A few weeks ago I received an email with suggestions on how to make ecologically sound LOVE. Since I believe green issues knows no limits I make Paul's suggestions available to you: Here you go.
July 21, 2010
Green Love
A few weeks ago I received an email with suggestions on how to make ecologically sound LOVE. Since I believe green issues knows no limits I make Paul's suggestions available to you: Here you go.
July 17, 2010
"Slash bills and save the World" - an article in the FT
The Financial Times published this very insightful article in this weekends edition: "In January this year, the UK government-backed group Zero Carbon Hub made little fuss when it published an important statistic. In the Zero Carbon International Compendium, the group announced that homes across the globe now account for up to 25 per cent of all man-made CO2 emissions. What should have followed was a rush by all the many government-funded Green Building Council networks across the world to announce some agreement to reduce this figure."
I suggest you go out and get the paper right away...
June 27, 2010
June 23, 2010
Furniture with a past....
Uhuru, a company based in Red Hook, Brooklyn - NY.
Many of the items created, utilize materials that have been reclaimed, recycled, repurposed, reused or otherwise rejected from their original function. Founded in 2004 by Rhode Island School of Design graduates Jason Horvath and Bill Hilgendorf, Uhuru (ooh-HOO-roo) is a furniture design/build company merging avant-garde design with a commitment to environmental sustainability. Indeed, Uhuru has joined a vanguard of influential furniture companies from Milan to Tokyo focused on pushing the boundaries of contemporary sustainable design.
Their amazing furniture may have been a bourbon barrels, the Cyclone rollercoaster in Coney Island (as seen in the picture above) and much more in its former life.
Check out their products: www.uhurudesign.com
June 20, 2010
Pedal-powered by Nokia
Nokia just introduced it's newest solution. Cyclers will be able to plug their handsets into a charger mounted on the handlebars, connect it to the dynamo and then harness electricity from the wheels. This is a great way to your mobile on the go.
June 14, 2010
Brooklyn Ecopolis on Smith Street
I was standing in front of an architectualy amazing looking building on Smith Street in Brooklyn and was wondering "What's going on here?"
Right after it opened I met Patricia Simino Boyce, founder of Brooklyn Ecopolis, who aims to provide easy access to education and information on products and resources for energy efficient and sustainable living. The café offers great products (starting with direct trade coffee and small nibbles) and a free, community-accessible space to learn and explore practical information on how to incorporate cost-effective, energy efficient, affordable products and solutions into everyday living.
This model is community-centered, focused on promoting and interpreting local opportunities for sustainable living, and will be available to all members of the community, regardless of income, race, ethnicity or previous exposure to green products or sustainability practices.
Ideally, Brooklyn Ecopolis will bridge the “green divide” that currently exists between those with ready access to information and services and those who perceive energy-efficient measures and eco-friendly alternatives as cost-prohibitive or difficult to adopt.
May 28, 2010
May 19, 2010
A new read by Muhammad Yunus
Capitalism needs a makeover and Muhammad Yunus, as a Nobel Prize-winner, leader of the microcredit revolution, and the enormously successful founder of the Grameen family of businesses, has set out on a new quest to make business look—and do—good. He’s keyed into a pattern that we’ve seen repeating in the developing countries where we work: Nonprofit and private-sector organizations seem in danger of never realizing that their simultaneous growth isn’t a coincidence....
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