Compact Living

Any interest in organizing an LHB team dedicated to a year of Compact living as described in the Living Green magazine (pg 16) Mary Larson e-mailed today? We could set up our own guidelines and see how creative we get with local sources...

Formula 1 Greening (Int. Herald Trib. Blog)

From the International Tribune:

Can Formula One really make motor sports green?

Posted by James Kanter in Automobiles, General

Once airlines and carmakers started rebranding as green businesses, it was only a matter of time before Formula One motor racing — the sport that is perhaps the most emblematic of our fossil-fuel-powered world — took a similar path.

This week in Geneva, Max Moseley, the president of the sport’s rule-making body, the International Automobile Federation, announced how he intended to deliver on earlier promises to adapt Formula One to a world where carbon profligacy is increasingly frowned upon, and in some cases (think of those bans on the humble incandescent light bulb) outlawed.

Starting this season, F1 cars must use some biofuel in their tanks. In addition, the practice of doing laps that serve little purpose other than burning off fuel will be dropped. Starting next season, clean technology systems to harvest kinetic energy from deceleration and to capture heat from machines’ powerful engines will become mandatory.

The measures, said Moseley, “will make the sport at once more environmentally friendly and road relevant” and put it “at the cutting edge of future automotive technology.”

Even so, it remains an open question whether the sport can survive and thrive in a world where performance is prized above efficiency — no matter how much F1 bosses insist that those goals are complementary.

For more on the greening of the sport, look out for a story this weekend by our Formula One correspondent and blogger, Brad Spurgeon, who will be reporting from the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.

Recycled Grape Juice Box Dress in Action

An Eco-Friendly Pianist Wears Her Heart on Her Sleeveless Dress

Julieta Cervantes for The New York Times

SOYEON LEE performed at Zankel Hall on Tuesday. She wore a dress made of recycled juice containers for the second half of the recital.

ST. Louis County Wind

Stopped by the St. Louis County wind power installation ribbon cutting this afternoon. A perfect winter day, 8 degrees, clear bright sunshine and fortunately not too much wind until the end of the ceremony so we could see the units spin. Six cool looking Architectural Wind units made by AV connected to a 6 kw Windy Boy inverter.

Greening the World

Some "Green" Projects being publicized that I saw in Dan Holohan's electronic newsletter:

A Green Office Building in Paris





Green Community based Project "Green Street" in Wales

A Green Homeless Shelter in Calif

Irish efforts to eliminate Plastic Bags.

International / Europe

Motivated by a Tax, Irish Spurn Plastic Bags

By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL

Published: February 2, 2008

The Irish have embraced the use of cloth bags to carry groceries, encouraged by a 33-cent tax on plastic ones.

Read Article Here

The statistics in the article about the number of bags used are unbelievable!!

Get Blogging

Here is an excerpt from Fireball Tim, a custom car guy in SoCal on why to blog:

"Design, Build and DRIVE with Passion!" FEBRUARY 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------

A NOTE FROM THE FIREBALL..."BLOG IT!"

We're all here to make a difference, ...in any way we can. And sharing our experiences is a great way to achieve that!

And THAT'S why I blog. Blogging is not only fun, but allows us all to communicate and share in new and exciting ways, helping to inspire us to be creative!

And getting inspired breeds ACTION!!

So, make it a point to visit you buddy's blog or start your own! And share what you know so that others can be inspired to make great changes and live life to the fullest. If your blog is cool, LET ME KNOW and I'll post it!! Yes, I like to learn things too!

Give more to get more! Share and Experience! THAT'S what it means to be FIREBALLED!"

Fireball Tim!