Sick of undefined bike lanes? LightLane allows bikers to make their own path.

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What if bikers could make their own bike lane, as they are riding?  The fact is, there aren’t defined bike lanes in many areas, and sometimes, when they “exist” you have to be one helluva rider just to stay in the lines.  And its proven…bike lanes are an effective method of protecting cyclists on congested roads.

With only a fraction of streets with dedicated bike lanes, and installation costs ranging from $5,000 to $50,000 per mile, LightLane seems like the most efficient, eco-friendly option.  LightLane is a small device that attached to the back of your bike frame, that projects a defined virtual bike lane onto the pavement, using high-visibility Diode-Pumped Solid State green lasers.  The boundary looks like a typical bike lane, even including the “biker” logo, so that drivers approaching the cyclist will be familiar with the situation.

The LightLane has High-Visibility Diode-Pumped Solid State Green Lasers and Bright Red LED’s

The LightLane has High-Visibility Diode-Pumped Solid State Green Lasers and Bright Red LED’s

As of now, LightLane is a prototype, but if the idea continues to generate excitement from leading Blogs like Engadget, Gizmodo and TreeHugger, it should be available in no time.

       

I put 15.22 lbs. of CO2 in our Atmosphere today. How about you?

Can you beat my 15.22 lbs. of CO2?

Can you beat my 15.22 lbs. of CO2?

What if there was a device that could track your carbon footprint through the number of pages you print from your laptop, the distance you’ve traveled by the wireless networks to which you connect to from your laptop, and the power you consume by the type of laptop you have.  Well, there is.  Get to know ECOBOT...the free, open-source Continue reading ‘I put 15.22 lbs. of CO2 in our Atmosphere today. How about you?’

       

Can’t Argue with Arithmetic: How sustained growth leaves an unsustainable planet

There is a consensus that we will run out of oil.  The question is, when?  Up until the current energy crisis, we’ve heard outlandish forecasts, projecting that we won’t run out of oil for 500, 700, even 1,000 years…with sustained growth rates of consumption and the introduction of new oil discoveries.  If I told you that oil consumption rates grew by Continue reading ‘Can’t Argue with Arithmetic: How sustained growth leaves an unsustainable planet’

       

Burgerville: Proving how a fast-food chain can be fresh, local and sustainable

BurgervilleWhether a chain of 39 restaurants or 1,000, incorporating local, sustainable practices in a fast-food business can be accomplished.  This is exactly what Burgerville has done.  This Pacific Northwest chain of 39 fast-food restaurants has set the bar for “green” fast-food, looking for ways to deepen their commitment to fresh, local, sustainable practices through partnerships with local businesses, farms and producers.

It’s right there in their motto: Fresh. Local. Sustainable.  It’s no surprise.  To many people, eating fast-food has lost its appeal.  Films like Super Size Me, Fast Food Nation and the recent release of Food, Inc. have all exposed the negatives of fast-food dining.  For example, where the hell are those 2 Continue reading ‘Burgerville: Proving how a fast-food chain can be fresh, local and sustainable’

       

The Dirty Dozen: The most important foods to buy in organic form

A1DFD0We often don’t think about the consequences when we’re biting into a large non-organic Fuji apple, but in reality, we are exposed to about 10 different pesticides.  This is exactly why the Environmental Working Group has developed “The Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides,” which ranks pesticide contamination for 47 popular fruits and vegetables based on an analysis of 87,000 tests for pesticides on these foods, conducted from 2000 to 2007 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration.

The “dirty dozen” are the fruits and vegetables that are most important to buy in organic form, exposing people to about 10 pesticides per day, on average.  Eating the 15 least contaminated will expose a person to less than Continue reading ‘The Dirty Dozen: The most important foods to buy in organic form’

       

OLED…the Green Future of Television

One week ago, the U.S. made its long awaited switch to digital television, with television stations across the nation cutting their analog signals.  With millions of people still using tube TV’s up to June 12th (forced now to buy a digital converter box), this switch to digital is a great transition to the new OLED display TV’s…if the nationwide, mandatory switch to digital wasn’t enough of a wake up call for “tube” owners, already.

Nothing sucked energy like a giant tube TV.  Although we have seen a mainstream switch to LCD and plasma televisions, which are much more energy-efficient than traditional tube TV’s, both of these still use a back-light.  This is the main difference between OLED and the LCD and Plasma technology.

OLED's are slim, at 3mm, and have exceptional quality...1,000,000:1 contrast ratio

OLED's are slim, at 3mm, and have exceptional quality...1,000,000:1 contrast ratio

OLED stands for Organic Light-Emitting Diode.  The OLED TV uses display technology based on organic materials which emit light naturally Continue reading ‘OLED…the Green Future of Television’

       

White House Releases Momentous Climate Change Report

It’s a fact, climate change exists.  But the controversy always revolves around “why?”  To clear this up for those that don’t believe in human-induced climate change, the White House released its once-a-decade report, concluding that climate disruption is already leaving deep footprints on every sector of the environment and that the consequences of these changes will grow steadily worse in coming decades.  Now, to all of the pessimists out there, Continue reading ‘White House Releases Momentous Climate Change Report’

       

There is no place like HOME. Documentary’s spectacle of Earth and human impact is truly fascinating…and you can stream it in HD, on YouTube

Click to stream this amazing documentary.

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Never has there been a documentary like HOME, describing our relation to the planet in which we’ve inhabited for nearly 200,000 years, without the need to describe it.  “From the sky, there’s less need for explanations,” said director Yann Arthus-Bertrand.  Through the most epic cinematography imaginable, HOME brings the most unique footage from over Continue reading ‘There is no place like HOME. Documentary’s spectacle of Earth and human impact is truly fascinating…and you can stream it in HD, on YouTube’

       

Documentary or Horror Film? Food, Inc. may fall into both categories…

The Hangover, Up and Star Trek…it’s another summer of box-office blockbusters.  But one film that has been under the radar is Food, Inc (in theaters now). Now, I wouldn’t even mention this film if it hasn’t gotten any love from the critics.  On Rotten Tomatoes, it’s received a Continue reading ‘Documentary or Horror Film? Food, Inc. may fall into both categories…’

       

Green Crawler Introduces New Search Platform

One of the backbones of Green Crawler is its search platform for green products.  That is why we are continuously striving to make our search as efficient and appealing as possible, helping our users locate products through multiple sorting options, well-formatted images, and the necessary product details.

This is what we’ve accomplished with our new search platform, which launched on June 2nd.  Green Crawler shoppers will first notice the larger, distinguished item boxes, with larger fonts for the product names and prices.  One new addition is the brand.  Above each product name, is the brand, giving our users even more search capabilities than before.

The new Green Crawler search platform

The new Green Crawler search platform

Brand is also a sorting option in our new search platform.  Green Crawler shoppers are able to sort by product brand, name, price and seller, adding even more efficiency to the search experience.

The new Green Crawler search is a definite upgrade from the past, and with the combination of this new search platform and the top searches and merchant list drop-down menus, we have ourselves a very useful shopping engine.

Check out our diverse database of green alternatives today! We’re now nearing 15,000 products from 14 merchants, including bikes4families.com, composters.com, eco-furniture.com, eco-outfitter.com, exclusivelygreenmarket.com, growandmake.com, growinstyle.com, kelleygreen.com, organic-gardening-shop.com, organic-vida.com, organicdirect.com, shoporganic.com, vashonorganics.com and yesitsorganic.com.





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