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Cutesy AirPod Car Blowing Into Charles De Gaulle Airport
According to an article on wired.com, the AirPod air-powered car could be ferrying passengers between gates at Charles De Gualle Airport in Paris and Schiphol Airport in Stockholm by spring of 2009. Air France is the lucky investor that gets to test these cutesy bubble cars that run on nothing but compressed air.
Motor Development International, [...]
How About A Vespa?
So I went to a party last Saturday to watch college football–all party goers were graduates of the University of Florida Go Gators!–and my bff John P. showed up on his shiny new Vespa. That’s right, a Vespa. I had no idea he had purchased one, and I busted his balls for a bit about [...]
Bill Clinton Says Energy Is #1 Priority
I had the good fortune to attend a speech by Bill Clinton last week at the University of Central Florida…okay, it was actually a politcal rally for Obama-Biden, and his speech was centered around moving voters to vote blue, but it was still pretty damned cool to see and hear Clinton. Let’s face it, he’s [...]
Slow Food: Food that is Good, Clean, & Fair
I was recently introduced to the Slow Food Movement, a cool greener trend that I had never heard of. Have you? Well, to crib heavily from the slowfoodusa.org website, Slow Food is a way of living and eating that links food to the community and the environment. The name is a bit of a dig [...]
Sweet! Interview with Summer Rayne Oakes
After her presentation at UCF, Summer Rayne Oakes was generous enough to give Greener Trends a few minutes of her time for a phone interview.
Before we launch into that, I want to thank Summer for linking us on her blog and for sharing her perspective. She’s passionate about what she’s doing and she’s a good [...]
Eco-Hottie Summer Rayne Oakes at UCF
Yesterday I attended a presentation by Summer Rayne Oaks, an eco-model and Discovery Channel host, at the University of Central Florida. Her presentation mixed video and lecture and was called, “How We Can Kick Climate Change, One Step At A Time: An Expanding Role For Youth.” The ballroom was packed and there were probably 400+ [...]
P. Diddy Bitching About Gas Prices
This is just barely related to greener trends, but it’s hilarious nonetheless. Superstar rapper P. Diddy is bitching about not being about to fly his private jet back and forth from New York to LA because gas prices are too high. Apparently, the cost of jet fuel is $200,000+ for two roundtrips and HE CAN’T [...]
Daily Tip: Water Bottles and Tap Water
I coach a high school sports team and noticed the other day how quickly our facility gets trashed with empty Zephyr Hills and Aquafina bottles after just a couple of practices. We’re one of the better teams at our club because we actually have a bin for recyclables (unlike some of the other teams that [...]
Daily Tip: Join the Freecycle Network
A work buddy of mine turned me on to the the Freecycle Network last week. Freecycle has been extensively blogged about (see here, here, and here for starters), but it’s certainly worth plugging again. Basically, Freecycle is a network of Yahoo Groups, based around cities and communities, where members post items to give away and [...]
Publix to increase recycling via composting
While I was surfing around reading about the latest green trends, I stumbled across this post. Apparently, Publix, a supermarket chain popular in my home state of Florida, is increasing their recycling rate from 42% to 80%. Stores in Broward County are partnering with Organic Recovery to recover food waste, and the waste will be [...]
