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primarily concerned with the conservation of resources, not simply the rearrangement of them.

other interests: corporate sustainability initiatives (and their realizations), popular accessibility of green technology, fighting poverty & social injustice with sustainability.

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21 September 09
Poo Train Runs on the Weight of Sewage : TreeHugger “There are often simple, low-tech solutions to difficult problems… Furniculars, those cable trains that were built up the sides of hills and mountains, often ran on water! The two cars were connected by cables, so you added 400 gallons of water to the one at the top, to make it heavy enough to roll down the hill while pulling up the lighter one at the bottom.In Fribourg, Switzerland, they had a much better idea. One area in town is at the top of a hill, and the other at the bottom, separated by about 375 feet of elevation. And if there is one thing that is always flowing from the top to the bottom, it is sewage. Instead of running in a pipe, they pump some of it into the car at the top; at the bottom, they open it up and let it run into the lower sewer.” Often the most “green” solutions are simply those that don’t give up and choose an easier, but less efficient, option.

Poo Train Runs on the Weight of Sewage : TreeHugger

“There are often simple, low-tech solutions to difficult problems… Furniculars, those cable trains that were built up the sides of hills and mountains, often ran on water! The two cars were connected by cables, so you added 400 gallons of water to the one at the top, to make it heavy enough to roll down the hill while pulling up the lighter one at the bottom.
In Fribourg, Switzerland, they had a much better idea. One area in town is at the top of a hill, and the other at the bottom, separated by about 375 feet of elevation. And if there is one thing that is always flowing from the top to the bottom, it is sewage. Instead of running in a pipe, they pump some of it into the car at the top; at the bottom, they open it up and let it run into the lower sewer.”

Often the most “green” solutions are simply those that don’t give up and choose an easier, but less efficient, option.

3 September 09
Jargon Watch: “Transportation Energy Intensity” of Buildings : TreeHugger According to this report, it takes 30% more energy for Americans to get to their offices than those offices use directly! Until Americans are willing to expend a little more effort and energy into their transportation options, this will change little and pollution & demand for oil will continue to rise. via landscapearchitecture

Jargon Watch: “Transportation Energy Intensity” of Buildings : TreeHugger

According to this report, it takes 30% more energy for Americans to get to their offices than those offices use directly!

Until Americans are willing to expend a little more effort and energy into their transportation options, this will change little and pollution & demand for oil will continue to rise.

via landscapearchitecture

Reblogged: landscapearchitecture

20 August 09
New Belgium’s 11 City ‘Tour-de-Fat’ will use Eco Products’s compostable cups as they tour the country raising money for non-profit organizations. In 2007, New Belgium raised $245,000 for charities. New Belgium will also be handing out 11 hand-crafted, Fort Collins-built commuter bikes to winners who pledge to give up their car for a bike-only lifestyle, in the Trade your Car drawing.

New Belgium’s 11 City ‘Tour-de-Fat’ will use Eco Products’s compostable cups as they tour the country raising money for non-profit organizations. In 2007, New Belgium raised $245,000 for charities.

New Belgium will also be handing out 11 hand-crafted, Fort Collins-built commuter bikes to winners who pledge to give up their car for a bike-only lifestyle, in the Trade your Car drawing.

23 March 09
Graphic Sociology » American Public Transportation - Costs and Usage] via minusmanhattan: ambivalence: standardgrey: sexartandpolitics

Graphic Sociology » American Public Transportation - Costs and Usage]
via minusmanhattan: ambivalence: standardgrey: sexartandpolitics

Reblogged: minusmanhattan

10 March 09
Make it Green three pictures show the amount of space filled by vehicles to transport the same amount of people, whether by car, bus, or bicycle. taking the bus or riding your bike are less convenient and offer less freedom than driving your own car, but charts like this are good for visualizing the large amount of mass that your fuel dollars are going toward hauling around town needlessly. via urbendisaster: amaranthinedecay: adora
Make it Green

three pictures show the amount of space filled by vehicles to transport the same amount of people, whether by car, bus, or bicycle.

taking the bus or riding your bike are less convenient and offer less freedom than driving your own car, but charts like this are good for visualizing the large amount of mass that your fuel dollars are going toward hauling around town needlessly.

via urbendisaster: amaranthinedecay: adora

Reblogged: urbendisaster

9 March 09
Boat made of plastic bottles to make ocean voyage

De Rothschild is building his one-of-a-kind vessel on a San Francisco pier from recycled of plastic bottles, which he says are a symbol of global waste. Except for the masts, which are metal, everything on the 60-foot catamaran is made from recycled plastic.

“It’s all sail power,” he said. “The idea is to put no kind of pollution back into the atmosphere, or into our oceans for that matter, so everything on the boat will be composted. Everything will be recycled. Even the vessel is going to end up being recycled when we finish.”

De Rothschild’s vessel, scheduled to set sail from San Francisco in April, is called the Plastiki. Its name is an homage of sorts to Thor Heyerdahl, the fabled Norwegian explorer who in 1947 sailed 4,300 miles across the Pacific on the Kon-Tiki, a raft made from balsa wood.

