Archive for July, 2007
July 31st, 2007 -- Posted in Environment |
As no doubt our razor-sharp readers will be quick to point out, the most sustainable packaging is no packaging at all. But if your delicate sense of aesthetics will not permit your goods to go commando, a traditional Japanese art of embellishment that employs a reusable square piece of fabric (or Furoshiki) could be your answer.
Furochic revives that technique with its 100 percent cotton fabric wraps, each measuring 27×27 inches. While we wish the company supplied more-sustainable textile options, you’re by no means limited to Furochic’s offerings
July 31st, 2007 -- Posted in Environment |
In a move to make its flagship hybrid Prius more affordable to a greater market, Toyota plans on introducing a new “standard” version in 2008 with a base price of $20,950
July 31st, 2007 -- Posted in Web 2.0 |
A strong second quarter by IAC saw a 78% increase in profits, mostly driven by assets sales and reduced costs.
The positive headline results did not flow through to the struggling 4th ranked search engine Ask.com, which saw a decline in revenues. The second quarter decline comes despite a $100 million Crispin, Porter + Bogusky advertising [...]
July 31st, 2007 -- Posted in Environment |
Image courtesy Diesel Technology Forum
These aren’t words TreeHugger has ever had the pleasure to put in the same sentence before: diesel, Honda, United States, 62.8 miles per gallon, the year 2010. Ahh, that feels good. If this report from CNET is to be believed, it’s all true: Honda plans to bring a clean-diesel Accord to the States by the year 2010, where it will get 62.8 mpg (on the highway, give or take) and pretty much kick ass.
The problem, mostly, to this point, has been that diesel engines produce and emit too much pollution to pass air-quality & emissions tests. That all started to change with the introdu…
July 31st, 2007 -- Posted in Web 2.0 |
Facebook is down, and has been so since at least 10 am PST. Anyone notice it down earlier than that? We’ve emailed the company for their comment.
Crunch Network: CrunchBoard because it’s time for you to find a new Job2.0
July 31st, 2007 -- Posted in Web 2.0 |
Australian startup Tangler has created a next generation forum product that allows real-time discussions to occur without page refreshes. Their forum product is both synchronous and asynchronous – meaning it competes as much with Meebo (web based chat) as it does with existing forum applications. Users can also easily embed rich media into the discussion.
We [...]
July 31st, 2007 -- Posted in Environment |
Hot off the heels of a recent paper we covered linking rainfall patterns to human activity, a new Canadian-led study has established a definite link between anthropogenic influences since the early 20th century and increased precipitation across the Northern Hemisphere. Human activity accounted for “most of the observed increase in precipitation north of 50 degrees latitude, a region that includes Canada, Russia and Europe,” according to a statement released by the team of climate scientists.
In a study comparing 75 years of precipitation records from around the globe with predictions in al…
July 31st, 2007 -- Posted in Environment |
According to a recent report in Forbes, the amount of driving we do back and forth is killing us…literally. From breathing air polluted with diesel particulates and other nasty pollutants to fatalities occurred in private automobiles, Forbes suggests that many of us are placing health far behind priorities such as McMansions, big box shopping, and congested commutes. Forbes compiled statistics from the America…
July 31st, 2007 -- Posted in Environment |
With all signs pointing to rising global temperatures and ever larger fires consuming our nation’s trees
July 31st, 2007 -- Posted in Environment |
Don’t let any midwestern Senators see this; soon corn will not be just their answer to “energy security” but they will write one-liners into the defense budget suggesting that all our munitions be made from it as well. ::1936 Modern Mechanix…
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