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The morning commute - Japanese style
2008-05-15 12:02:00 Fancy playing Sardines every morning on your way to work? Move to Japan and you can. We all know that maximising use of public transport is the most energy-efficient type of travel, but this is taking it to the extreme. More About: Style , Japanese , Petroleum , Morning , Commute
The evaporative refrigerator
2008-05-11 12:00:00 This is Mohammed Bah Abba’s Pot-in-pot invention. In northern Nigeria, where Mohammed is from, over 90% of the villages have no electricity. His invention, which he won a Rolex Award for (and $100,000), is a refrigerator than runs without electricity. You take a smaller pot and put it inside a larger pot. Fill the space in between ... More About: Energy Efficiency , Alternative Energy , Carbon footprint
Sky Sails for cargo ships save thousands of dollars in fuel costs
2008-05-08 18:07:00 After years of testing the SkySail, a 160-square-meter kite, will be installed on German vessels to cute the cost of fuel. The SkySail should come as no surprise. Kites were often utilized in maritime travel to harness wind power and propel ships forward. What makes the SkySail signif- icant is its usage on huge, cargo vessels that ... More About: Fuel , Alternative Energy , Ships , Save , Dollars
See-saw Power
2008-05-08 17:59:00 Daniel Sheridan, a student in consumer product design, won three separate awards totalling £5,500 earlier this year for his see-saw design, which can create enough electricity to power a classroom by capturing the energy generated when children play on it. It would take just five to 10 minutes of play on the see-saw to light a ... More About: Power , Energy Efficiency , Alternative Energy
?Fifty Million Farmers? by Richard Heinberg
2008-05-08 17:55:00 “There was a time not so long ago when famine was an expected, if not accepted, part of life. Until the 19th century - whether in China, France, India or Britain - food came almost entirely from local sources and harvests were variable. “In good years, there was plenty - nough for seasonal feasts and for ... More About: Commentary , Climate Change , Peak Oil , Biofuels , Million
This year?s top eco-product: The Amazon Kindle
2008-05-03 14:15:00 The Amazon Kindle is an electronic book reader which could help save millions of trees that would otherwise be pulped. It’s the kind of product that should have been available for many years - but finally it’s here. Here’s what’s included: Revolutionary electronic-paper display provides a sharp, high-resolution screen that looks and reads like real paper. Simple to ... More About: Product , Year , Forestry
In the world of rising food prices one company stands out
2008-05-01 10:12:00 You will have heard of Apartame, PCBs, Roundup and genetically modified crops. All of these and many more are or have been sold by a US company called Monsanto. This feature length documentary delves deep into this huge multi-national corporation and asks how much control it has over the world’s food supplies. For example, when Monsanto developed ... More About: Food , World , Pollution , Industry , Company
On Dove, palm oil, deforestation and global warming
2008-04-24 18:45:00 Greenpeace have launched a campaign this week to stop Dove - and its maker, Unilever - from destroying Indonesian rainforests and tropical peatlands for palm oil. The main facts are: Indonesia is the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world, in large part due to the destruction of its forests at the hands of ... More About: Global Warming , Industry , Climate Change , Global , Palm
Apple farmers use pigs instead of pesticides
2008-04-13 08:48:00 Jim Koan has a 120-acre apple farm in Flushing, MI. Plagued by the Plum Curculio Beetle that lays its eggs in apples and makes the fruit drop too early from trees, Koan could have used frequent sprays of pesticides for years to get rid of the beetles, or he could use pigs. He tried chickens and ... More About: Apple , Pollution , Wildlife , Pigs , Forestry
Nestle: ?Biofuel threatens food supplies?
