Best U.S. Cities For Electric Cars, Says GE, Are The Ones Where Everyone Already Drives
November 2, 2010 No Comment
Graphic courtesy Ecoimagination . If you were asked what the best U.S. city for electric cars will be, what would you say? A compact city where keeping within your new e-car’s range would be a cinch? Or would you guess the best city for electric cars will be the one with the most charging posts? Wrong on both tries, says General Electric (which by the way makes a charging post, the WattStation): the “best” cities for EVs will be those where nearly everybody already drives to work. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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A custom-designed HangSavvy cardboard hanger. Photo: HangSavvy Considering that only 15% of the 8 billion polystyrene or polycarbonate clothes hangers manufactured per year are recycled, the much-depended on closet accessory has a major environmental footprint. Enter HangSavvy
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Photo credit: FIT Fair Trade. Local. Vegan. Organic. We’ve all heard these buzz words when it comes to the food in our grocery stores and on our plates. But when it comes to the blossoming sustainable fashion movement , there are so many catch phrases that shopping with a conscience can be downright daunting–not to mention the controversy surrounding exactly how to define an “eco-garment.” ” Eco-Fashion: Going Green ,” an exhibition on display… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Halloween Was Not Scary Enough. Let’s See If Tomorrow’s Treats Do The Trick.
November 1, 2010 No Comment
Castle in a pumpkin. Image credit: photo by John Laumer With Halloween 2010 only a day behind us and the mid-term elections tomorrow morning, likely-voter polls indicate Americans are up for a good ‘ hate it when that happens ‘ kick in the pants. Let’s think about some of the key outcomes of the coming Congressional turnover. Just from the standpoint of how we enviro-freak socialist pinko liberals will experience them (a tongue-in-cheek self deprecation, in case that was not obvious). Look below for my list of predetermined outcomes. Thoughtful comments welcome…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: GM, Chevy Volt lithium-ion battery. Understanding Why So We Can Hopefully Do Something About It Researchers at the Ohio State University have been testing lithium-ion batteries, the kind used in the latest electric and hybrid vehicles, to find out how and why their performance degrades with age and use. The OSU lab is set up so that the batteries can be charged and discharged many times in difference conditions (hot like Arizona, cold like Alaska) over many months, mimicking real-world usage patterns as closely are possible…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image: UCAR It’s a question that there’s still (not-so-surprisingly, given our political and cultural climate) too much confusion about. And it’s one that I get asked variants of relatively frequently, typically with connotations of disbelief, like: Well, how much are we really causing global warming? Or its more pointedly negative counterpart: It’s just ridiculous to think that we little ol’ humans could change the earth’s climate, right? Well, there is a scientific answer to the question of how much of climate change is cased … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Shades of Fridgehenge ; now we have the Fridge Igloo. Moritz Bappert visited artist Ralf Schmerberg’s igloo built from 322 old fridges in Hamburg. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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photo: Kevin Dooley / Creative Commons Late last week at the Convention on Biodiversity a resolution was adopted which places a moratorium on geoengineering unless it can be proven that the method in question can be shown to not have an adverse effect on biodiversity. Opponents of geoengineering cheered, TreeHu… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …30 Ways In 30 Days to Combat Climate Change – UNEP Program Highlights What We Need More Of
November 1, 2010 No Comment
With COP16 kicking off in Cancún, Mexico at the end of the month, UNEP is hoping to get people jazzed up about all the different ways of combatting climate change–considering, that all signs point to little progress on the political front this year, taking meaningful individual action comes back to the forefront. Starting their ‘ 30 ways in 30 days ‘ program, UNEP is highlighting a really pretty cool way to help get Indian villages electricity, though
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Credit: Dave LeBlanc Dave Leblanc describes the problem presented to Architect Andrew Reeves in the Globe and Mail: Imagine for a moment you’re an architect. You’ve got a client – a really nice guy – who tells you he sleeps on a yoga mat on the floor. And he wants a home that is so stripped of ornament that, to some eyes, it will seem stark and cold. Also, he’s a very private person who wants a place of quiet solitude, but located in a dense urban neighbourhood. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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