Climate Change
Californians: get $1,500 rebates for electric bikes
If you live in California and like motorcycles, keep reading! You are eligible to receiving a $1,500 rebate when buying certain electric motorcycles. California has ambitious plans for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, specifically 25% by 2020. This program is [...]
GoogleMaps now includes biking directions
Who can deny it? GoogleMaps is a fantastic tool. It includes information on directions, addresses, how to get from one place to another by car, walking or using public transport. For a while now, people have been asking Google to [...]
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 [...]
The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act and the environment – Part I
In February 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was passed by the Congress, and signed into law by President Barack Obama. Its main goal is to spur economic activity and growth, creating and saving jobs. Recovery funds are around [...]
B9 cargo ship: making sea transportation more sustainable
To solve the environmental crisis we are in, we need to work in different areas, from transportation, to education, to politics, to industrial production and agriculture. An innovation in one particular area means we are moving along in our quest [...]
Malmo: an example of a green city, in Sweden
Some cities wait for legislation to be passed before starting to evolve to a more sustainable way of functioning. And some others lead the way, and I dare say they will even be an inspiration for those future laws I [...]
