Photo via the New Republic It's a widely held notion that politicians have long been in the pocket of Big Oil. And there's good reason for that perception: oil companies' huge campaign donations, vast lobbying power, and close ties to politicians have ensured that their taxes remain low , that hidden subsidies are around to provide extra funding, and that they receive preferential treatment in US energy policy. But there could be a new, ... View original post here: The Next Big Oil: Big Smart Grid?
So there really isn't anything that deep to this image. It's just a (more or less) life-sized blue whale eye. And on the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society site you can educate yourself/be mesmerized/ waste some time for a while staring at it while the entire life-sized animal scrolls across your browser window. Believe me, it's way cooler than you might think:... Read more from the original source: Ever See a Blue Whale Life-Sized on Your Computer? Now You Can
published May 7, 2009 and has No Comments
At Construmat this year, the international building and construction trade fair held in Barcelona every two years, the Government of Catalonia presented their project “ 34 kg of CO2 ”, along side Casa Barcelona . 34 kg is the exact quantity of CO2 that was emitted in order to make one of the book with the same title. So ...
Read more...published May 7, 2009 and has No Comments
After becoming a renewable energy entrepreneur (think massive kites), Saul Griffith started wondering about the greenness of his own life—so he started counting. The exercise became an exploration, which resulted in the website WattzOn.com , a powerful opensource tool for personal impact calculation. Using the Embodied Energy Database , you can finally determine “the impact of wearing underwear versus ...
Read more...published May 6, 2009 and has No Comments
Image: Superior Trails When you think of breathtaking green island escapes, does tropical spring to mind? Unfortunately, too many visitors to the planet's wondrous tropical island vacation spots return frustrated at the overcrowding. And the devastation of treasured destinations caused by over-developing to draw tourists is anything but green. Not to mention that the farther a vacation takes you ...
Read more...published May 5, 2009 and has No Comments
Image via Ericsson Ericsson has set a pretty great goal for itself. It wants to reduce its carbon footprint by 40% per subscriber within the next few years. Last year the company performed life-cycle analyses on its mobile and fixed broadband networks and mobile phones, and determined where it could cut out carbon. It pinpointed some interesting areas, for ...
Read more...published May 2, 2009 and has No Comments
Photo via The Official Google Blog Google has decided to forgo lawn mowers in favor of more eco-friendly goats to trim its Mountain View headquarters. ... Read more here: Google Gathers Goats for Greener Gardening
Read more...published April 30, 2009 and has No Comments
Image credit: The Guardian (Glad to see they helped US readers out by explaining what's in the picture!) Do Carbon Labels Facilitate Better Choices? I've already written about Greenpeace claims that soft toilet paper is worse than Hummers , but now UK retailer Tesco , which has long been promising a carbon-labeling scheme , is trying t... Read the ...
Read more...published April 22, 2009 and has No Comments
Campaigning for Earth Day every day. Photo via Flickr: by Alexindigo It’s easy being green on Earth Day with everybody jumping on the green train from supermarkets to big box stores offering eco-friendly marketing campaigns . It’s a little like helping out food banks only on Thanksgiving Day. So what about the other 364 days of the year? The ...
Read more...published April 20, 2009 and has No Comments
PBS airs Frontline's "Poisoned Waters" in recognition of Earth Day. Photo via PBS If you’ve watched anything on NBC this weekend, you’ve noticed the green peacock and eco-messages: “Green Lives Here.” It’s the second annual Earth Week with 100 hours of “green-themed” shows, PSAs, etc. How’s it going to green the Miss USA pageant? Contestants share “go green” testimonials ...
Read more...published April 20, 2009 and has No Comments
Carbon trades interface. Image credit: Nick Gogerty SBI has made a US$679 billion annual carbon market projection for its market intelligence report, being offered to prospective carbon traders. The number is worth discussing, even if only as an order of magnitude esitmate, to frame our understanding of the global, and hopefully well-managed, carbon trading regime that is to come. ...
Read more...published April 16, 2009 and has No Comments
With his planes, helicopters, and other fuel-hungry pets, Dean Kamen admits that he takes a lot out of the world. This just means that, in keeping with his immigrant grandfather’s advice, he has to put more back in. In the second part of our conversation, Kamen shares his obsession with the Sterling engine, telling about the one rigged into ...
Read more...
This hand operated gramophone is as simple as it gets. Original post: Minimalist Gramophone Makes Playing Music Super Simple
Contrary to previously held notions of how whale songs are shared between neighboring populations, a surprising study finds that whales living the same ocean basin are singing different songs. Read the original post: Study: Humpback Whales Living in Same Ocean ...
