Photo: Moop To market, to market. From Pittsburgh, PA-based handbag design studio Moop comes a carry-all bag for your big, bulky items–books, laptops, diapers, et cetera. Made with organic cotton canvas and twill, from organic cotton grown in the USA, the Market Bag , as it is called, is dyed with vegetable-based dyes in pretty hues, from Rosewood to Provincial Blue , and … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: meddygarnet / CC It’s the source of energy that drives virtually all systems on Earth , making life itself possible on what would otherwise be a cold, inhospitable rock in the vastness of space — the Sun. And, after what would appear to be a clerical oversight by the whole of humani… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Apparently a Woman in Spain Now Owns the Sun
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Photo: Wikipedia , CC But With all the Advantages of Supercapacitors As you can see above, graphene is a one-atom thick sheet of carbon atoms, very similar to carbon nanotubes , except for the “tube” part. This wonder-material has very interesting electrical properties that have allowed researchers to create a graphene-based supercapacitor that exhibits a “specific energy density of 85.6 Wh/kg at room temperature and 136 Wh/kg at 80 … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Graphene Supercapacitor Breakthrough Offers Energy Density Comparable to NiMH Battery!
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Photo: Willamor Media , Flickr, CC There’s been plenty of talk and a lot of testing when it comes to various kinds of biofuel-powered airplanes. So far, biofuels have been relegated to the runways for experimental flights. But in 2011, the German airliner Lufthansa plans to launch the world’s first biofuel passenger flight. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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photo: Soil Science / Creative Commons There’s been lots of back and forth in the past year on biochar , ranging from research showing it has huge potential for absorbing carbon emissions on one side, to uncertainty about its potential, to outright hostility towards the enthusiasm shown towards it–and all from people with good environmental credentials. A new report fr… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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NRDC Assesses Biochar – Says High Hopes For Carbon Storage Premature
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Photo: EPA 37 MPG in Gasoline Mode, 60 MPG Composite Last week it was the Nissan LEAF’s turn to get its EPA sticker , and now it’s the Chevrolet Volt. GM’s plug-in hybrid is officially rated at 93 MPG-equivalent in electric mode and 37 MPG in gasoline mode, for a composite number of 60 MPG. But that number doesn’t mean much, since so much will depend on usage (short trips or long trips, how often you recharge, etc)…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Chevy Volt Offically Rated at 93 MPGe in Electric Mode by EPA
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If it’s good enough for every major movie in recent memory, it’s good enough for trees. Google Earth 6 is out, and features “3D Trees.” No special glasses required (and no ridiculous upcharges ). Just think, maybe some day this will be the best way to show your kids what trees look… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Images: Story of Coal, Story of Electronics, Brief History of Fossil Fuels, What Happens When the Oil Runs Out And the Oscar for Best Green Short Goes to… One of the great things about the web is how inexpensive it now is to reach a lot of people. Not so long ago you would have needed to have access to either a printing press, a movie or television studio, or a radio station. Now, anybody can create a website and publish text, or use digital tools to create videos that can then be hosted on a variety of free sites (youtube, Vimeo, etc). Here’s a compilation of some great short animated films about … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image via Abe’s Market Do you ever wonder who makes the stuff you buy? Ever want that farmer’s market feel, where you connect with the source of what you’re buying, but for all the non-food goods in your life? That satisfaction is increasingly hard to come by, especially as we turn to the internet and major chain retailers for more and more of our shopping, but Abe’s Market is changing that. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Consumers, Meet Producers: Abe’s Market Lets Buyers Get to Know, Appreciate, Interact with Manufacturers
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Image Credit Judit Klein Everybody knows NIMBY and even BANANA, but there are a lot more abbreviations for those people and organizations that want to obstruct or delay projects, be it a wind turbine, bike lane, or urban intensification. Yuri Artibise rounds up 15 , including some gems: CAVE [people]: Citizens Against Virtually Everything DBTD : Death By a Thousand Days–another common tactic used by planners to “fix” a project they don’t like.
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Jargon Watch: Acronyms Every Green Urbanist Should Know
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