Tag Archives: Green

Beijing Pollution

Here’s a picture of pollution in Beijing, around the future Olympic stadium (a fine looking building, by the way). I don’t suppose this is typical, but even a fraction of that suggests that athletics records will be limited to sprint events.

I Like Big Butts

There are so many minor things that you can do to help the environment and yourself, from turning the thermostat down a degree to switching your lightbulbs to CFLs. Something we’ve done recently is install a water butt, which is a great example of something that is a good thing to do purely for yourself, [...]

Temperature Mapping

This map is a single data point in the argument over climate change, and is interesting enough in that regard. I highlight it here, though, mainly because it’s just a very interesting map.

Solar Energy

Here’s an interesting map showing the amount of land required to provide all the world’s energy needs from solar power. Two things stand out from the map: First, it’s a heck of a lot of land, and second, it’s not really much land at all. The palindromic total of 910,019 square kilometers (351,360 square miles) [...]

Buffy

According to this Treehugger article a church in Levenshulme, England, is using old baptismal water to wash cars as an alternative to throwing it away. This has the handy side-effect of rendering your car immune to vampire attack.