[breyn-i-keyn] Brainstorming on a Higher Level
When I wrote yesterday about GE’s new compact fluorescent that looks like an incandescent, I did wonder how they got that squiggly CFL inside the bulb. Was it like building a ship in a bottle, or did they glue two halves of a bulb around it? John Strainic, Global Project Manager for GE, explains, […]
If there is one good thing that can be said about this recession, it is that it is bringing out the creativity in people who are using their hands and their brains instead of their wallets to make or wrap their gifts this year.
London based design headhunter Represent challenged the design community “to develop fresh […]
Could the first fully sustainable city block in America rise out of a nondescript parking lot in downtown Dallas, Texas?
After a full year of design competitions aimed at stimulating discussion about the nature of sustainability in cities, San Francisco-based Urban Re:Vision is about to transform theory into reality in Dallas. The land is available, […]
(Photo from Nikkei Tech-On)
I had a chance to talk to Subaru staff at the Eco-Products 2008 Fair in Tokyo. I have been wondering why they are not speeding up the introduction of their plug-in electric car, that has been shown in New York and elsewhere. Here on Treehugger, the R1e or Stella got a good […]
As in world bike-capital Portland, Oregon, so in (relative) biking backwater Gothenburg, Sweden - short-hop urban biking can be a breeze, but try biking from the far suburbs in to central city locales. Your mileage and your experience will vary wildly.
Kristina Johansson, a cyclist and student in Gothenburg…
Hockey Puck Horn. Image credit: O’Canada Gear
A Canadian player made famous the hockyism: ‘I don’t pass the puck to where they are - I pass the puck to where they’re going to be‘.
The lesson seems to have been missed in renewable energy quarters; with Canada falling behind the US in wind […]
Image from World Meteorological Organization
Forty percent: That is the share of annual oceanic carbon dioxide uptake accounted for by the Southern Ocean. Given that oceans comprise Earth’s largest carbon sink, that is not an insignificant figure; indeed, this sole region is responsible for absorbing a staggering amount of anthropogenic emissions — close to 1 petagram […]