08.31.07
Posted in ecotravel, pollution, global warming at 12:41 pm by greengirl
That scooter of cool is now even cooler. Vespa is rolling out (ick…bad pun…sorry) two hybrid scooters. One is the Vespa LX 50, and the other is the Piaggio X8 125. Unfortunately, I think they’re only launching them in Europe for now with European 220V plug-ins, and I doubt that more than a handful will make their way here since Vespas seem to have a smallish counterculture following here (and there’s always that plug conversion problem). Vespas always remind me of that song by the Who - Talking ‘Bout my Generation. I read somewhere that they wrote the song (with the stutter in it - m-m-m-my) about the kids in the 60s, I think, that used to ride their mopeds around London all hopped up on speed. What? Oh, that was a tangent?
I have been a slacker with updating! Argh! So, I’ll give you two posts today to make up for it…
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Posted in energy, home & garden, education, recycling at 12:28 pm by greengirl
While listening to NPR this morning, I heard a story on Pitzer College near Claremont, California. Pitzer is just putting the finishing touches on Gold LEED certified residence halls. They’ve got student-maintained organic gardens, low-flow showerheads, water-conserving toilets, solar panels, recycled building materials and more. And, they anticipate that this project will save the college money in the long-term. If a residence hall can do it, what an easy job a house would be. Sounds much better than the high-rise cement block housing I had in college.
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08.06.07
Posted in education, health, shopping at 7:14 pm by greengirl
On my recent travels, I heard a radio ad for a restaurant in Chattanooga called 212 Market. Once I got home, I checked their website and found that they’re a certified green restaurant. I looked up what that meant and found the Green Restaurant Association. To be certified, a restaurant must use a recycling program for all products accepted by local recyclers, must be free of styrofoam products, must complete four environmental steps every year of membership, and commit to completing one environmental step after joining. To help you support green restaurants with your dollar, they have a searchable database of certified restaurants. Sadly, there aren’t any near me, so you’ll have to dine out on my behalf.
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08.05.07
Posted in ecotravel, pollution, global warming, weekend census at 9:12 am by greengirl
This weekend, a list of hybrid automobiles, with mpg ratings for the 2007 model year cars:
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