Tracking Footprints
A footprint is more than an impression on a yielding surface. It’s a record of pressure, direction, and identity. Just as different animals have different tracks, so people from all walks of life tread the ground differently. Tracking footprints is a skill and a science. The same applies to tracking environmental foot prints. Since there [...]
The Costa Concordia Tragedy and Environmental Dangers
The Costa Concordia is a ticking time bomb. The ship lying on its side, vulnerable to harsh waters and the elements, could potentially leak dangerous oil into the ocean at any moment. This is not the kind of oil that you put in your car but the cheap grade, thick, mucky kind that is similar [...]
High Speed Rail And Its Viability
(click to view larger image) It’s well documented and known that the Obama Administration launched dreams of a high speed rail line in California as well as in DC (for the whole country actually). The ultimate goal is to connect communities and allow better access to jobs between cities. The idea being not to replace [...]
Top Tips for Greener Motoring
Cars are an essential part of life for most people in the western world, yet if you’re environmentally conscious, you’ve probably spent a lot of time thinking about pollution, emissions, and fuel usage. Sadly, the car that you drive has a huge impact on the amount of fuel that you use – but that doesn’t [...]
Are Private High Speed Trains the Future?
The future of public transportation is changing. Until a few years ago, the fastest way to travel while still saving money was to take a flight. But today, thanks to improvements in technology, high speed trains have been made faster and safer. These trains offer a cheap and viable method of travel while being cleaner [...]
EU’s Carbon Trade Plan for Flights & What it Means to You
The latest directive from the European Union (which just got approved by the highest court of the European Union) is that from January 2012, any flight landing or taking off from a European airport will have to buy, surrender allowances for emissions. Basically they have decided to cover emissions from air transport in their greenhouse [...]
Blimps Of The Future
Blimps are making a comeback as a viable alternative to airplanes in terms of air cargo transportation. Although at the mention of “airship”, “zeppelin”, or “blimp” people are most likely to think back to the Hindenburg (passenger carrying blimps built by Germans in the 1930′s), blimps should be considered for their advantages. Improvements have been [...]
Parking Reform
What if parking spots and lots just started to slowly disappear and you were more inclined into taking the light rail train, bus or ride a bike out of sheer convenience. Well that’s exactly what the city of Copenhagen has been doing for the past 40 years. Each year they have been cutting down on [...]
Hybrid Only Parking
Green businesses and companies are starting to realize that going green is cool and that something should be done to promote the environment. If you happen to be a green-friendly individual, you most likely do your part to stave off environmental issues in your own way. One way green retailers are doing this is by [...]
Greening Mass Transit
Oregon’s largest transit agency (Trimet) covers most of the Portland metropolitan area and will soon unveil a greening of mass transit with a new solar panel power project that is expected to generate as much as 65,000 kilowatt hours of energy per year. Trimet say’s the 253 panel solar grid will provide power back to [...]
