSaveEnergy – Energy Efficiency is America’s Greatest Energy Resource
@energy – Building the new clean energy economy. Reducing nuclear dangers & environmental risks. Expanding the frontiers of knowledge via innovative scientific research.

Follow the entire list here: http://twitter.com/#!/CEILeadership/toprenewabletweeters

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Wind Energy: Top 10 Twitter Feeds for Wind Industry and Technology News

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Robert Hash

Time for another Top 10 Twitter list from CEIL! This week, we’ve compiled 10 of our favorite Twitter feeds with a focus on wind energy.

@AWEA – AWEA is the voice of wind energy in the U.S., promoting renewable energy to power a cleaner, stronger America.
WindPower_Eng – Windpower Engineering & Development covers all aspects of wind. From turbine design to installation to maintenance; we provide technical/tutorial insights.
@FirstWind – First Wind develops, owns and operates wind farms in the Northeast, West and Hawaii.
@WindEnergyPower – Wind Electric: Generated by wind turbines – clean, green, energy efficient and renewable. Tweeting developments and wind spin.
@AlternativeERG – DIY Solar and Wind Energy Projects for Homes, Apartment Buildings and Offices. Make the world a Greener Tomorrow.
@NewEnergy_Blog – The world is changing, a new vision on energy is needed. We need a plan, where is yours? About: renewable energy, solar energy, wind energy, led, etc.
@NAWindPower – North American Windpower is the leading magazine serving professionals involved in all aspects of the wind energy generation and distribution business.
@UrbanTurbines – Portal to the world of small wind turbines | over 475 small wind turbines listed.
@FeedtheGrid – Sustainable & renewable energy news. Solar, wind, tidal, geothermal, biofuels, climate change, peak oil, feed-in tariffs, etc
@EWEA – EWEA is the voice of the wind industry, actively promoting the utilisation of wind power in Europe and worldwide.

Follow the entire list here: http://twitter.com/#!/CEILeadership/topwindenergytweeters

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CEIL’s Top Ten Solar Power Twitter Feeds

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Robert Hash

Top 10 Twitter Feeds is a new, regular series on the CEIL Blog dedicated to helping you discover the best — and most informative — Twitter feeds available.

This week we’re focusing on the Top 10 Solar Power Tweeters. There are almost too many great Twitter feeds to list and, as such, we suggest searching Twitter using the following tags: #solar #energy #solarpower

To get you started, we’ve put together a list of our ten favorite Twitter feeds. You can count on these Twitter feeds to post at least a few times a week with great solar power news.

@NaturalEnergyHQ: Everything about natural energy especially solar and wind energy.
@FeedTheGrid: Sustainable & renewable energy news. Solar, wind, tidal, geothermal, biofuels, climate change, peak oil, feed-in tariffs, etc.
@ACUPCC: The ACUPCC works to neutralize campus GHG emissions and to accelerate the educational efforts to equip society to do the same.
@EarthTechling: A green technology news and information website, focused on topics like clean energy, electric vehicles and green gadgets.
@SolarPower_eng: SolarPower Engineering provides up to date news and info about solar photovoltaic systems, concentrated solar innovations, and solar thermal installations
@VoteSolar: Bringing solar to the mainstream – and helping you do it too.
@GreenNewsDaily: Providing real-time news about green energy and the environment.
@CleanTechies: Clean Technology, Renewables, Alternative Energy, Resource Efficiency, Green Building, Sustainable Transportation, Environment, Climate Change & Green Jobs
@EnergyCollectiv: Discussion of energy and climate issues by experts.
@OurSolarFuture: A UK-based feed that brings international solar news and ideas

Want to follow the entire list with one quick click? Visit: http://twitter.com/#!/CEILeadership/ceilsfavsolartweeters

Last Week’s List – Top 10 Green Federal Government Feeds: http://twitter.com/#!/CEILeadership/green-federal-government

Top 10 Federal Government Feeds on Twitter

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Robert Hash

Top 10 Twitter Feeds is a new, regular series on the CEIL Blog dedicated to helping you discover the best — and most informative — Twitter feeds available.

This week we’re focusing on the Top 10 Federal Government feeds. There are plenty of fantastic feeds out there, but not all of them put a high focus on green and sustainability news and resources. The ten Twitter feeds below do just that and are consistently sharing great news, information and resources.

@EPAresearch: Office of Research & Development (ORD) is the scientific research arm of the US EPA.
@forestservice: The Forest Service manages public lands in national forests and grasslands, which encompass 193 million acres.
@USGS: The official U.S. Geological Survey account.
@GSA_Sustainable: This is the Environmental Sustainability theme team at GSA/FAS.
@EPAwatersense: WaterSense helps people save water with a label for water-efficient products, new homes, and services. It is also a resource for simple water-saving tips.
@NavalEnergy: Dept. of the Navy, Task Force Energy
@ENERGY: Building the new clean energy economy. Reducing nuclear dangers & environmental risks. Expanding the frontiers of knowledge via innovative scientific research.
@usgsa: The General Services Administration is a federal government agency.
@NREL: National Renewable Energy Laboratory
@USDA: Stay up to date with the latest news, events and info from the U.S. Department of Agriculture

You can follow this list in its entirety by visiting: http://twitter.com/#!/CEILeadership/green-federal-government