A small town green high-rise by Kirsten Dirksen on October 6, 2009 Eco-skyscrapers are increasingly sprouting up in cities worldwide, like Rotterdam’s Urban Cactus, Chicago’s 340 on the Park, Manhattan’s Hearst Tower …
How Tesla wants to make the electric car everyone's reality by Kirsten Dirksen on September 30, 2009 It’s a startup in an industry where no one really starts up. It’s a car company that started up with …
Tesla VP on the $465M loan, Daimler’s 10% & 2030 by Kirsten Dirksen on September 25, 2009 Much of Diarmuid O’Connell’s preparation for his job as vice president of one of the country’s hottest electric car companies …
Tesla: in the workshop of the car co. of the future? by Kirsten Dirksen on September 23, 2009 “I think that by 2030 the majority of the vehicles on the road will be electric vehicle and it may …
Gulfstream greens: Gore the Man vs. Gore the Messenger by Kirsten Dirksen on September 21, 2009 “Al Gore, he says he’s green, but he rented my Gulf Stream to fly alone to Los Angeles”. It took …
Eating lower on the fishchain: salmon to catfish by Kirsten Dirksen on September 16, 2009 Fish populations worldwide have been collapsing over the past few decades. In the 2nd half of the past century, ocean …
Where EVs have hit the exurbs by Kirsten Dirksen on September 6, 2009 My parents live 90 miles north of San Francisco in what used to be mostly dominated by gas stations when …
Road midgets: DIY NEVs and solar golf carts by Kirsten Dirksen on September 5, 2009 There are compact cars and subcompacts and minis and superminis, but even smaller and lighter yet are the NEVs or …
Elimination Communication: on the toilet at 6 weeks old by Kirsten Dirksen on August 27, 2009 There are many ways environmentally-concerned parents can try to avoid the waste of disposable diapers (I’ve read estimates that diapering …
Sustainable yard: drip irrigation, thyme groundcover by Kirsten Dirksen on August 24, 2009 The days of installing sprinklers systems for large grass lawns may be numbered in much of the United States. A growing …
