All around the country, micro-entrepreneurs are collecting food scraps by bike, on foot, or in the back of their cars.
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Ed Begley Jr. chatting up green vehicles at Forward with Ford conference. image via 1bog infographic screengrab The folks at 1BOG (short for One Block Off The Grid) have developed this interesting infographic about the greenest mode of transit depending on the type of journey. Click through to check it out Cars used to be such a big part of being young; The Beach Boys could fill an album with songs about it. But they are losing their allure; TreeHugger covered an earlier Canadian study that claimed Young People Want Apartments, Not Houses; iPhones, Not Cars ; now a British study is coming to the same conclusion…. Read the full story on TreeHugger What if you had the solution for the United State’s dependence on imported oil parked in your garage? Sungevity Solar Ice Pop Truck from Manifold on Vimeo . Things just got that much tougher for all the non-transforming, non-solar-powered ice cream trucks out there. I mean, which one wins: Announcing your arrival with an annoying Casiotone rendition of ‘The Entertainer’ Image credit: NRMAdriversseat When I posted on a report that says electric cars may not become cost competitive until 2030 , I noted that price parity (or at least total-cost-of-ownership parity) is an important factor in achieving mainstream adoption. Nevertheless, there is an absurdity to discussing parity in costs between electric cars and their gasoline equivalents, because in reality they have no gasoline equivalents. Much like the fact that Image: Laila Bahaa-el-din When you think about big cats with dwindling populations, a few breeds come to mind: tigers, lions, the Iberian lynx. photo: James Jordan / CC BY-ND After reviewing the major religions of the world’s stances on the environment, it seems pretty clear to me that there are more commonalities than differences. In the realm of metaphysics there are genuine and significant splits between Dharmic faiths ( Hinduism , New York Fashion Week: Custom Bikes by Designers Betsey Johnson, Nanette Lepore and More (Slideshow)Photos: Amy DuFault/ EcoSalon With Fashion Week upon us here in New York City, stylish men and women wanting to make way through the streets of the city to see the Spring 2012 collections in anything but a cab or underground are able to tap into something a lot more fun: decorated bikes by some of the world’s top designers. The bikes, available to Fashion Week attendees free of charge, are custom-decorated by the likes of Doo-Ri Chung, Diane Von Furstenberg, Betsey Johnson, Nanette Lepore, Isaac Mizrahi, and more |
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