Worldchanging Review: Doug Rushkoff on Life Inc.
Friday, September 4th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffDoug Rushkoff had set out, as he told me in an interview on the WELL, to write one kind of book -- "about money as a medium, and the way centralized currency and corporate capitalism were ...
New Resource: The Living Planet City
Friday, September 4th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments Off“Welcome to the Living Planet. It’s clean, it’s efficient — and it’s doable. Today.” This blurb appears on the front page of WWF Canada’s new website, the Living Planet City, which launched on Tuesday. The ...
The Cruel Cost of Clunkers
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffCash for Clunkers, the U.S. federal program that offered rebates to buyers of fuel-efficient cars, sputtered to a halt this week after burning through $3 billion in federal funding. The program wasn’t without controversy, but it ...
The Cruel Cost of Clunkers
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffCash for Clunkers, the U.S. federal program that offered rebates to buyers of fuel-efficient cars, sputtered to a halt this week after burning through $3 billion in federal funding. The program wasn’t without controversy, but it ...
New Innovation Makes Vaccines More Resilient
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffBy Aman Bhandari Scientists at PATH — a Seattle-based nonprofit organization working to improve global health and well-being — have found a cheap and simple way to tackle the challenges associated with protecting hepatitis B vaccine effectiveness ...
New Innovation Makes Vaccines More Resilient
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffBy Aman Bhandari Scientists at PATH — a Seattle-based nonprofit organization working to improve global health and well-being — have found a cheap and simple way to tackle the challenges associated with protecting hepatitis B vaccine effectiveness ...
Headlines from Worldchanging Canada (August 2009)
Monday, August 31st, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffTop stories from our Canadian blog: It's All in the Name - A New Tool Will Provide Assurance for Green Claims There's a buzz about the .eco domain. More interesting than the competition between the two groups competing ...
BIKE-O-RAMA: A Roundup of the Best in New Bikes, Bike Infrastructure, Blogs, Books and More
Friday, August 28th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffFor decades, citizens and officials have been working together to create the infrastructure necessary to change mindsets about who gets to use the roads and why. It's no secret that bicycling is the most eco-friendly, inexpensive ...
BIKE-O-RAMA: A Roundup of the Best in New Bikes, Bike Infrastructure, Blogs, Books and More
Friday, August 28th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffFor decades, citizens and officials have been working together to create the infrastructure necessary to change mindsets about who gets to use the roads and why. It's no secret that bicycling is the most eco-friendly, inexpensive ...
Ideas to Roll With: Bike-Related Innovations We’d Like to See Flourish
Friday, August 28th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffProbably the most fascinating part about the bicycle revolution is the people behind the movement. Ideas to Roll With is a collection of innovations from the bicycling community that we'd like to see succeed and spread. ...
Ideas to Roll With: Bike-Related Innovations We’d Like to See Flourish
Friday, August 28th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffProbably the most fascinating part about the bicycle revolution is the people behind the movement. Ideas to Roll With is a collection of innovations from the bicycling community that we'd like to see succeed and spread. ...
Bike-frastructure 101: Sharrows, Street Parking, Superhighways and More
Friday, August 28th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffIncreasing the number of bikes on the road is becoming a serious goal for forward-thinking leaders. As Elisabeth Rosenthal recently wrote in the New York Times, there will soon be only two kinds of city leaders: ...
Bike-frastructure 101: Sharrows, Street Parking, Superhighways and More
Friday, August 28th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffIncreasing the number of bikes on the road is becoming a serious goal for forward-thinking leaders. As Elisabeth Rosenthal recently wrote in the New York Times, there will soon be only two kinds of city leaders: ...
Bicycle Reading List: Of Books and Blogs
Friday, August 28th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffInterested in learning more about biking or bike culture? These thought-inspiring books and blogs will prepare you for the roads, keep you informed of urban cycling achievements and challenges, and give you a glimpse into the ...
New Bikes (bling!)
Friday, August 28th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffThough the simple mechanics of the modern bicycle seem to leave little room for improvement, new materials and technologies continue to refine this human-powered machine. Our suggestions for your next zero-gallons-per-mile vehicle are functional, socially responsible ...
See it Before it Disappears: Reconciling and Regulating Disaster Tourism
Thursday, August 27th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffIn 2007 The New York Times wrote a snarky piece on disaster tourism. “Vanishing” was the watchword that year as the media compiled must-see lists of disappearing landscapes and publishing companies raced to put out guidebooks ...
See it Before it Disappears: Reconciling and Regulating Disaster Tourism
Thursday, August 27th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffIn 2007 The New York Times wrote a snarky piece on disaster tourism. “Vanishing” was the watchword that year as the media compiled must-see lists of disappearing landscapes and publishing companies raced to put out guidebooks ...
Fish Systems and Design
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffA grim new film, The End of the Line, reveals the impact of overfishing on our oceans. It exposes the extent to which global stocks of fish are dwindling; features scientists who warn we could see ...
Fish Systems and Design
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffA grim new film, The End of the Line, reveals the impact of overfishing on our oceans. It exposes the extent to which global stocks of fish are dwindling; features scientists who warn we could see ...
Transparency, Accountability and the “dot eco” Debate
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffIt's All in the Name: A New Tool Will Provide Assurance for Green Claims By Peter ter Weeme. Despite the troubled economic times, recent research shows that consumers are continuing to purchase “green” products. According to a survey ...