The above video highlights a new electric bus developed by Waseda University being tested in Japan. The bus runs 25km (15.5 miles) on one charge, takes 15 minutes to recharge, and the batteries cost approximately...
Category - Environment
Jef NickersonJanuary Evolution Forum: Transit in a Sustainable Rhode Island (01/28)
Photo by Jef Nickerson When: Thursday, January 28, 2010 – 5:30pm to 8:00pm Where: 17 Gordon Avenue, Providence, RI 02905 Cost: Admission for Apeiron members and students with valid ID is free. Admission for others...
Greater City ProvidencePedal powered Christmas Tree in Copenhagen
As they prepare to host the United Nations Climate Conference next week, Copenhagen has installed a pedal powered Christmas Tree.
Via inhabitat
Why is environmental devastation so often so beautiful?
Photo (cc) jtinaustralia Eastern Australia is being impacted by a large dust storm turning the skies over Sydney red. The storm is certainly not good for the lungs of Sydneysiders, but the images are undeniably stunning...
Mandatory recycling coming to Providence
Photo (cc) Scott Ableman ProJo reports today on a new recycling effort for the city of Providence. Starting Nov. 2, any resident who doesn’t separate paper, glass and cans will not have their trash picked up...
Ocean Policy Task Force Public Meeting
flickr photo submitted by closingatnever According to a White House Press Release, The Obama Administration plans to hold an Ocean Policy Task Force public meeting in Providence, RI, on September 24, 2009. The Task...
Matthew Coolidge“The area commonly known as the Promenade Green Corridor”
Really? The city announced today that Connecticut based Alteris Renewables will be opening an office in Providence. The company’s finance department, a call center and regional staff will be located at 28 Wolcott...
CO2 per acre versus per household
The Housing + Transportation Affordability Index has a number of tools for generating affordability maps. Above is the Providence Metropolitan Area CO2 use per acre (on right) versus CO2 use by household (left). I...
LED Street lighting coming to Providence?
A while back Matt wrote a post about LED street lighting, cities such as New York; Ann Arbor, Michigan; and Anchorage, Alaska have plans to implement LED street lighting. In the conversation I suggested that Providence...
Ozone Alert Tomorrow (May 22, 2009) FREE RIPTA
Seems early, it’s not even Memorial Day yet, but the state has issued an air quality alert for tomorrow, which means RIPTA buses will be free to encourage people to leave their cars at home. View it as a good...
More cleanups tomorrow, Woonasquatucket
Photo by Rob deFriesse from Flickr From the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council: Olneyville Shines along the Fred Lippitt Woonasquatucket Greenway. Come out this Saturday! Enjoy a sunny spring day and help us reach...
Photos from today’s Green House groundbreaking
As promised below are some photos from today’s Green House groundbreaking. Looks like they just made the weather, it’s looking pretty dark out my window right now.
Images courtesy of Native Structures
Elmhurst Neighborhood Cleanup – April 25, 2009
From Elmhurst Clean & Green: Hi folks, Major Spring clean up this Sat 4/25. Meet 9-9:45am at parking lot of Nathanael Greene school for coffee and instructions. Tools, bags, gloves and water will be provided. Will...
Hope Gardens
Tomato photo by sylvar from Flickr, skyline photo by Jef Nickerson John Kostrzewa writes in yesterday’s ProJo about bringing community ‘Hope Gardens’ to Rhode Island. He posits them as a way to grow...
Urban Gardening
Photo from flickr by snowmentality Today Inhabitat has an article called A Starter Guide to Urban Gardening. One of the things they discuss is the beauty of container gardening, and the variety of things you can grow in...
Will Eco-Green Kill Skyline Lighting?
Those of us urban enthusiasts whose hearts melt at the sight of a resplendently lit skyline have long harbored the fear that the “green” movement would become an excuse by anti-urbanists to kill the...
Bret AncowitzSustainable Housing Design Winner; Robert Swinburne
Robert Swinburne of Brattleboro, VT Robert Swinburne of Brattleboro, VT was the other winner of the city’s Sustainable Housing Design Competition. Robert’s design brief as posted on the city’s planning...
Sustainable Housing Design Winner; Christine Malecki West
Christine Malecki West of Kite Architects in Providence was on of the winners of the city’s Sustainable Housing Design Competition. The contest looked to design houses that were both environmentally sensitive and...
