Tag: France - Page 10
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Cement Makers, Worldwide, Volunteer 25% Cutback in CO2 Emissions
In the back and forth of setting emission cut-back 'best practices,' it's a common response for industry, sensing stingent regulations are just around the corner, to 'volunteer'
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Debunking The French - US Nuclear Power Comparison
We often get comments on our posts to the effect that 'if only we were like the French with their successful nuclear power program.' The most
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No Rush To Replace Yucca Mountain: Adding US Nuclear Generation Capacity More Critical
A panel of nuclear-power experts, meeting at MIT recently, made the point that now that the Obama administration wants to take completing the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository 'off the table,'
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Mon Dieu! France to Quadruple Solar Power Capacity by 2011
A few days ago Australia's prime minister announced that the nation would be making a serious leap in solar power installation. Cleantech reports that now France aims to make a big jump as well,
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FRA: No "Cookie Cutter" High Speed Rail For The US
The Federal Railroad Administration is hoping Japan and other countries will help the United States to build a high-speed railway network. Karen Rae told Kyodo that FRA is reaching out to "a number
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Are European Surfers Greener than Australians?
Whoops, we missed the UK launch of Rip Curl’s National Wetsuit Amnesty and Project Resurrection, which was held last weekend, in Newquay.
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Bike Sharing Coming to Australia. Soon And Later
Why should the rest of the world have all the fun and practicality of a Bike-Share program (see links below) and Australia miss out? It won’t if several new initiatives attract the support they expect.
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Nuclear Espionage: French Spies Vs. Greenpeace
It was a fierce game of cat and mouse that played out across international boundaries, between multimillion dollar organizations. Top secret information on nuclear reactors was snagged by spies—or was it? Things get complicated
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MELLO Bamboo Stool by Ekobo
You probably came across some of Ekobo's elegant and colourful kitchen accessories made from bamboo. If you like their work, which incorporates ethical production and eco-friendly materials, check out the MELLO stools. Glossy, minimalist and funky
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Honoré des Prés: Organic Perfume That is Truly Sniff-Worthy
Photo credit: Honoré des Prés Honoré des Prés propelled onto the Parisian scene in November 2008 with the motto "rich is simple." The French perfume house, which derives its name from the aristocratic Faubourg Saint-Honoré and Saint-Germain-des-Prés
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Another Way To Hide The Bed: Put It In A Box
We often show ingenious ways of hiding the bed. French architects Emmanuel Combarel Dominique Marrec offer a new one: turn it into a sculptural element, in this case a box hanging from the ceiling.
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First Retrofit Carbon Capture & Storage Project to Begin Operations
There aren't too many functioning carbon capture and storage projects up and running, so any new one is worth announcing. And this one is the world's first retrofit of one to a power plant. Total has upgraded an existing gas-fired boiler
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Micro Macro Monde: A Center for Radically Rethinking Design
Designer Niels Peter Flint "has been working in the field of designing, implementing and promoting sustainable ways of living" for the last 25 years, working, lecturing and travelling around the world. But now he has put down serious roots in this nice
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Green Cross Founder Mikhail Gorbachev Tells Oilmen Solar Power Investment Means Economic Recovery
In a move which seems a bit like talking to cattle ranchers about the need to cut down on beef consumption, Mikhail Gorbachev, founder of Green Cross International (among other things...), addressed the 33rd NRPA International
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Trend, or Trendy Greenwash? Orange Paying French Customers to Keep Using Old Cell Phones
Average cell phone lifetime: between 14 and 18 months. Main reason for getting a new phone (in addition to iPhone lust) is: having a new phone foisted upon you by your cellular provider for a ridiculously low monthly fee. That's why it's a brilliant
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Ikea's April Fool's Day Present: A Car, Car-Sharing, or a French Joke?
Since the Internet's abuzz with rumors of an IKEA car, supposedly to be called the 'Leko' and to be introduced by French IKEA on March 31 - we thought we'd jump in with some facts, as well as some healthy
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Make Your Own Cardboard Furniture
The Ponoko blog has a good roundup of incredible cardboard furniture, much of it from a collective of cardboard furniture makers in France known as Les Cartonnistes.
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Suburban Mall Shopping Creates Four Fold Increase in Carbon Dioxide Emissions
A study from France completed in December 2008 clearly shows the environmental impact that shopping at Hypermarkets in the suburbs can have, especially in regards to driving. The study has been condensed into a 14 page PDF.
