More than 125,000 years ago, humans discovered fire. With it came a source of heat, warmth, and light. Unfortunately, for 1 in 3 people living today, very little has changed. This is energy poverty. Young Australian entrepreneur Hugh Whalan and New York carbon credit and green energy specialist Scott Tudman, have co-founded a new non [...]
Entrepreneurship Surfing is pretty radical, especially when it’s used to transform poor towns into thriving sustainable communities. Dave Aabo is social-entrepreneur surfer-dude using surfing, the gorgeous Peruvian coastline and voluntourism to build eco-tourism to support community programs for the local people. From his Peruvian surfing documentary, CAPTURE: A Waves Doumentary, to surfing education, Dave is [...]
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 was [...]
The following post is from the beautifully articulated TBD email by All Day Buffet. Carbon offsets? Cap and trade? As carbon dioxide levels reach a critical tipping point, the human race is scrambling to find solutions to the problem of climate change. But how do we make them sustainable? Jason Aramburu started asking himself that [...]
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 best [...]
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 for [...]
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, this [...]
Green 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 [...]
Improv Everywhere is up to their shenanigans again….They enjoyed success at their 9th Annual No Pants! Subway Ride, harnessing a crowd of over 5,000 people in New York and much more worldwide. Yet what made this year a little bit left of the norm is that approximately 20 brave souls in China decided to do [...]
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 come [...]
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. The [...]
