Daily Archives: November 23, 2008

Asking kids how they feel about environmental problems can be a wake-up call for many adults. A child’s sadness and anger at pollution issues and worries about the future can be deep and profound. Collaborating with well-known manga artists, Japan’s Environmental Ministry has collected drawing from all over the country. I saved some of the images below the fold, hoping we can learn from their thoughts and ideas

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Credit: Pelli Clarke Pelli

In a blog post on design applications of water resource management, New York Times design blogger Allison Arrieff included a photograph of a glass office building currently under construction in San Francisco with veritable living walls. Intrigued, we decided to research the project at 110 Embarcadero, and learned it belongs to the design firm <a href=”h

Credit: Pelli Clarke Pelli

In a blog post on design applications of water resource management, New York Times design blogger Allison Arrieff included a photograph of a glass office building currently under construction in San Francisco with veritable living walls. Intrigued, we decided to research the project at 110 Embarcadero, and learned it belongs to the design firm <a href=”h

Image from LHOON

As I’ve argued many times in the past, climate models may not be foolproof but, with the right data and assumptions, they can serve an invaluable function in helping scientists and policymakers devise effective mitigation strategies. I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I’ve seen my fair share of problematic models in the past but, as with most things, they have improved by leaps and bounds in only a few years’ time. Now the findings of a new study conducted by researchers at Cor

Image from LHOON

As I’ve argued many times in the past, climate models may not be foolproof but, with the right data and assumptions, they can serve an invaluable function in helping scientists and policymakers devise effective mitigation strategies. I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I’ve seen my fair share of problematic models in the past but, as with most things, they have improved by leaps and bounds in only a few years’ time. Now the findings of a new study conducted by researchers at Cor

Goodmorning got an honorable mention for a bike share program it designed for Brookyn for the Forum for Urban Design.

In New York City only 1% of the city’s commuter trips are estimated to be by bicycle. But overall ridership in NYC has increased 344% since 1980.

In order to increase ridership, better bike lanes are already being built, new designs for secure locking stations are underway, and a possible bike sharing program in the city is being considered

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Photo by TheJasp

The fifty filthiest coal-fired plants are producing more mercury pollution than in 2006, according to a report by the Environmental Integrity Project. Twenty tons of mercury, a neurotoxin that affects brain development in fetuses, were released into our air by the these top fifty offenders. Although some of these plants have made strides towards producing cleaner-burning energy, most have increased their rates of <a href=”http://www.treehugger

Here is an equation we like:

Waste by-product + modern technology + socially responsible labor = Engineered Timber Resources Products

A great example of what they do is with Mulberry. This tree has been cultivated for thousands of years for silk production, and needs pruning to flourish. the branches are then stripped of their bark for medicinal purposes. And the twigs, as much as 15 tons per hectare? garbage, usually burned for for heat. Enter ETR.

Here is a video from Blink Media Works intended to educate people on HP’s Green Printing initiative. Having recently worked on a survey of printers to decide which is the greenest printer, I welcome this initiative with open arms. The current state of