[breyn-i-keyn] Brainstorming on a Higher Level
Who knew the New York City subway was so green? (Well, greener than I thought it was, anyway.) According to a poster I chanced upon last night at a subway station:
63 percent of NYC Transit’s refuse was recycled in 2007.
8,931 tons—about 50 percent of the refuse collected from the MTA’s 468 subway stations—gets recycled
49,419 tons […]
Hundreds of important NHS hospital tests could be put on hold due to a worldwide shortage of a radioactive isotope.
Of course, one of the benefits of LEDs is that they last so long that they can be built right into the fixtures or even the fabric of the building. But people own lamps already, and Frog Design “realized the easiest way to create acceptance was to deliver the technology in an already widely accepted […]
We show a lot of what we call “downloadable designs” on TreeHugger; as we said on our Absolut World website, “With digital designs we decide what we want from the best in the world, not what Mr. Store Manager picks out.” That is why we completely fell in love with Ponoko, an “online space for […]
Unusable misprinted tin cans are rolled into handles for flatware and serving pieces. Gina at Epicurious says they are “sure to dish up conversation, as well as the salad.”
She also notes that “the metal is left untreated, so while they can go in the dishwasher, it is advised that you hand wash and dry […]
Last week we had the pleasure of checking out the One Planet–Ours! Sustainability for the 22nd Century installation at the United States Botanic Garden just a stones throw from the Capitol in Washington, DC. Despite the odd name (isn’t sustainability for the 21st century hard enough?) the federally-funded exhibit offered a dazzling array of inspiring […]
What is Bike-Sharing?
If you at all familiar with the Zip Car model of car-sharing, then you should already undersand how bike-sharing works. Essentially, in a bike-share program bicycles are made available at special kiosks or racks that are strategically placed around a city. Users can access the bikes 24 hours a day, either […]
Wind-powered Record Attempt Cancelled
The frustrating thing about trying to work with, rather than against, Mother Nature is that, well, sometimes Mother Nature just doesn’t want to play along. No sooner had April posted on Greenbird, the record attempt sponsored by TreeHugger favorites Ecotricity to become the fastest land-yacht in the world, that we hear the […]
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again –– Israel’s electric car scheme Project Better Place –– needs some serious rethinking. Shai Agassi, who founded the company (pictured above), proposes new infrastructure for the swappable batteries, leased and paid for much in the same way as the cellular phone industry: you pay for use […]
While there may be no doubt that school fundraising of all angles is a standard of the educational system in America and beyond, there’s one product that you just may never heard of being used to help raise funds for schools; carbon offsets.
With a new program called Brighter Schools put out by the folks at […]