Let Passengers Design and Name Routes
Our friends at StreetFilms had a look at Boulder's innovative approach to public transit. Check it out!
See also: Video: New York CityRacks Design Competition Finalists, Video & Photos: 2008 Park(ing) Day in New York City and Video: StreetFilms on Smartbike DC Bike-Sharing Program
8 New Episodes About Marine Animals
We recently wrote bout Isabella Rosselini's "Green Porno" short films about the sex life of insects. Well, seems like they found an audience because it was just announced that she's going to work on a new series about the sex life of marine animals. We can expect to learn about the shrimp, squid, anchovy, barnacle, limpet, starfish, elephant seal, angler fish and Right whale. Read on for more details.
Honda Insight Hybrid 2.0
The all new Honda Insight hybrid version 2.0, still officially a concept car but probably very close to what the production model will look like, has been generating a lot of buzz lately. Finally some competition for the Toyota Prius from a dedicated hybrid model, and it's going to be cheaper to boot (around $18.5k).
New Honda Insight Blog
Honda has just launched a new Insight Hybrid blog called Latest Insight with a few new pictures and videos. Still no confirmation on specs (MPG, emissions, etc) for the production model, though. Read on for pics & videos of the Honda Insight version 2.0.
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Caribbean musician Turtuga Blanku (it translates into “White Turtle”) plays music powered by the sun. Literally. He records his blend of rock, reggae, and pop in a studio completely powered by photovoltaic cells, proving you can always count on finding solar power in strange places. Looks like Cloud Cult has got itself some competition for the title of greenest musical act out there. In fact, the entire production process for Blanku’s tunes is solar-powered—not an easy feat, but for a musician this dedicated to environmentally conscious music, sacrifices must be made.
In 1993 filmmaker Amy Bodman travelled to Zimbabwe "to make a film about land as living entity." It has taken her fifteen years to produce a film which pushes "The limits of what we know about ecosystems; about Zimbabwe; about specifics; about the mutual affinities of organic beings; about nature, animals and ourselves."
The Limits of What We Know premieres at the Vancouver Film Festival. It is a slow-moving and graceful film, broken into chapters with titles like Great Zimbabwe 1000-1600 A.D.; On Safari; The Composition of Drought; Lake Kariba; A Map of the World; The Culture of Cattle; Trees; Rain. The director warned me that I might find it boring but I was captivated. I don't know how much of this world has been lost in the political upheavals of recent years, but what Amy recorded fifteen years ago is extraordinarily beautiful and moving.
How appropriate right now. One minute video from Brazil WWF via the Seitch Blog., who notes "Remember just because something makes you money doesn’t mean it is good for you."
Image source: Center for Environmental Filmmaking
Al Gore and your Inconvenient Truth, look out, because the Center for Environmental Filmmaking is hot on your trail. Founded in 2005 at American University in Washington, DC, the Center offers students the chance to save the world through a lens, a very critical lens and move past blue-chip films which do little to inspire aggressive conservation actions.
Park(ing) Day New York City 2008
Lloyd wrote a post earlier today about Park(ing) Day in NYC. If you are not familiar with the concept, check it out.
The video below was made by our friends at StreetFilms. They went to the 'liberated' parking spots around New York to show what imaginative citizens did. Looks like they had a great time! Read on for the video and tons of photos from some of the coolest spots.
Image courtesy of Answer the Call
If Eva Mendes asked you to recycle a cell phone, and she did it all sexy-like, made up as a femme fatale from the 40's, would you do it? The Environmental Media Association thinks you will—the organization is working with the folks behind the upcoming superhero comic book noir film “The Spirit” to promote a new cell phone recycling program. ...
Photo by Agaton Strom
Green Ticket Success
This year, when buying tickets to Lollapalooza or Austin City Limits—two of the most celebrated annual music festivals in the nation—purchasers were offered the option of adding a “Fan Tag,” to the event pass. By buying the Fan Tag at an extra five bucks, fans essentially are purchasing 500 kWh worth of carbon offsets through Be Green, the carbon offset division of Green Mountain Energy Company. Oh, it’s a nice idea, you may be dismissively thinking to yourself, but how many rock fans are really that inclined to tack five extra dollars onto an already expensive festival pass? Way more than you’d think. ...
Photos by Agaton Strom
Last Tuesday, Yoga instructor/hip hopper/vocal Obama proponent MC Yogi (aka Nicholas Giocomini) brought his singular brand of Indian mythology-infused rap to the Jivamukti Yoga School in New York City for the CD release party of his first album, Elephant Power. The goal of Yogi’s composition is to bridge yoga and hip hop, and as dubious or downright incomprehensible as that aim may be, the MC delivers what’s likely the closest thing conceivable. And the release party was pretty ideal for the project: rooted in yoga-related themes, it was exuberant, vibrant, a little goofy, and generally unclassifiable—just like the album....
Tango Video
TreeHugger reader Danny Fleet send us these videos of him taking a ride in a Tango electric car. Very cool!...
Cross Between Skidoo & Ultralight Plane
Researchers taking part in the Moon-Regan expedition have a new very cool toy. The biofuel-powered Concept Ice Vehicle (CIV), made by Lotus, will be used to cross the coldest contintent, Antarctica, to raise awareness about "how Antarctica’s fate affects the whole environment." Live feeds and results from scientific experiments will be available on the web and used in classrooms around the world.
Moon-Regan Trans Antarctic Expedition
The CIV won't be making the trip alone, though (duh). There's simply not enough space on board to carry scientific instruments, food, water, etc. It will act as a pilot for the two heavier Science Support Vehicles (pics below). "It is equipped with a special radar that can detect hidden crevasses, has a minimum of moving parts (which are liable to freeze up) and is light enough to be man-hauled across really rough terrain."...
The American Institute of Architects is putting together a series of videos on the issues of green building, called Greenstep. Subjects covered so far are water conservation, smart controls, radiant heating and cooling, and vegetation for sun control. I don't understand why having a video of a talking head doing a powerpoint show is more effective than just putting the information into a website, but if you can get past that there is a lot of good information to be gleaned from the Greenstep videos.
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