Green Options » teens http://greenoptions.com/tag/teens Posts tagged 'teens' Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:24:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en 6 Alternative-Fuel Vehicles Built By Teenagers http://gas2.org/2009/08/15/6-alternative-fuel-vehicles-built-by-teenagers/ http://gas2.org/2009/08/15/6-alternative-fuel-vehicles-built-by-teenagers/#comments Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:24:57 +0000 Jerry James Stone http://gas2.org/2009/08/15/6-alternative-fuel-vehicles-built-by-teenagers/ Car companies like Tesla, Toyota and Nissan are all scrambling for a piece of the EV market. Heck, even cities like San Francisco and Portland want some.  But they all just got pwned by these kids. These vehicles run on everything from solar to soy!

Texas Teen Buys Car Off eBay, Makes It Electric

Luke Laborde turned a 32 mpg gas-burning Bradley GT II kit car into a fully electric ride for just about $10,000. The ride, which was purchased off eBay, has eight 80-pound batteries throughout including where the gas tank used to be. The car gets 40 miles on a full charge.

Student Built Race Car Is Powered By Soybeans

Five kids from West Philly’s high school auto shop class, ex-gang members and high school dropouts built this soybean-powered race car. The car gets 50+ mpg and goes from 0 to 60 in just 4 seconds! But the real win here is how the experience impacted these kids. One of the few still in high school, Kosi Harmon, went from getting D’s to being a straight-A student.

8th Grader Builds Solar-Powered Bike With GPS, iPod Dock

Eighth-grader David S. Dixon built this street-legal quadricycle powered by a solar-charged electric motor. The bike not only carries his dog and three friends, but it has also has an iPod dock and GPS. Ya, it’s that cool!

16 Year Old Converts 1988 Mazda Truck To A Plugin EV

Andrew Angelloti, after saving up $6,000 as a part time lifeguard, converted his very own truck to be a plug-in. Using 20 flooded lead acid batteries to create 120 volts and a 60 HP electric motor, the truck hits a top speed of 55 mph and has range of 40 miles. Best part, he blogs about it so others can mod their cars. You can check out his blog here.

15 Year Old Builds Air-Powered Ride Back In 1989

This air-powered car was covered by KODE Channel 12 of Joplin, MO back in 1989. You can tell by VHS-to-YouTube quality of the video. The idea was pitched to car companies but largely ignored.

Alaskan Teen Converts 1971 VW Super Beetle To Electric Car

While some VW enthusiasts are still waiting for the car company to tap the electric car market (one of those being me), senior Bart Grabman has beat them to the punch. Whether or not Bart can see Russia from his house, he has my vote! Though…can I get mine in one of these?

]]> http://gas2.org/2009/08/15/6-alternative-fuel-vehicles-built-by-teenagers/feed/ Young Girls, Makeup and the Media: How Not to Raise a Diva http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/04/29/young-girls-makeup-and-the-media-how-not-to-raise-a-diva/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/04/29/young-girls-makeup-and-the-media-how-not-to-raise-a-diva/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:34:14 +0000 Katy Farber http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/04/29/young-girls-makeup-and-the-media-how-not-to-raise-a-diva/
I was particularly disturbed by a recent article in Newsweek. The magazine sat around my house for weeks (what parent has time to read a whole article?) until the article Tales of a Modern Diva caught my attention.

This story shared some shocking statistics about this generation of young girls, and their use of cosmetics that stopped me in my tracks. As a feminist and critic of the relentless media exposure most children face daily, I aggressively limit the amount of media my girls are exposed to. But ultimately, it will catch up with them, by way of their peers.

First of all, the whole idea that there is a reality show about the beauty industry of toddlers makes me nauseas (Toddlers and Tiaras on TLC). Add that to the fact that now there are actual spas for the girls and the preteen set, and I am tempted to take my girls and run for the hills in a hut with no Internet, TV and home schooling. In some ways, though, I might just be putting off the inevitable.

Here are a few statistics to consider from this article:

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]]> http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/04/29/young-girls-makeup-and-the-media-how-not-to-raise-a-diva/feed/ Disney And Al Gore Help Mobilize Teens To Fight Climate Change http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/10/30/disney-and-al-gore-help-mobilize-teens-to-fight-climate-change/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/10/30/disney-and-al-gore-help-mobilize-teens-to-fight-climate-change/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:46:04 +0000 Jerry James Stone http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/10/30/disney-and-al-gore-help-mobilize-teens-to-fight-climate-change/ The Magical World Of Disney And Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth Are Bringing Teens Across America To The Front Of The Line In The Fight Against Climate Change.

About 2,000 teens have signed on with an organization called Inconvenient Youth to tell their friends, neighborhoods, generation and anyone who will listen that the time to take action is now. Why? The founder of Inconvenient Youth, Mary Doerr, believes the young people “can solve it.”

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/10/30/disney-and-al-gore-help-mobilize-teens-to-fight-climate-change/feed/ Smencils http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/07/28/smencils/ http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/07/28/smencils/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:53:53 +0000 John Simonetta http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/07/28/smencils/ This is a guest post by John Simonetta, owner of ProformaGreen, an eco-friendly promotional items consultancy. John’s blogs are designed to keep us up to date on the “greening” of his industry.

What do you get when you combine recycled newspapers, #2 graphite and the breezy scent of bubble gum. Well of course that would be a Smencil.

Smencil brand pencils are one of the best ideas we have seen for getting kids and teens excited about recycling and thinking green. They are very easy to understand and the kids love them.

Smencils start as old newspaper tightly rolled around a #2 graphite writing core until pencils of typical thickness are formed. Then they’re hardened - allowing them to be sharpened just like wood pencils.

Next they are soak with gourmet liquid scents and once dried the erasers are attached and stickers are applied around each unit to identify which scent was infused into each Smencil.

Lastly, each Smencil is put into its own Freshness Tube. Scents are guaranteed to last up to two years, in or out or their tubes.

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]]> http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/07/28/smencils/feed/ The Environment Matters to Korean Youths http://ecoworldly.com/2008/02/22/korean-youths-environmental-leaders/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/02/22/korean-youths-environmental-leaders/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:22:07 +0000 Gavin Hudson http://ecoworldly.com/2008/02/22/korean-youths-environmental-leaders/ korean-students-environment-graph.jpgThe best way to find out how important the environment is to Korean youths, I thought, is to ask them. Luckily, I happen to know a number of Korean youths: they’re my English students. Ah! A captive audience.

So, I handed out strips of paper to each student and asked them to anonymously mark the answer choice that they agreed with. On the paper were three lines:

  • Protecting the environment is very important to me.
  • Protecting the environment is a little bit important to me.
  • Protecting the environment is not important to me.

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