[breyn-i-keyn] Brainstorming on a Higher Level
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Good news travels in pairs and today we have two stories from two separate universities who have taken the steps to reduce their carbon footprint through various program initiatives. The first green effort comes to us from Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut, which has eliminated trays for their students […]
I really felt sorry for Richard Moe, and a bit angry, too. Here he is, the keynote speaker for Thursday morning, with a hall that can seat thousands, and there are maybe two hundred people. Downstairs they are crowding in to other seminars on how to build green buildings, not realizing that up in the […]
There was an entire row of exhibitors showing various incarnations of insulated concrete forms (ICFs) with their styrofoam walls and their plastic ties that are filled with concrete and then labelled green. Then there is Durisol, that has been around for half a century. it is made of wood chips and a bit of portland […]
Pikachu is full of helium, which the New York Times describes as “a finite and increasingly scarce resource, produced extremely slowly by decaying uranium and thorium.” Like anything else, (gas prices anyone?) when it gets scarce and expensive, people start thinking about using it more carefully.
So this year, instead of just releasing it into […]
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But hey, with the US$ so strong, thats only $ 382,469 and it is for two dogs, so that is a lot less per dog. So what if people are hungry or losing their jobs, let them build doghouses. Inside:
the dogs will sleep on sheepskin-lined, temperature-controlled beds, soothe their aches in an […]
Image source: Oeuf
Oeuf (pronounced UH-F. Means “egg” in French), maker of children’s furniture, toys and clothes, brings more multi-functional items that can age and change as your child does. Items are all manufactured in Europe from socially responsible manufacturers. The children’s clothing is all very cute and has a very grown-up, European look to it….
From November 28 until December 2 the Buenos Aires Botanical Garden will host Sustentable ‘08, the first edition of an annual festival entirely dedicated to sustainable design.
The event will present over 100 environmentally and socially responsible objects created by Argentinean designers, and will offer a set of conferences and workshops for both professionals and general […]
Image source: Yumi & Laurie
The new, 100% organic cotton and bambo blend towels/wraps/blanQuettes by Yumi and Laurie offer an eco-friendly towel with multiple colors and patterns on each towel - something not often seen in the world of eco-friendly homewares. The designs are inspired by a recent trip to Asia and the blanQuettes are large […]
We have a bit of a penchant for small wheeled, collapsible bikes around here. In recent times Graham showed us how easy it was to stow a Strida 5 inside a closet, Andrew loves how he can squeeze his Bike Friday into a suitcase and Lloyd enthuses about how quick his Strida folds, so he […]
Honda calls it the Ecological Drive Assist System (EDAS)….