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Temptation and Temperance: Cutting our Teeth on Alaska’s Pika Glacier | Life@ERG
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Life and Perspectives of Students and Scholars at ERG. Temptation and Temperance: Cutting our Teeth on Alaska’s Pika Glacier. Posted by ERG Life. MS-PhD Student, and Spencer James]. Ian mountain climbing in Alaska this past summer. Take a peek out of the summer journal of ERG graduate student, Ian Bolliger. And skiing partner, Spencer James, and see what it takes to experience the beauty and perils of a cold Alaskan glacier. Are we in the slide path? Photo from Sidetracked.com. For the latest ERG updates.
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The Carbon Cost of a Wilderness Trip | Life@ERG
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Life and Perspectives of Students and Scholars at ERG. The Carbon Cost of a Wilderness Trip. Posted by ERG Life. On any given Monday, conversations buzz around ERG’s communal cubicle workspace with stories of weekend skiing, rock climbing, surfing, bicycle rides, trail runs, skijoring, LARPing, lumberjack games. you name it, ERGies probably do it. View of the Colorado River from the Nankoweap Granaries in the Grand Canyon (Photo: Jonathan Sisley). See photo below.). Yet, here I am, driving over 2000 mile...
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ERG Talent Show 2014 | Life@ERG
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Life and Perspectives of Students and Scholars at ERG. ERG Talent Show 2014. Posted by ERG Life. Hosted by the 2013 cohort, this year's ERG "Too Much" Talent Show features the Back of the Envelope skit, creative video making, dancing and sax playing, ERGie paper dolls, a ton of selfies and ends with a big, fat Bollywood finale. Below the whole show is broken up into three videos in a YouTube playlist. Content of the videos:. Back of the Envelope Skit. Trailer for "The Gold Fish Casino". John Dees , ERG g...
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The thermodynamics of mineral wealth, fossil fuels and drugs | Life@ERG
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Life and Perspectives of Students and Scholars at ERG. The thermodynamics of mineral wealth, fossil fuels and drugs. Diego Ponce de Leon Barido. Consider the unidirectional flow of water (and energy) downstream. Historically, bulky raw materials such as grains, ores, and timber were ‘produced in the hinterland and sent downstream to river mouth cities where those raw materials were combined to produce more valuable goods’. More recently it is rare earth metals, oil, and drugs that flow downstream. Nothin...
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Ivanpah is My Backyard | Life@ERG
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Life and Perspectives of Students and Scholars at ERG. Ivanpah is My Backyard. Thanks to the recent dedication. Of the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System (ISEGS), the corresponding scathing article in the Wall Street Journal. And Dan Kammen and Tonio Buonassisi’s appearance on NPR’s On Point. Ivanpah and solar energy in general has been back in the news. Tortoise at Ivanpah (J. Reilly). Burrow excavation at Ivanpah (J. Reilly). Ivanpah (J. Reilly). Here’s what I have discovered:. This is not to say...
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The Jeepney Journey: Learning from a Bottom-Up Approach to Resilient Cities in the Philippines | Life@ERG
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Life and Perspectives of Students and Scholars at ERG. The Jeepney Journey: Learning from a Bottom-Up Approach to Resilient Cities in the Philippines. Posted by ERG Life. Can an innovation in charging vehicles turn into the vehicle for more innovation? What works, what sticks? May be risky business to find out, but it’s well worth the ride…. Electric Jeepney (eJeepney) plying on the streets of metro Manila. Tacloban City on the island of Leyte, leveled by Typhoon Yolanda. For the latest ERG updates.
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How Our Power Lines Will Handle Everyone's Power from the Sun | Life@ERG
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Life and Perspectives of Students and Scholars at ERG. How Our Power Lines Will Handle Everyone's Power from the Sun. By Michael A. Cohen. Here, I'm writing about what I study in an "up-goer five". Way; that is, I'm using only the ten hundred most used words to make it as easy as possible for everyone to understand! Michael helping to put sun power on top of a house. Why do I study power lines and the things that help them work? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). For the latest ERG updates. Patricia Hid...
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Pissing Tanker, I Piss on You! | Life@ERG
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Life and Perspectives of Students and Scholars at ERG. Pissing Tanker, I Piss on You! Posted by ERG Life. By Sharada Prasad CS. Please watch the below video and make a note of your reaction. Either you were amused by it or you felt a pain deep inside your heart. Who are the people who pee in public? In a country with 400 million people working in un-organized sector, public toilets must be found within minutes of walking distance. The problem with urban India is that sanitation is never a priority...
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Environmental Policy: Looking Past our Green-Colored Glasses | Life@ERG
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Life and Perspectives of Students and Scholars at ERG. Environmental Policy: Looking Past our Green-Colored Glasses. Posted by ERG Life. Andrea Mercado, MS'15]. At times, our environmental enthusiasm can shine so bright that we overlook less clear implications against low-income and minority populations. The first two goals sound perfectly peachy. Who doesn’t want to conserve the quality of the environment? In 2003, Marin County adopted the Housing Element into its general plan as required by the state o...
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