It’s not hard to see the increased appeal of vintage and clothing swaps in a (necessarily?) contracting economy. Some of us have been second-hand thrift shoppers before it was cool, though, because we were economically-challenged and/or liked the thrill of the free find.

Found clothing is the opposite of “fast fashion”
Chicago resident Lauri Apple has creatively taken the thrift idea a bit further by applyinghttp://foundclothing.typepad.com/ that venerable old past…

photo: David Schroeter

China continues to tap the estimated 101 GW wind power potential of Inner Mongolia. A month ago it was announced that China Power would be developing up to 1000 MW of wind power in the region. Now comes word that two more projects, for a combined capacity of 2.4 GW, are proceeding. The details are as follows:…

A nice little touch in the EPEAT Gold certified Apple Macbook and Macbook Pros: The Energy Saver icon has changed.

It went from an incandescent bulb - aka a “heat bulb”, since they’re so much more efficient at producing heat than light - to a compact fluorescent bulb (CFL). The next step will probably be a move to a LED bulb in a couple years… For more on the environmental impact of the new Macbooks and Macbooks Pro, see our post on about it</…

We’re Glad You’re Okay, Nick
Nick Chambers of Gas2 just had a big car accident, and we’re glad to learned that he could just walk away with minor injuries. His Toyota Yaris hit a six-foot-high dirt embankment at highway speed and rolled over three times, but Nick “crawled out with no more than a bump on [his] head, seat belt burn, and a massively stiff neck.”

In a post that he wrote today, the day of the accident, he had this to say about small car safety……

On of the primary pieces of advice dolled out to us when it comes to goal setting is to visualize the end result. We have to know what we’re working towards if we are to design and implement a strong path. The same goes for a sustainable future.

What would it look like if we did everything right?

This is the question posed by a group of forward-thinking individuals about the state of New Mexico. Headed up by Kenny Ausubel and Peter Warshall, the <a href=”“>Drea…

Wind turbines on Maui, photo: Alvin Smith.

Though Hawaii announced its goal of producing 70% of its total energy needs from renewable sources by 2030 back in January, the program got further support yesterday with the announcement that a “historic accord” has been reached between the current state government and the Hawaiian Electric Company.

Though the details of many of the agreements points have yet to be worked out, what is planned is certainly a step in the right direction. Here they are:
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So many inefficient old fridges in America that need replacing, so much empty space that could be filled with monuments. Fridgehenge was built in 2003 by artist Adam Jonas Horowitz and the Primordial Soup Company near Santa Fe, New Mexico….

Data Center “Cable Mess” Al Carbonara

What a tangled web (of data cables) we wired ones have woven in the last 20 years, gratifying our virtual cravings with ever more power, plastic, copper, and greenhouse gas. Brian P. McCann, CMO of OnPATH Technologies spoke with TreeHugger about his company’s novel approach to lessening the footprint. Don’t be put off with the “virtualization layer” lingo. Brian gets to the heart of the matter in short order.

Until recently, demand for data center services was always me…