Black gold: high rent worm composting by Kirsten Dirksen on May 27, 2009 The Romans used worms to compost over 2,000 years ago and 100 years ago Charles Darwin held composting worms in …
A poop powered power plant by Kirsten Dirksen on May 26, 2009 Animal and human waste have the power to fuel homes (India) and even a train (Sweden), and since 2004, biogas …
Seattle’s PCC: a green grocer by Kirsten Dirksen on May 26, 2009 It’s a grocery store with a mission: to be local, organic and sustainable. As the largest cooperative market in the …
Bakfiets: a Dutch cargobike is the SUV of bikes by Kirsten Dirksen on March 8, 2009 It’s easy to assume once you have a couple of kids, your days of freewheeling are numbered. One kid seat …
Dutch bikes: appliances, not sporting goods by Kirsten Dirksen on February 11, 2009 There are more bicycles than people in the Netherlands: 18 million bikes for 16.3 million people. There are less than …
A greener SUV? Green Car Co’s pick by Kirsten Dirksen on August 1, 2008 The quickest way to better fuel efficiency is to downsize your auto. But if you just can’t give up your …
The need for walkable, efficient communities (an example) by faircompanies on February 23, 2008 A neighborhood built to clean its own water and humble the car: a Seattle development is proving that more people …
The truth about CFLs by jenarcher on February 4, 2008 The old idea that CFLs are ugly light (true in the 1990s when they hit the market) is a thing …
A green car showroom by faircompanies on October 2, 2007 Buying a less polluting car no longer means choosing between subcompacts or hybrids, but NEVs, microcars, PEVs and superminis as …
Does size really matter in cars? Not for safety by Kirsten Dirksen on September 25, 2007 Small cars are getting a 2nd look in the US: beyond the arrival of microcars, high gas prices and fuel …
