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My Other Car Is A Bright Green City

July 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed.Alex Steffen from worldchanging.com wrote this incredible post in January about what is next. Very worth your time. I missed it when it first came out and just found it today on their blog. Its incredible.
Levi

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Tags: author: levi · cities · climate change · green living · housing · oil · suburban sprawl · transportation

Measure

June 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Always a big fan of measuring sustainable efforts I was pleased to see that the EPA is going to be putting labels on new cars sold in California showing the buyer the true impact of both its production and ongoing use. Its about time we knew the story about the cars we drive.  You can [...]

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Tags: author: levi · climate change · environmental preservation · transportation

Can You Feel It?

June 26th, 2008 · No Comments

The world changed this year. The place you call home is not going to be the same.
Do you feel it yet?  Are you changing anything in your life yet?
I know I am. And I know what I am doing is very small compared to what my kids are going to have to do.
Think about this. [...]

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Tags: author: levi · children · climate change · oil · video

Metropolis

June 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I just got the new Metropolis Magazine today and there is an article in there that is very cool. I have been hearing about Jamie Lerner for a while now and am very interested to learn more about all the innovative things he has put into action as Mayor or Curitiba, Brazil. Here [...]

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Tags: author: levi · cities · climate change · housing · interview · magazines · nyc · paris · recycling · suburban sprawl · transportation · urban design

Man Climbs NY Times Building

June 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

He climbed the NY times building in 45 minutes with no rope harness or parachute. He hung a banner half way that read “Global warming kills more people every day than 9-11″

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Tags: author: levi · climate change · nyc · press coverage · video

Are AgroFuels Really The Best Solution Out There???

December 1st, 2007 · 1 Comment

The UN Committee on Climate Change’s thirteenth convention is being held in Bali and starts on Monday. The big issue this year seem to be getting a draft framework, or “roadmap” for the global approach to climate change so that it can in place by the end of the Kyoto Protocol evaluation period in [...]

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Tags: author: vanessa · climate change · energy sources

Calvin & Hobbes On Transportation And Climate Change

November 11th, 2007 · No Comments

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Circa 1990.
Jason

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Tags: author: jason · climate change · pop culture · transportation

As Of Thursday, Its Getting Hotter (Officially)

February 5th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Heard about this report yet? Here’s my distillation of the Times article published Friday and SF Chronicle article published Saturday. I saw that the Bee did a big spread on it yesterday but haven’t had a chance to read it yet.
The Issue
There’s been a perception of controversy about whether or not global warming is [...]

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Tags: author: jason · climate change · recycling