Inspirational and good news.
According to a new study vegetables are good for the heart. Millions of kids out there are now going to realize that they should all their veggies…..or not. Either way, eat your vegetables.
“After 16 weeks the researchers found that the mice who had vegetables in their diets had 38% less build-up of fatty deposits in their arteries.”
Wired has a nice article on a environmentally-friendly car competition called the Bibendum Challenge. Wired also has a photo gallery of some of the competitors.
“A group of researchers from the Darmstadt University of Technology in Germany developed this car prototype that can travel 63 miles on a battery charge and has a top speed of 81 mph. I was able to take it up to 63 mph before security stopped me for driving on the test track unaccompanied.”
Me to We is a great idea! It’s all about getting individual people to make large changes. Some of the people who have taken me to the we level seem kinda cheesy, but hey – at least they’re doing something. From the site:
“Me to We is a worldwide movement of people finding purpose through living with compassion, strengthening community and making a commitment to our shared humanity. “
A team of University of British Columbia engineers have won the Supermileage competition with a car that can drive from Vancouver to Halifax on a Gallon of Gas!
““We achieved this level of efficiency by optimizing many aspects of the vehicle design, including: aerodynamics, light-weight construction, a small displacement engine (54 cc), and conservative driving habits,†says Team Captain Kevin Li.
UBC’s student team has taken first place four out of the six years it has competed, with 2006 marking the fourth straight victory. Last year the UBC team beat out 27 teams by reaching 1,600 miles per gallon (mpg)”
I’m heading off to Quebec today and I realized that we haven’t reported on a cool thing that Quebec did recently. Quebec has introduced a carbon tax!