Posted in Environment, Design on January 30th, 2008 0
AIGA recently held their annual conference on sustainability (compostmodern.org) here in San Francisco. Speakers included everyone from big names (like Alex Steffen of worldchanging.org and Adam Werbach of Act Now Productions) to some lesser-known people who are doing great things in the environmental design field (such as Mark Galbraith of Nau Clothing and Valerie Casey […]
Posted in Art, Environment on January 2nd, 2008 0
This film should be required viewing for everyone living in developed countries. Jennifer Baichwal documents the work of artist Edward Burtynsky – a large scale photographer who has gained widespread recognition in the past few years for his striking photographs of industrial landscapes—among them quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines and dams. Burtynsky’s work is beautiful, […]
Posted in Environment on December 12th, 2007 0
This article on the NY Times web site describes how UPS used software to make adjustments to the routes of its 95,000 truck fleet. By eliminating left turns, and the time spent waiting to make them, they saved 28.5 million miles of travel and 3 million gallons of gas. I’m going to do my part […]
Posted in Environment on November 19th, 2007 0
I just saw this article on Treehugger about two new hybrid vehicles. While it doesn’t look like there’s room for the golf clubs, the claimed 300mpg and 600 mile range for the gas-electric model is exciting. Interestingly, they used monitors in the dash as a replacement for side-view mirrors, giving you a near heads […]
Posted in Environment on September 27th, 2007 0
I recently read an interesting article on wired.com. Current techniques to derive ethanol from corn (e85) only generates 30% more energy than required to grow and process it. Instead, if scientists can develop a method using enzymes to break down the cellulose found in plants, a potentially limitless source of fuel could be feasible.