Monthly Archives: February 2010
A boat made of bottles will cross the Pacific Ocean
David De Rothschild is a British 31-year-old banking heir, who in the last couple of years has been developing a number of environmental initiatives. He has now built –after months of hard work, research, and unrevealed, probably large investments– a [...]
Energy Star for data centers
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is developing a program to foster energy efficiency in data centers. Starting in June, data centers will be able to apply for Energy Star certification. Operators will first have to go through an online test, [...]
Green Police, amazing Superbowl Ad
Thanks Pablo from suelto.net for showing me this Ad
University of British Columbia developing the greenest building
The University of British Columbia, in Canada, started building last September what is being referred to as the potentially greenest construction in North America. It will be home to CIRS (Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability). The required investment has [...]
Venture Snowboards: boards born green
We saw last week how Völkl is starting to manufacture greener skis, and developing a number of green strategies. Now we’ll look at Venture Snowboards, a company based in Colorado, that since its early days works to make snowboarding eco-friendlier. [...]
Sustainability on TED
As my plane was leaving LA after TED2010 and I watched the curious man-made landscape of circling streets and repetitive housing, I thought of the provoking book by Stewart Brand called Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto which stated some [...]
We need to match our beliefs and our actions
A study carried out between December 2009 and January shows that most people care about the environment. The problem is few of them do something about it. The study was conducted by the Yale Project on Climate Change and the [...]
Jack Johnson is recording his 6th CD using solar power
Many of you must have heard Jack Johnson’s song "Reduce, reuse, recycle" that promotes a green behaviour. But Jack goes beyond singing songs that encourage taking care of the environment. He is now recording a new CD, which goes on [...]
Topia Inn, a green vision come true
Caryn Heilman and Nana Simopoulos have designed and built the Topia Inn, a small hotel not far from New York and Boston, that minimizes its environmental impact and introduces its guests into a green experience. From powering itself with solar [...]
Pushing the limits of technology: the World Solar Challenge
The World Solar Challenge is a race that has been run every year since 1987. It was created by Swiss pioneer Hans Tholstrup, who crossed Australia from west to east in 1982 in a solar car he made with his [...]
Biodiesel from waste water
Some time ago here on Sustentator we talked about a way to treat waste water with micro-algae, and how these micro-algae then could be used for different things, such as biodiesel, for example. This is a project from the Universidad [...]
Sustainable skiing: Völkl goes eco-friendlier
Skiing, what a fantastic sport. It is fun, it stimulates a love for nature, and it is healthy. Yet it also has a shady eco side. Ski lifts are generally powered with fossil fuels. Ski gear requires energy for being [...]
