Tag: Airplanes - Page 6
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Why the Filthy Rich Aren't Green: 7 Habits of Highly Inefficient People
Photo Courtesy of Millionaire-Maker PackageOh how we love to hate the filthy rich--even more so in these tough economic times. While the rest of us mere mortals are struggling to make ends meet, the hyper-rich live by the motto "if you've got it,
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Algae-Based Jet Fuel Research Gets $25 Million Boost From DARPA
B-52 refueling in flight. Photo: Paul Kuxika Blas via flickr Science Applications International Corp. has announced that it has been awarded a $25 million contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, probably better known to readers as
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The World's Air Traffic over 24 Hours (Video)
Ever wanted to watch the movement of the world's air travel? The density of airplanes coming and going is actually really stunning, as shown in this simulation by Zhaw. We can just imagine the incredible emissions from these flights. Makes you want to
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Big Green Ideas for the New Year
In celebration of the ingenuity of the Green movement, the Observer magazine has chosen to highlight 20 of the best ethical ideas around right now. They say that "We need big ideas – and it is at times like these, when
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The Hostel With Wings Going Nowhere Soon
We wrote earlier about the creative recycling of a 747 into a hostel at Stockholm Arlanda Airport. After all, if you can't afford the five thousand bucks to sleep on a 380 to Dubai, you can squeeze into the former queen of the skies for fifty bucks if
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Ecologist Josh Donlan on Bringing Sexy Animals Back via "Rewilding"
Josh Donlan wants conservation biology to have teeth. He's at the forefront of a hot new discipline called REWILDING. If he has his way, the bump in the night might be a lion or cheetah stalking you for dinner, and deer
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Dubai Flight Gets 6% Fuel Reduction, Saves 40,000 Pounds of CO2 and Calls it Green
Emirates Airline started a new route from Dubai to San Francisco, initiating a number of new features to help it reduce fuel use and
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World's First LEED Platinum Aviation Hangar Completed
Quite possibly the coolest aviation hangar on the planet, Hangar 25 of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California is certainly the greenest. Shangri-La Construction will introduce its inaugural project this morning, and will get to
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How Air Canada Lost a Customer Who Was Trying to be Green
So I am off to Boston for the Greenbuild show, and as usual I take my Strida folding bike, as I have on many flights before. It is a great way to get around and see the City and I feel a little better about having to fly when I know that at least on
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Top Environmentalist Award to John Stewart
The Independent on Sunday has rated John Stewart the top environmentalist in its Green List of 100 eco-activists. Little known outside of the UK, and not so well known here either, this recognition of his efforts is an example of the way the
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How GPS Can Save The Airline Industry Time and Fuel
GPS--So Many Uses We've already seen how GPS can be used to track global warming, make cycling more efficient and fun, document environmental destruction and even find lost pets. Now, the Associated Press is reporting that the current U.S. air traffic
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Sumatra's Remaining Forests Get Government Pledge of Protection
We may be squandering our children's natural inheritance, losing up to $5 trillion a year in natural capital, by chopping down the world's forests, but the Indonesian government has finally done something to stop the
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Survey: Are Carbon Offsets a Good Wedding Present?
Graham Hill asked this in a post but we now put it into a survey: On his recent trip, Lori Majewski of dosomething.org discussed a quandary she had found herself in. A well to-do friend was to be married and owned a private jet. She needed to buy him
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Carbon Offsets for Your Private Jet Flying Pal?
The Big Cheese behind TreeHugger, Graham Hill, hit the Arctic as part of Cape Farewell's 2008 Disko Bay expedition to witness the direct environmental effects of climate change. Packed in snugly on a science research boat with
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One Way to Conserve Jet Fuel: Pack Less Stuff
The Ultimate Guide to Sustainable Travel in a recent issue of National Geographic Traveler is chock-full of good tips, but the one we founding most surprising was the amount of jet fuel that can be saved by packing fewer items in your
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Airline Industry: Help Me, Help You
Think airline industry. Think major polluters. Airlines emitted more than 418 billion pounds of carbon dioxide last year. They also create "diesel shuttles that circle the terminal road, [leaving] thousands of tons of toxic
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Send In The Bats! Army-Sponsored Researchers Develop Bat-Sized Spy Plane
A new six-inch long robotic spy plane modeled on bats and developed with US Army money could really bring a new meaning to the "surveillance society". Oh...I get ahead of myself. Researchers at the University of
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Virgin Atlantic Recycle Seat Covers into Worn Again Bags
Just in advance of London Fashion Week next week Worn Again have launched their second collection of bags made from recycled materials. In the past we have been amazed at the variety of materials the Worn Again team have managed to reuse in their