2008-04-02 16:53:00 Growing use of such crops wheat and corn to make biofuels is putting world food supplies in peril, the head of Nestle, the world’s biggest food and beverage company has warned. “If as predicted we look to use biofuels to satisfy 20 percent of the growing demand for oil products, there will be nothing left ... More About: Food , Drink , Biofuel , Supplies , Biofuels
The Alberta Oil Sands: One of the most destructive projects on Earth
2008-04-02 13:43:00 Few Canadians know that Canada is home to one of the world’s largest dams and it is built to hold toxic waste from just one Tar Sands operation. And this is just the beginning. Approvals have already been given that will double the size of existing operations and Canada’s leaders have been talking with the US ... More About: Projects , Pollution , Earth , Petroleum , Alternative Energy
Biofuel is killing the Gulf of Mexico
2008-04-02 13:24:00 A huge boost in corn production from US govt ethanol mandates has sent record amounts of nitrogen fertilizer down the Mississippi River and into the Gulf of Mexico . Once in the Gulf, the nitrogen breeds oxygen-eating algae that blossom on the water?s surface, depriving creatures of their lifeline. More nitrogen means even deader zones in ... More About: Pollution , Biofuel , Gulf of Mexico , Alternative Energy
If you have a pool, think about using a pool ionizer
2008-03-25 12:40:00 Every now and then it’s nice to see a company branch out into supplying ecologically sound alternatives to regular products. One area that I hadn’t previously considered is swimming pools. Think about all the chemicals maintaining a clean pool normally requires. One company I have found that offers sound alternatives is Ecosmarte Pool s. They have created ... More About: Pollution
Earth, air and water
2008-03-01 11:02:00 The marble-like sphere on the left is the size all the water in the world would be if gathered up into a ball. The one on the right shows all the atmosphere gathered into a sphere at sea level atmospheric pressure. Both spheres are on the exact same scale as the Earth . In the words of ... More About: Climate Change , Water
Bush sells off Alaska?s forests
2008-02-29 16:53:00 The US government has announced plans to open more than 3m acres (about 5,000 square miles) of Alaska n wilderness to logging, mining and road building, angering environmental campaigners who say it will devastate the region. Supporters say the plan for the Tongass National Forest, a refuge for grizzly and black bears, wolves, eagles and wild salmon, ... More About: Bush , Forestry , Forests
16 year-old builds electric pickup truck
2008-02-29 16:48:00 Andrew Angelloti converted his very own 1988 Mazda pickup to run on electricity last year, using $6,000 he had saved up from his part time job as a life guard. He built his truck using 20 flooded lead acid batteries to create 120 volts, which he couples to a 60 HP 9? electric motor. How does ... More About: Truck , Alternative Energy , Electric , Pickup , Year
Ireland bans incandescent bulbs
2008-02-29 16:44:00 Ireland yesterday became the first country in the world to ban the traditional lightbulb. Householders will be forced to switch to new long-life low-energy bulbs in 12 months’ time. New legislation is being introduced banning the sale of the normal incandescent lightbulb from January, 2009. As the normal lightbulb expires, householders will have to replace them with ... More About: Ireland , Energy Efficiency , Incandescent , Bulbs
New invention turns co2 into fuel
2008-02-29 09:54:00 A scientist who mapped his genome and the genetic diversity of the oceans said Thursday he is creating a life form that feeds ... More About: Global Warming , Climate Change , Fuel , Petroleum , Energy Efficiency
Bike sharing is coming to London
2008-02-27 15:19:00 We?ve already seen the massive success of urban bike sharing in Paris, but now the super-smart Velib Bike program is taking to the streets of London ! 15,000 bikes, 1,000 stations and more than 7.5 million miles of combined biking later have already been implemented in London, and the new scheme will contribute £75 million and 6,000 ... More About: Alternative Energy , Sharing
Bottom trawling devastation is visible from space
2008-02-26 19:27:00 Bottom trawling for fish stirs up billowing plumes of sediment that can be seen from space and destroys entire sea floor eco- systems, new imagery reveals. The technique, used all over the world, is a way to catch fish in deeper parts of the ocean with huge, deep nets, now that many near-shore fish populations have ... More About: Space , Industry , Marine life , Waterways , Bottom
The 1959 car that did 376 miles per gallon in 1973
