The green inclinations of baby-boomers, their growing spending power and their yen to turn holidays into something between a forced march and a spiritual retreat, have been the making of an industry that barely existed 30 years ago.
It also helps that Curtis Foltz, GPA's boss, has green inclinations of his own, having electrified the port's cranes and refrigerated-tanker racks and reduced diesel consumption by 2.1m gallons a year.Yet green promises and hydrologic engineering models only tell what might happen, not what will.
Lisa Hymas, Grist writer and coiner of the acronym GINK (green inclinations, no kids) has written an enlightening post: "Say it Loud: I'm Childfree and I'm Proud," one in a series all about living childfree.
Light green bands indicate periods of shallower inclinations in the Okhotsk Sea and coeval steeper negative inclinations in the West Caroline Basin in the western equatorial Pacific.
"Many consumers say they are concerned about the environment, but when they find out how much a green vehicle is going to cost, their altruistic inclination declines considerably," John Humphrey, an SVP at J.D. Power, said in a statement.
The opinions on Kampo and the reasons for its use pointed to an inclination towards a certain degree of a "green" or "alternative" worldview.
There seems to be an inclination to remove them, as you would from, say, collard greens, whose stems really are tough.
However, the annual green manure supply supported yields mostly at marginal input levels and was overridden by mineral fertilizers independent of the inclination.
Analysis showed a clear inclination of researchers towards a small set of mitigation measures (shade trees, cool building envelopes, ground vegetation, and green roofs).
Fresh from organising the third Himalayan Outdoor Festival in the hills outside Kathmandu – an annual three-day event featuring trail-running and cross-country mountain bike races – Base Camp owner Paresh Shrestha explains that more and more people here are cycling, not necessarily because of an inclination to 'green up', but rather because vehicle ownership has become so expensive in Nepal.
