Tag: Denmark - Page 4
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Danish Crown Prince to Drive Fisker Karma to Copenhagen Climate Conference
Photo: Fisker Automotive First Non-Fisker Employee to Drive the Karma PHEV Henrik Fisker, the founder of Fisker Automotive, was born in Denmark, home of the COP15 climate conference. We're not sure if he had a royal connection or if it is the Danish
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Bicycle Culture 2.0 in Copenhagen: Look at This Amazing Bike-Friendly Urban Planning (Video)
37% of People Commute by Bike! Our friend Elizabeth Press went to Copenhagen for COP15, and while there she had the chance to shoot some video (with Mikeal from Copenhagenize) and I must say that the more I learn about Copenhagen's bike infrastructure,
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Cop15 Pavilion Is Built Out Of Shipping Containers
Danish architects MAPT sent us pictures of their COP15 pavilion, an "interactive exhibition focusing on urban sustainability" built out of shipping containers. Dezeen posts it with copy, so we learn that it is sort of a demonstration project for
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'Copenhagen' Hits #1 Most Discussed Topic on Google
That's right--yesterday, 'copenhagen' beat out 'tiger woods' to claim the mantle of the #1 'most discussed' search topic on Google. This means that the world's eyes are indeed on COP15--and that world leaders have a real opportunity here. They can take
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Fashion Summit 2009 Coincides with COP15 in Copenhagen
Coinciding with the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen the Nordic fashion industry is gathering tomorrow for Fashion Summit 2009. Organized by Nordic Initiative
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Prostitutes Offer Free Sex at Climate Summit in Copenhagen
Photo: Wikipedia On the Lighter Side... What Happens in Copenhagen Stays in digg_url = 'http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/prostitutes-in-copenhagen-cop15-free-sex-climate-summit.php';Copenhagen What will take place in Copenhagen over the next few
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Steel Giant To Make £1 Billion From EU Carbon Trading Scheme
Steel giant Lakshmi MIttal, owner of ArcelorMittal, is poised to make an estimated £1 Billion this next year thanks to an estimated 14 million allocated emissions permits Arcelor won't need and can now sell on the EU
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Denmark <3 Electric Cars: $40k Tax Break, Free Parking, Charging Stations, Etc
Photo: Better Place Minimum of $40k in Tax Breaks It looks like Denmark is going to be an testing ground and incubator for electric cars and the related technologies and policies. And they're not going half-way: $40,000 minimum tax breaks, free parking
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Bike Cargo, Chapter 3: 22 Extended Frame Bikes
Photo: WorkCycles. Other photos via respective manufacturers. This is the third in a four-part series on how to haul anything and everything by bike. Bike Cargos for All Tastes! In our endeavours to take a snapshot of the world of Bicycle Cargo we have
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"Angry Mermaid" To Honor Biggest Greenwasher At Copenhagen Talks
Photo: The Little Mermaid statue, Copenhagen (AP) Move over Disney and Hans Christian Andersen, here comes the Angry Mermaid. Thankfully, this new spin is not at all a postmodern rehashing of a fairytale classic, but rather a new environmental award
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Voices from Hopenhagen: Copenhagen With an "H," by Tham Khai Meng of Ogilvy & Mather
In explaining the genesis of the name "The Beatles," John
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No Bike Thieves in Copenhagen, it Seems. They're Testing Painted-On Bike Parkings!
Photo: Mikael at Copenhagenize But Would it Work Anywhere Else? We love Copenhagen (and Copenhagen seems to like TreeHugger too...). They're doing a lot of things right, especially when it comes to encouraging cycling. They even go as far as to build
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Google/Guggenheim Shed Competition Winners Announced
The results are in from the Design It competition, a Google mashup with the Guggenheim where 600 designers used Sketchup to design a shelter, no more that 100 square feet in floor area that provided a space for one person to study and sleep. There was
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3 Ways to Get Your Voice Heard at the Copenhagen Climate Summit Via 350.org
The COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference--December 7-18 in Copenhagen--is fast approaching, and many of us are eager to see leaders sit down and come up with some kind of plan to get us back on the sustainable climate
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Denmark Inaugurates World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm - 209 MW Horns Rev 2
The world has a new largest offshore wind farm: The 209 MW Horns Rev 2 project, located 30 kilometers off the west coast of Jutland in the North Sea, was inaugurated today by Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik. Constructed by DONG Energy, the project
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BauBike is Tribute To Bauhaus
I missed this in June when it was on Designboom, but it is in the print mags now. It is Danish designer Michael Ubbesen Jakobsen's Bau-Bike,
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Copenhagen Design Week: Prelude to COP15
A stylish chair of recycled paper, tree-free paper, mobile "pocket parks," and an air purification sculpture of Korean oak. With a focus on sustainable design, Copenhagen Design Week
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12 Hip Green Hostels Around the Globe
Whether your traveling tastes run rural or urban, green hostels offer an inexpensive and character-filled -- not to mention sustainable -- alternative to bland hotels.
