Racing Green Endurance team completes its 16,000 mile, electric Pan-American trip (video)
November 24, 2010 No Comment
Hey, remember the crazy Imperial College kids in the Racing Green Endurance team, the ones who took a perfectly wonderful Radical racer and stripped it of its internal-combustion assets, flew it to Alaska, and then pledged to drive it all the way down the Pan-American Highway? Well, they made it. 26,000km later (that’s 16,155 miles) the team has reached Ushuaia, Argentina, at the southern tip of South America and a long, long way from Anchorage. Traveling an average of 300km (186 miles) per day the team conquered desert, jungle, and torrential rain storms, conditions the purely electric and decidedly track-focused machine certainly wasn’t meant for, but proving that an EV can be driven way beyond its maximum range — if you don’t mind taking nearly six months to do it. [Thanks, Amanda ] Continue reading Racing Green Endurance team completes its 16,000 mile, electric Pan-American trip (video) Racing Green Endurance team completes its 16,000 mile, electric Pan-American trip (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 24 Nov 2010 09:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …From Pure Water to Better Building Materials, Cleantech Open Awards Newest Wave of Green Thinkers
November 24, 2010 No Comment
Image via Cleantech Open The Cleantech Open , one of the most prestigious events for start-ups in the industry, has announced the winners of this year’s competition. The winners earn the sort of recognition from venture capitalists that most start-ups only dream of. The winners this year highlight some of the best ideas of the year, and we are likely to see them in the marketplace in the near future. Check out who they are — from algae-based water treatment to super-light building materials… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Non-commissioned officer who was up for special notation for conduct during Operation Cast Lead caught smoking drugs in Kinneret. Prosecution demands prison sentence, but judge decides to impose NIS 750 fine
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Image credit: Cornell University I seem to be on somewhat of a worm compost kick of late. I’ve written about worm composting becoming big business , and I followed this up with a look at how worm compost can help suppress plant diseases . When I wrote this second post, Allison Jack—one of the researchers mentioned in the article—contacted us to alert us to the wealth of resource… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Daily Kos: Tea Parties Much Like Texans Who Cheered JFK’s Assassination in 1963
November 24, 2010 No Comment
The Daily Kos could not let the anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination pass without making comparisons between the “far right” greeting JFK received in Dallas in 1963 and the greeting President Obama receives from the Tea Parties today. The blogger with the handle “Devtob” claimed some Texans cheered the death of Obama in the “nut country,” and presumes today's Texans would cheer Obama's death: Dallas was also the site, in 1961, of the National Indignation Convention, which Rick Perlstein relates to the tea partiers of today : Thousands of delegates from 90 cities packed a National Indignation Convention in Dallas, a 1961 version of today's tea parties; a keynote speaker turned to the master of ceremonies after his introduction and remarked as the audience roared: “Tom Anderson here has turned moderate! All he wants to do is impeach (Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl) Warren. I'm for hanging him!” read more
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Click here to view this media From David’s earlier post at Crooks and Liars, here is the Simpsons’ scene that got Bill O’Reilly’s knickers in a knot.
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Image credit: striatic , used under Creative Commons license. Whether it’s brilliant ways to reuse your books , or an easy way to reuse wine corks , TreeHugger has seen plenty of craftsy, DIY examples of reuse as a creative way to greener living. But I’ve been thinking lately that good intentions can lead to bad decisions—more specifically, I’ve been wonde… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Anti Sleep Pilot promises to keep drivers alert, warn them when to pull over
November 24, 2010 No Comment
Looking for an alternative to that extra large cup of coffee or energy drink to keep you awake on long haul drives? Then you’ll soon have another option in the form of the Anti Sleep Pilot, which promises to keep you from nodding off through the magic of technology. Already on sale in Denmark, the device is able to automatically turn itself on and off by monitoring the movement of your vehicle, and it attempts to keep you alert by regularly performing various tests that you can respond to just by tapping the device. That promises to not only prevent fatigue in the first place by keeping your mind active, but also warn you when it’s really time to take a break by monitoring your reaction times to each test. Still no word on an official price over here just yet, but we assume it’ll cost somewhere in the neighborhood of the 1,499 kr (or $270) the device currently runs in Denmark. Anti Sleep Pilot promises to keep drivers alert, warn them when to pull over originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 24 Nov 2010 09:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Small New York Apartment to Receive Radical Revamp with LifeEdited Competition (Slideshow)
November 24, 2010 No Comment
Credit and more images: gaborrieger TreeHugger founder Graham Hill is trying to radically reduce his footprint and live happily with less space, less stuff and less waste on less money, but with more design. He calls it ” LifeEdited. ” You can help: Enter the LifeEdited design competition and win up to $70,000 in prizes and the opportunity to design the apartment! I have been spending a lot of time over at Jovoto , looking at the amazing entries. I ha… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit Sam Oberter I thought we were being edgy when we gave Interface Studio Architects the Best Residential Architect Award as part of Best of Green this year, but I could not help but love the 100K house . Evidently neither could the US Green Building Council ; they have awarded it the 2010 project of the year…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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