7 Steps to Becoming a “Green Being”

Michael Ricciardi — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:28:23 +0000

John Willoner’s Eco-House at Findhorn (UK). Turf roof, passive solar, solar panel.

“Is it possible to affect the environment?”

That was one of the questions that confronted me on one on-line questionnaire I took over a year ago.

As a naturalist and former instructor of natural science and ecology (grades 1 – 9), I found this questions to be the most provocative of all. My initial response took the form of another question: How do you mean–positively or negatively? From the radical environmental perspective, all we can do is have a negative impact on the ecology/biosphere–just by existing as we do.

Hawaii Endorses Better Place for Electric Cars

Lucille Chi — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:12:04 +0000

Better Place and Hawaii have joined forces. This week the State of Hawaii and the Hawaiian Electric Company endorsed a plan to build a new renewable transportation system based on electric vehicles with swappable batteries and a “smart” battery recharging network.

The Better Place plan solves the current problem with electric cars, which is slow battery recharging as well as availability. The solution is to use existing electric car technologies together with an internet-connected web of recharging stations (set up in the thousands).

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7 Steps to Becoming a “Green Being”

John Willoner’s Eco-House at Findhorn (UK). Turf roof, passive solar, solar panel.

“Is it possible to affect the environment?”

That was one of the questions that confronted me on one on-line questionnaire I took over a year ago.

Hawaii Endorses Better Place for Electric Cars

Better Place and Hawaii have joined forces. This week the State of Hawaii and the Hawaiian Electric Company endorsed a plan to build a new renewable transportation system based on electric vehicles with swappable batteries and a “smart” battery recharging network.