Life on the small screen: fly less, video chat more by Kirsten Dirksen on February 23, 2010 For more than a century, it’s been the stuff of fantasies: in 1891, Alexander Graham Bell dreamed about “seeing by …
A year without flying: a Skype family album by Kirsten Dirksen on February 1, 2010 “Should it not be possible to see by telegraph…?“- Alexander Graham Bell, April 11, 1891. In 1930, New Yorkers- using …
Searching for density in a San Francisco exurb by Kirsten Dirksen on November 2, 2009 If Americans all lived like New Yorkers we would be using less than a third of the energy we currently …
America’s 1st carbon neutral community? by Kirsten Dirksen on August 10, 2009 According to the IPCC, the point of no return for global warming -date when we need to stop the rise …
Skunkfunk: a low carbon t-shirt and urging you not to buy by Kirsten Dirksen on June 10, 2009 Their color is green, they began on an organic farm and they use recycled fabrics, but Skunkfunk founder Mikel Feijoo …
SMART: resurrecting abandoned rail north of San Francisco by Kirsten Dirksen on June 1, 2009 With the rising cost of gas, car commuters are returning to the rails. Amtrak and light rail are experiencing record …
Flying: who's prepared for greener skies? by Kirsten Dirksen on May 30, 2009 Air travel is the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions and this hasn’t gone unnoticed: the Institute for Public …
“A 3 hr drive from Calgary to Edmonton, it’s nothing” by Kirsten Dirksen on May 30, 2009 The US appearing at the bottom of the WWF’s Climate Scorecard (ranking climate change performance for G8 countries) isn’t news, …
Anglo-Saxon bigfoots and the Happy Planet Index by Kirsten Dirksen on April 7, 2009 The other day my husband IMed me, only half-joking, “f**king Anglo-Saxons”. It seems we English-speaking countries, for the most part, …
Algae: fuel from CO2, O2 as waste, don't affect food prices by Kirsten Dirksen on March 19, 2009 It’s a more affordable and efficient biofuel. They’re calling it “clean, green crude”. Algae production doesn’t affect food prices and …
