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Washington, District Of Cycling Emily Badger, fastcompany.com Few modes of transportation are more basic than the humble bike. Heck, people have been straddling them for some 200 years, far longer than we’ve been moving about town in streetcars, subways, or our own cars. And so this seems a bit… http://flpbd.it/Nytg8 Related articles Top reasons to…
In China More Than 30 Million People Live in Eco-Friendly Caves | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Andrew Michler INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Green Architect & Cradle to Cradle Founder William McDonough INHABITAT: What inspired you to write ‘Cradle to Cradle‘ (the book) and launch the Cradle to Cradle system? William McDonough: From…
Cleantech Experts On Romney’s Energy Plan: ‘A Political Document Not Worth Serious Analysis’ By Climate Guest Blogger on Aug 30, 2012 at 12:21 pm, thinkprogress.org by Walter Frick, via BostInno The central energy challenge we face as a nation and a planet is the transition away from fossil fuels, which contribute to climate change, to clean…
Netatmo Urban Weather Station tells iOS users when it’s safe to brave the great outdoors (video) Jon Fingas, engadget.com We haven’t seen weather stations garner the same level of clever mobile integration as other pieces of household gear — like, say, thermostats. Netatmo wants its newly available Urban Weather Station to inject a similar dose…
Germany definitely has the right idea: convert ugly old buildings to biofuel factories and kick start the green economy. But we’re still in the mode of “drill baby drill.” An energy model for Boston – Boston.com. Related articles Renewable distributed electricity generation to triple by 2017 (eco-business.com) Germany: Full speed ahead on renewables (summitcountyvoice.com) Germany’s…
Knode and other local startups are the focus of new vc approaches that involve less time shuffling papers at a desk, and more time doing ethnographic research on what people actually do. Some venture firms find both ideas and the money – Boston.com. Related articles Fred Wilson says venture capital funds have gotten too big…
Why Don’t Young Americans Buy Cars? Jordan Weissmann, theatlantic.com Auto makers are worried about the Millennials. They just don’t seem to care about owning a car. Is this a generational shift, or just a lousy economy at work? Kids these days. They don’t get married. They don’t buy homes. And,… http://flpbd.it/zeQMx Related articles Young drivers…
Just how hot is it in the US right now? – Boing Boing. Related articles As Climate Changes, Urban Planners Help Cities Adapt (wbur.org) BBC Burnt Over Climate Change Claim UK Will Be As Hot As Madeira (chimalaya.org) Plan Panel Seeks to Rewrite India’s Climate Change Stance (chimalaya.org) Climate change is real, Canadians say, but…
MOOCs, Large Courses Open to All, Topple Campus Walls – NYTimes.com. New Massive Open Online Courses or MOOCs and startup companies such as Udacity and Udemy are turning conventional education on its head. Udacity, a startup which is supported by Charles River Ventures, was created by former professors at Stanford who taught one AI course online…
AN UNTRASHY TRAILER | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building. Future-forward design for the world you inhabit – your daily source for innovations in sustainable architecture and green design for the home. Related articles Parallax Landscape Re-Imagines a Low-Carbon Future for a Coal-Dominated Australian City (inhabitat.com) Inhabitat’s Top 6 Architecture Stories of…
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