2008-02-24 19:42:00 You may be surprised to know that there was a car that could do 376 miles per gallon way back in 1973. In fact it was the winner of a Shell sponsored contest. Just think, we’ve had the technology for this long, so why can we now only get 60mpg tops with a hybrid? More More About: Transport , Miles , Energy Efficiency
French shipping wine by sailing ship
2008-02-24 19:31:00 It?s been over a hundred years, but soon a three-masted, 19th century barque will transport 60,000 bottles of French wine from Bordeaux to Dublin. It will be the first of seven three-masted vessels planned to be in service by 2013, all apparently slated to transport French wines as far as Canada. The delivery by ship will take ... More About: Wine , Transport , Sailing , Shipping
Top businesses move to act on emissions
2008-02-18 19:36:00 Last Friday a dozen corporations including Sony, Nokia, Nike and Hewlett-Packard issued an urgent call for firms around the world to reduce the damage they inflict on the planet and to promote a “low-carbon lifestyle”. The declaration reflects a growing trend by global corporations waging war on climate change by taking steps to reduce or offset ... More About: Global Warming , Action , Industry , Emissions , Move
Global warming could bring sharks to Antarctica
2008-02-18 19:31:00 Global warming could make Antarctic waters more inviting to crabs and sharks that would threaten the frigid continent’s unique ecosystem, biologists warned Friday. Antarctica ’s waters remain too cold for crabs, sharks and other fish to survive in, but global warming has already caused temperatures to increase by one to two degrees Celsius over the past 50 ... More About: Global Warming , Wildlife , Global , Waterways
Can we offset global warming with aerosols?
2008-02-18 19:26:00 Concerned that energy system transformations are proceeding too slowly to avoid risks from dangerous human-induced climate change, many scientists are wondering whether geoengineering (the deliberate change of the Earth’s climate) may help counteract global warming. Click here for more More About: Global Warming , Action , Global , Offset
Check your susceptibility to flooding
2007-12-24 12:35:00 As promised here is a tool you can use to determine whether you are likely to be affected by rises in sea level. Using it you can decide whether you need to think about moving house and also choose potential destinations. This utility is provided by flood.firetree.net. More About: Check , Flooding
Check your susceptibility to flooding
2007-12-24 12:35:00 As promised here is a tool you can use to determine whether you are likely to be affected by rises in sea level. Using it you can decide whether you need to think about moving house and also choose potential destinations. This utility is provided by flood.firetree.net. More About: Check , Flooding
Strategies for surviving the coming climate change
2007-12-16 14:57:00 The facts are unequivocal. The findings of more than 2,000 scientists now tell us that it is “very unlikely” that we will avoid the coming era of “dangerous climate change”. For you and me the question is no longer “What can we do to stop global warming?“, it’s been replaced with “What can we do to ... More About: Global Warming , Action , Climate Change , Climate , Change
Strategies for surviving the coming climate change
2007-12-16 14:57:00 The facts are unequivocal. The findings of more than 2,000 scientists now tell us that it is “very unlikely” that we will avoid the coming era of “dangerous climate change”. For you and me the question is no longer “What can we do to stop global warming?“, it’s been replaced with “What can we do to survive global warming?“. Of course some changes will be made on governmental levels that will eventually reduce emissions, maybe even by up to half current levels. But it will be far too little, far too late. The damage has already been done and we have to face the consequences. All we can hope for is that we survive the crisis and get the environment sorted out over the next few hundred years for our descendants. In the meantime we need to devise strategies for ourselves. And no, this isn’t phony baloney like the so-called millennium bug that was predicted to bring civilisation to a standstill. We are talking something far wors... More About: Climate Change , Climate , Change , Strategies
Strategies for surviving the coming climate change
More articles from this author:2007-12-16 14:57:00 The facts are unequivocal. The findings of more than 2,000 scientists now tell us that it is “very unlikely” that we will avoid the coming era of “dangerous climate change”. For you and me the question is no longer “What can we do to stop global warming?“, it’s been replaced with “What can we do to ... More About: Global Warming , Action , Climate Change , Climate , Change 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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