I was at a reggae beach party last night, mixing with the ridiculously good-looking and creatively homemade surfer crowd. (One of my most favorite, secret niches of the Basque Country). I say “homemade” not only because you know those muscles are so ocean-fresh that they still reek of saltwater, but also because almost everyone [...]
Wind farms are still a relatively new form of sustainable technology. There is still a lot of room for a improvement and a few visionaries over at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena have gone so far as to forget about the air and look to the water for the answers on how [...]
Yesterday, I had the horrible misfortune of stumbling across the website of fashion designer, Linda Loudermilk, where she showcases her exclusive clothing collections. Loudermilk defines the trademark style as” Luxury Eco” – a concept that “redefines sustainability with design that gives back to the earth. Linda Loudermilk clothing outfits the movement, providing the uniform [...]
Imagine if – when you were young – your chore list including playing soccer for four hours a day instead of washing dishes and taking care of your little brother. For most kids – especially in Third World countries – this would be a dream come true and thanks to four creative Harvard engineers, [...]
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The Green Guerrillas plan on getting down to the nitty gritty on what it means to be “green” in 2010 with the fourth film in their documentary series, Green Guerrillas Blockumentary v.3 HD in 3G: Ganonyonk | Gye Nyame | Generation. They are looking to chop away at inconsistent environmental policies and contradictions, to [...]
In September of last year, the newly opened University of Minnesota TCF Bank Stadium unveiled its impressive LEED Silver certification, approved by the U.S. Green Building Council….Over on the north side of town, the still-under-construction Minnesota Twin’s Target Field began to grow jealous.
Keeping in par with the spirit of friendly competition in professional sports, [...]
Can poverty be connected to hope by way of design?
This is a question that we should all be pondering as the world reaches 2010, the recession continues, and reality hits harder than usual. For some, like the 7+ million that live in Bogota, Colombia, misery and barely making ends meet is all they’ve ever [...]
Winding down my top ten New Year’s Eve and Post-NYE destinations, I’m formerly inviting you to my house in Bilbao, Spain. Bilbao was never designed to be a sustainable city and it still remains a far cry from it, but it is an interesting case study considering it’s noxious beginnings. In reality, Bilbao has [...]
It’s one thing to say you’re sustainable, but it’s another to promote total transparency. That’s why Toronto makes my New Year’s Eve list on where to sustainably nurse your hangover – because there aren’t going to be any surprises, bright lies (or lights), and/or screaming children – what you see is what you get. [...]
Helsinki is just one of the many Scandinavian cities that are holding it down on the sustainability front. Scandinavians have long since been doing their own thing and it always seems to be the right thing, Finns included. Helsinki is a relatively small capital city, population 564,000, but its residents are purported to be [...]
Like Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize, this is an aspirational award. London is not usually ranked as one of the world’s most sustainable cities, but it’s a hard market to crack when you’ve got a sprawling population in one of the oldest industrialized regions of the world. They have to erase old habits that reach [...]
