[breyn-i-keyn] Brainstorming on a Higher Level
It’s easy to become narrow-minded about climate priorities by getting stuck at the data level. Instead of responding with knee-jerk outrage to the latest greenhouse gas stories in the news, “greens” need to take on strategic thinking. Scan this US-EIA produced table, Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 2007 (12/3/2008) (ftp […]
Control Lights with Twitter from Justin Wickett on Vimeo.
Image Courtesy of Ciclus Design.
The holiday season often finds companies giving gifts to their employees as a symbol of thanks for all their hard work throughout the year. Grupo Hera, a Spanish waste management and consulting firm commissioned a sustainably designed (and really cool) cava gift box from Ciclus with the theme of turning waste […]
We spend a lot of time worrying about the design of our foreground buildings like art galleries, but give almost no thought at all to the prosaic, basic needs that every city should supply, particularly to those who are not in cars. So if you are a driver and can get from your house to […]
It may be a digital age, but some people just can’t stop buying books. We always say that one should not use more than they need, and that’s what is neat about Dutch designerReinier de Jong’s expanding bookcase; like a pair of Sansabelt pants after Thanksgiving dinner, it expands as required to accommodate its contents….
It’s that time of year when non-profits of every environmental stripe come looking for donations, and not surprisingly I’ve already seen gift guides, requests to “adopt” animals, purchase green holiday cards and plain old-fashioned solicitations sent to help raise money. Every year it seems to be more requests than the year before, and it […]
cute little fuel efficient Japanese car
When I last wrote about how Suburbs + Cheap Gas = Big American Cars and suggested that as long as gas was cheap Americans would keep buying big cars, I was roundly criticized. Only one commenter sort of got the relationship when I suggested a big honking gas tax was […]
photo: Indian Autos Blog
Back at the end of July, Tata Motors announced that they were looking into developing an electric version of the Indica. Well, at the Bologna auto show, the world got a glimpse of the Tata Indica EV. Though the price has not be finalized, the the plug-in electric car Indica EV […]
Oh, for the days before seat belts and helmets, kids had so much more fun. Perhaps those awning frames could be turned into roll-bar safety cages. Modern Mechanix…
Just love the shape his shadow casts. Image source
We do prattle on about how the bicycle is the world’s most energy efficient vehicle, but just how fast can a human go on a bicycle?
It depends on how you are measuring that speed. Are they rushing downhill added by the press of gravity? Are they riding […]