Estonia is putting its green face forward with a new sustainable city to be built next to its capital city of Tallinn. Architects from Schmidt Hammer Lassen have won a design competition for their Ecobay design, a realistic concept city that is sustainable and eco-friendly.
Driving less is the best way to prevent having a car accident. When you're on the road less, you're just less likely to crash your car (or have someone crash into you.) So your insurance company has a vested interest in making you pay more if you drive a lot.
EcoGeek believes in the power of technology. We're optimists...full of hope in a field that was once hopeless. I honestly think we have a chance of feeding 10 billion people in 2050 without completely destroying the planet. It's not going to be easy, but it is possible.
But there are some technological solutions that simply scare my pants off. Geoengineering, the idea that we are smart enough to put the natural systems of the earth under human control, is one of those ideas.
Sure, it's fine to have electric cars replace the old gas guzzlers, but what do you do about the space problems of parking? English industrial designer Daniel Bailey has come up with a fold-up car that resembles a Dyson upright vaccuum cleaner after folding to take up half the space of its original size.
There's a little section in the most recent issue of WIRED on "how to apologize." After Intel stole my logo, and got caught doing it, I think maybe they should have probably have read it. As WIRED says, "the unapologetic apology marks you as a pathetic weeny." You can read the full letter at the bottom of this article.
WIRED's steps for apologizing properly:
When I saw the first pictures for this Italian two-seater electric car, all I could think of was Tron. At this point, the Eco-Fun is just as virtual as anything that appeared in the movie, but I wish the car from Italian designer Simone Cistulli was the real thing.
The concept car is a two-person vehicle and because it's electric, it's zero-emission. (yeah, yeah, as zero-emission as electric power, which doesn't come free, can be).
That's right, they're giving away their first 500 lights. And it's not a competition either. They don't put your name in a hat or make you sit through a timeshare lecture.