3 March 09
burning fuel » goodmagazine.com an average car burns 1125 calories of energy per minute at 60 mph an average human burns 4.6 calories per minute at 3 mph so, should you walk or drive that mile to the store? walking will take 1.5 calories (or 6,280 joules), while driving would take 19 (or 79,549 joules). that’s over 12x more cash, pollutants, and resources burned into nothing.

burning fuel » goodmagazine.com

  • an average car burns 1125 calories of energy per minute at 60 mph
  • an average human burns 4.6 calories per minute at 3 mph

so, should you walk or drive that mile to the store? walking will take 1.5 calories (or 6,280 joules), while driving would take 19 (or 79,549 joules).

that’s over 12x more cash, pollutants, and resources burned into nothing.

18 February 09
codery: The batteries, with a 400 charge lifespan are housed in the curving arc of the frame and can be topped up by regenerative braking (A Prius convertible/cabriolet, if you will!). (via Ride like the Sun: Electrobike - Solar Electric Bicycle : TreeHugger )

codery:

The batteries, with a 400 charge lifespan are housed in the curving arc of the frame and can be topped up by regenerative braking (A Prius convertible/cabriolet, if you will!). (via Ride like the Sun: Electrobike - Solar Electric Bicycle : TreeHugger

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Reblogged: codery

17 February 09
Forget About Cars for a Minute: 11 Heavy Duty Green Trucks

Forget About Cars for a Minute: 11 Heavy Duty Green Trucks

12 February 09
davereed: Getting Around: Fuel Use of Various Modes of Transportation » GoodMagazine

davereed:

Getting Around: Fuel Use of Various Modes of Transportation » GoodMagazine

Reblogged: davereed

10 February 09
nickmcglynn: Habitaflex Habitaflex, a subsidiary of Maisons Laprise Inc manufacturer of energy efficient prefabricated homes since 1989, is proud to present a new home concept unique in the world : a folding and transportable home! New looks, dimensions, colors and options are available to satisfy a wide range of applications. just make sure there aren’t people still in there when you fold it up!

nickmcglynn:

Habitaflex

Habitaflex, a subsidiary of Maisons Laprise Inc manufacturer of energy efficient prefabricated homes since 1989, is proud to present a new home concept unique in the world : a folding and transportable home! New looks, dimensions, colors and options are available to satisfy a wide range of applications.

just make sure there aren’t people still in there when you fold it up!

Reblogged: nickmcglynn

6 February 09
Woman bites driver over non-hybrid bus

malty:

‘green’ hysteria?

“The frantic passenger who bit a veteran driver’s arm was upset that his bus wasn’t a hybrid, said MTA driver Peter Williams, 42.

“She came on the bus, and she said she waited more than an hour for a hybrid. I said, ‘I’m not in control of what bus is assigned to me.’”“

passion is one thing, my friends, but there’s no need for violence.

Reblogged: malty

30 January 09
“Powered by an electric drive train, the concept vehicle is designed to change its shape further, altering the driving position completely. A potential driver can even lie down completely or sit tall and drive it like any other car. Designed with three wheels for better efficiency, the vehicle is propelled by the rear wheel, which gets its power from the built-in battery pack.” i can’t picture myself using this on a long drive. for one, the prone position would only make it easier to sleep & it doesn’t even look that comfortable. however, i can picture using this for short errands around town or commuting to work. as a vehicle, it lands somewhere between a motorcycle & a smart car. despite the easy learning curve, i imagine that the obvious exposure would prevent safety-conscious non-bikers from seriously converting and it doesn’t appear to provide motorcyclists with significantly more utility. Ecofriend

“Powered by an electric drive train, the concept vehicle is designed to change its shape further, altering the driving position completely. A potential driver can even lie down completely or sit tall and drive it like any other car. Designed with three wheels for better efficiency, the vehicle is propelled by the rear wheel, which gets its power from the built-in battery pack.”

i can’t picture myself using this on a long drive. for one, the prone position would only make it easier to sleep & it doesn’t even look that comfortable. however, i can picture using this for short errands around town or commuting to work.

as a vehicle, it lands somewhere between a motorcycle & a smart car. despite the easy learning curve, i imagine that the obvious exposure would prevent safety-conscious non-bikers from seriously converting and it doesn’t appear to provide motorcyclists with significantly more utility.

Ecofriend

30 January 09
this is the coolest delivery scooter i’ve ever seen. there’s no mention of the fuel it would use, but it looks like it uses in-wheel motors. yanko design

this is the coolest delivery scooter i’ve ever seen. there’s no mention of the fuel it would use, but it looks like it uses in-wheel motors.

yanko design

28 January 09
“There’s something quite magical about watching trams in Barcelona, Strasbourg or Frankfurt glide silently along beds of grass as they do their city circuit. Where possible, this attractive combination of efficient public transport and inspired landscaping should be standard as part of the urban fabric.” YES! [Inhabitat via ecostreet]

“There’s something quite magical about watching trams in Barcelona, Strasbourg or Frankfurt glide silently along beds of grass as they do their city circuit. Where possible, this attractive combination of efficient public transport and inspired landscaping should be standard as part of the urban fabric.” YES!

[Inhabitat via ecostreet]

Themed by Hunson. Originally by Josh