Environment

Seat 61 Travel Without the Plane

- Adam Clare

Here’s a great way to find alternative ways to travel without flying: Seat 61. A lot of the site is focused on rail travel, but don’t worry there is also shipping tips too.

Maybe you don’t like flying, or are concerned about the environmental impact of flying. Or perhaps you just prefer real travel by train or ship, where the journey is part of the adventure… Either way, this website will tell you how to travel overland comfortably & affordably where you might think that air was now the only option.

A Nice Day for a Green Wedding

- Adam Clare

Weddings are a big event for some people and these big events can have big effects on the environment. Luckily there are ways to have an eco-friendly wedding!

Most people spend more on a wedding than they will spend on any one thing besides a car or a house. Talk about using your dollars to make a difference! Having a green wedding will definitely send a message to suppliers that we want better, more responsible ways to live.

In hiking news…

- sohorobin

Great news for adventurers. If you ever considered hiking in far off lands now there’s maps for the farthest off place – Mars.

A Knight Funds War (on Carbon Emissions)

- Adam Clare 2 Comments

That odd billoniare Sir Richard Branson has decided to fight carbon emissions while sending spaceships to space and air planes to air. Branson has made millions off of air travel (the worst way to travel environmentally speaking) and other things and now he wants to use those millions to help all of us.

Sir Richard Branson brought his talent for publicity to bear on climate change yesterday, offering a $25m (£13m) prize to anyone who invents an economical way of removing carbon from the atmosphere.

The Virgin group chairman said: “We have no super-hero. We have only our own ingenuity to fall back on.”

The CBC has a news clip on the story (direct link to WMV file).

Ancient Solution, Modern Problem

- Adam Clare

Alexander Moseson wrote:

A scientist is resurrecting 4500 year old technology from the pyramids to create a sustainable, environmentally friendly concrete. It produces 90% less CO2 than the standard Portland Cement, which is the second largest producer of CO2 behind fossil fuels. This could have huge applications in modern society, but even better, they hope to use it to provide cheap or free housing to developing communities all over the world.

(Alex is a graduate student working on the project.) Thanks for sharing Alex!

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