Daily Archives: July 2, 2009
Money Is Flowing Into Alt Energy Again, But We Are Not Out Of The Woods Yet
Charles MorandIt seems as though the darkest clouds are finally dissipating over alt energy’s financing horizon. Over the past few weeks, money has started flowing into the sector again, as evidenced by a number of recent deal announcements: On June…
Sneak Peek: Leanne Marshall for Bluefly.com
Photo credit: Bluefly
Leanne Marshall, Project Runway’s Season 5 winner, presented a sneak peek of her long-anticipated sustainable collection for Bluefly.com on Tuesday.
Available exclusively at the online retailer starting July 8, the nine-piece collection comprises a tank and a tunic in two colorways, a skirt, jacket, and three different takes on the dress, including a smoldering off-the-shoulder fuchsia number and an ultramarine duchess-silk-and-organza confection.
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The Colorado Cleantech Opportunity
By Joel Serface – July 2, 2009In June, I took a great camping trip to a truly unique feature that many outside the state of Colorado know little about. It was the Great Sand Dunes National Park – the tallest sand dunes in North America with the ba…
Re-Think The Shark! Clever Ad by Save Our Seas Foundation
We Can’t Limit Conservation Efforts to Cute & Cuddly Animals…
Here’s a clever ad about “Re-Thinking the Shark” by the most excellent Save Our Seas Foundation (check out their proje…
Oh No Mommy! Will the Greenies Take Fireworks Away From Us?
Photo: Flickr, CC
Obligatory Post About Green Fireworks for the 4th of July
Fireworks are fun – who doesn’t like explosions? – and a good excuse to get together with family and friends, but they’re also not very clean. In Beijing, China, the smoke from fireworks during the new year celebrations tripled pollution levels overnight, and the toxic metals used to get the bright colorful sparks fall back to Earth, contaminating soil an…
Enter MTV’s Copenhagen Climate Video Challenge
They used to play videos but now they air reality shows 24/7 that feature a bunch of rich knuckleheads. But MTV isn’t all bad. In fact, they are sponsoring a really cool contest for youth around the climate negotiations in Copenhagen later this year. MTV is inviting its viewers to enter the Internews Earth Journalism Awards Competition by entering the MTV Positive Change category of the competition “with your best, most original piece of conte…
Transport TW: Zero Emission Car Powered By Magnetic Fields
Photo courtesy of EcoFriend
Car designer Harsha Vardhan suggests that this two-wheeler concept is the car of the future.
His Transporter TW (Twin Wheel) is a single-seater electric vehicle that uses magnetic fields for driving the car. The two gianormous wheels, suspended over a superconducting fluid, are propelled by those shifting…
Endangered Species Alert: Amur Tigers Found to Have an Effective Wild Population of Just 35
Amur Tiger at the Zurich zoo, photo: Tambako the Jaguar via flickr
A few months ago I included the Amur Tiger (also know as the Siberian Tiger) in a slideshow of animals which very well could go extinct in the coming decades. It was for good reason, as a new piece from the BBC shows. This largest of all the tigers has an effective wild population of just 35 individuals:…
Robin Chase on the Birth of Zipcar and the Future of Transportation (Part Two)
Zipcar has been a game changer, but Robin Chase is already on to other things. The next frontier in transportation is a smart network that has your car, iPhone, GPS, and other gizmos sharing chatter with streetlights, power utilities, your insurance company, and other cars. The result, hopes Chase, will be cities that are greener, smarter, and more efficient.
Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just click here to listen, right…
Apple’s “Active Packaging” Idea Would Plug On-the-Shelf Products Into Power Source
Image via AppleInsider
A patent idea from Apple bounces around the notion of “active packaging,” where on-the-shelf products would be plugged into a power source so that things like iPods would be able to display videos or receive firmware updates while waiting to be purchased. Sounds like a very un-green turn for Apple. …