Archive for the ‘ Climate Change ’ Category

The True Cost of Oil

Before you start groaning at the gas pump (and you’re still allowed to groan), take a look at this animated video from the Center for Investigative Reporting. Via Treehugger[ READ MORE ]

Where the Trees are Blue

Blue Trees by Konstantin Dimopoulos Australian artist Konstantin Dimopoulos uses environmentally safe pigments to paint the trunks and limbs of trees in urban areas to help raise awareness of the nearly 32 million acres of forests lost each year around the world. Via 4culture he says: Through my work I am striving to address global [ READ MORE ]

Bamboo Tech

Nice to see a plethora of high-tech accessories made from sustainable bamboo! Also, a friend of mine started Grove, listed below. Check them out! Bamboo Tech Accessories Via CoolHunting Four sustainable, lightweight and refined tech items by James Thorne in Design on 30 March 2012 Beloved by progressive designers and earth-conscious consumers, bamboo grows free [ READ MORE ]

Rainforest View

‘google rainforest view’ lets users explore parts of the amazon basin in google maps Via DesignBoom: Equipped with an image-capturing bicycle, google has set off to brazil to offer users ‘google street view: amazon‘, the ability to explore the rivers, forests, and communities of the amazon basin’s rio negro reserve within google maps. the project [ READ MORE ]

Incredible Images from the ISS

Via Buzzfeed and Flickr: Please click on the links to see them large, in all their glory! These weren’t taken by a billion dollar satellite, just a guy and his Nikon. Turns out Dutch astronaut and physician Andre Kuipers, currently doing research on the International Space Station, is quite the interstellar shutterbug. The Richat Structure [ READ MORE ]

Malayan Tapir’s Lovely Stripes

Via Zooborns: Belfast Zoo’s recent baby boom has continued with the birth of Marjorie, the Malayan Tapir. Marjorie was born on March 4 to parents Gladys and Elmer. Zoo Curator Andrew Hope said, “Malayan tapirs are a beautiful but slightly unusual looking species. They are related to horses and rhinoceroses. The adults have a distinctive [ READ MORE ]

Animals at Peace

It’s not always a jungle out there. Sometimes its nice and peaceful. Via National Geographic[ READ MORE ]

Bizarrely Excellent

The Geneva Auto Show just began, and Toyota’s new far-out concept car stands out from the crowd. Via DesignBoom: the ‘ft-bh’ concept hybrid by toyota has just been debuted at geneva motor show 2012, intended as an ultralight  B-segment family car that attains less than half the CO2 emissions of the efficient Toyota Yaris (achieveing [ READ MORE ]

Cool Ways to Hang and Showcase Your Bike

Bikes are amazing. Quiet, lightweight and fast, they are the real future of sustainable transportation. But for those of us who have our bikes crowding our small apartments, stacked alongside a wall, waiting for people to trip over them, they can sometimes get in the way. Luckily, a number of designers have tackled this problem. [ READ MORE ]

Republicans and Big Oil Afraid of Bicycles

I’ve toiled whether to avoid politically-charged articles on this site, but when issues hit particularly close to home, they must be shared.  As an avid cyclist and huge advocate of a clean (and safe) transportation system in the US, this type of backwards-thinking legislation is scary. Via Treehugger: © April Streeter By now you must [ READ MORE ]

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