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Growing Up Green"Want to wreck the environment? Have a baby. Each bundle of joy gobbles up more of the planet's food, clogs garbage dumps with diapers, churns through plastic toys and winds up a gas-guzzling, resource-consuming grown-up like the rest of us."
No footprints in the sand...The UAE have contracted Lord Foster to design the first zero-carbon, zero-waste city in the world. Why does an oil producing country do this? 'Cause they CAN!
Smarter electric grid could be key to saving power"The glowing amber dot on a light switch in the entryway of George Tsapoitis' house offers a clue about the future of electricity. A few times this summer, when millions of air conditioners strain the Toronto region's power grid, that pencil-tip-sized amber dot will blink."
Who killed the Volkswagen Golf Turbo-Diesel Hybrid car?Bummer. And I was really looking forward to this, too. After showing the 70mpg Golf at the Geneva Auto Show, VW has decided that producing the vehicle will be too expensive.
Green roofs popping up in big cities"Suddenly, green roofs are sprouting across North America. Designed to curb air pollution, decrease energy expenses and reduce storm runoff, the environmentally friendly assemblies are adding a decidedly earthy element to urban skylines — a sign that the green roof industry is rapidly coming into its own."
London Calling... and they can top CA!"The mayor has pushed a carbon emissions charge that could cost drivers of gas guzzlers in the central city $50 a day." Woah, now doesn't that CA "climate mitigation fee" sound like a bargain?
Putting your money where your gas is?Voters will decide whether to approve a "climate change mitigation and adaptation fee" under a proposed law being debated by the state legislature. Sure would be nice to be able to take a train to LAX and to the beach, people!
The UnforeseenAccording to Kenneth Turan from the LA Times, this is an intelligent movie about the long-standing conflict between developers and environmentalists. Now if I could only find a theatre in Los Angeles where this is playing...
Clinton presidential library builds ‘green’ roof"Bill Clinton likes to brag about his presidential library being an eco-friendly building. Now even the roof is going green."
The Heineken WOBO (World Bottle)Drink and build... nearly 50 years ago, Heineken developed a concept for brick shaped bottles which could be re-purposed as a building material. Awesome.
15 Green BuildingsGrist is giving us our list fix lately... here are their choices for the best green buildings in the world. Sorry Mr. Mayne, your green efforts didn't make the cut.
Gray Water HackersAcross the country people are disconnecting the pipes taking water from their homes to local water treatment plants and re-directing their "gray water" to their gardens and fruit trees.
BBC sees green and runsThe BBC has scrapped plans for Planet Relief, a TV special on climate change.
Revisiting 'toilet to tap'LA coulda had shitty water years ago... but people freaked. Perhaps the time has come for reclaimed water in dry La LA Land.
Norway's nasty moose is killing the planet... from both ends"Norway is concerned that its national animal, the moose, is harming the climate by emitting an estimated 2,100 kilos of carbon dioxide a year through its belching and farting." Oh dear.
Green construction costs massively overestimated, survey claims"Construction and property professionals are overestimating green construction costs by 300%, a new survey has found." Sheesh... get it together people.
Eco-millionaires see boom times ahead"Reuters spoke to four entrepreneurs who are cashing in on the energy revolution and who say there is more money to be made."
Report Says Green Still Doesn't Drive Building Cost"There are so many huge cost factors in construction that it is not possible to detect any statistically significant difference between the cost of green and non-green buildings," report says.
15 Green Colleges and UniversitiesSave the world while you get edumacated. My school didn't make the list... which is bogus man... we were the biggest bunch of treehugging hippies ever.
Crowd PowerA couple MIT students have developed a concept to harness the mechanical movement of hundreds or thousands of assembled people to produce electrical power. Now if only they could harness the stench of that stanky dude who you always manage to be crammed next to. Seriously.
Corn dog"Ethanol Scam: Ethanol Hurts the Environment And Is One of America's Biggest Political Boondoggles"
Green jobsThe "green" phenomenon is creating jobs in fields like urban planning, carbon trading, green building and environmental consulting.
Ice, ice, babyA New York City office building on the rocks... large blocks of ice keep the building at 74 degrees during the day and save a cool million per year in energy costs.
15 Green CitiesGrist's list of cities that deserve recognition for making impressive strides toward eco-friendliness.
Frisco proposes Eco-tough codeA proposal has been floated in San Francisco to impose the nation's most environmentally rigorous building standards.