Tag: Iceland - Page 3
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Pierce Brosnan Bonds With Lawmakers Over Whales
Pierce Brosnan continued his environmental assault on Washington yesterday with a visit to the White House and a mixer for members of Congress to boost
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Was "Free Willy" Better Off in Captivity?
Keiko the killer whale, also known as Willy from the movie Free Willy, died in captivity in 2003. Many attempts were made to release the whale into the wild. All were failures. Now, researchers are saying that the efforts to
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It's About Time: Power Towers that Look Good
When Iceland had an economy, they held a competition to design a more elegant tower for a new power transmission network. Architect Dietmar Koering of Arphenotype designed these, where every one is different, the shape varying according to longitude
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Bjork Releases Environmental Documentary... and other Eco-Musician Updates
While the musical impact of Bjork is clear (no need to explain the genius) and the fashion impact apparent (no need to INSERT ANOTHER SWAN OUTFIT JOKE HERE), her global environmental impact is on the rise with today's release
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Crafting: Antidote to Iceland's Economic Woes?
Thanks to the collapse of the major banks, the ongoing economic crisis, inflation of the króna and escalating unemployment, many resourceful Icelanders
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Björk Gets Her Own Sustainable Investment Fund
Singer and celebrity Björk has become something of a sustainability whirlwind. Björk's already been vocal about her opposition to a proposed aluminum smelter for the economically-challenged country of Iceland. After she
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Cod Confusion: More Fishing, More Farming, the End of Baltic Cod?
Luckily, Christmas dinner is already over in Scandinavia (celebrated most often on the 24th) so those of us required to take a portion of stinky, slimy lutefisk, a dried and soaked cod, are safely past our obligations at the buffet-like Christmas
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Put Up Your Dukes: It's Björk vs. a Slew of Burly Icelandic Aluminum Exporters
They're big, they're burly, and they may have deep pockets, but the popular singer Björk plans to limit their destruction to her home country, Iceland, by supporting a current project in the works called, Náttúra.Náttúra and
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The World's 5 Most Inspiring Green Leaders
With a new president elected in the United States, the world may soon turn a corner and create a new unified front on the environment, and climate change in particular. But there are several leaders who have already demonstrated
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Iceland: Sigur Rós Nature Awareness Concert
Sigur Rós is coming to Japan later this month, and his concerts are already sold out. Here in Tokyo, they will play one extra gig, that's how popular this band has become all over the world. Yet, as we all know, Iceland is a small country in big
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'They'll Have To Get Their Hands Dirty Now'
That's what an Icelandic celebrity chef has remarked about Iceland's economy in melt-down mode - deicing like an Exxon-Mobilated glacier. Eco-aware, earnest but pampered, they drift from organic café to bar, listening to the music of Björk and Sigur
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A Picture is worth...When Shipping Container Housing Goes Bad
Jimmy Stamp at Life Without Buildings compares current shipping container architecture proposals from LOT-EK, Adam Kalkin and others to Icelandic designer "B. Börkur Eiríksson’s dark vision of a smoggy dystopic future where we’re all crammed into
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Mitsubishi i MiEV Electric Car to Invade Iceland
The Mitsubishi i MiEV is one of the most promising electric vehicles in development (as you loyal TreeHugger readers are likely aware). And now they could become the most prevalent car in Iceland.
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Renewable Energy's Poor Cousin Getting Richer? International Geothermal Power Partnership Formed
The summer has seen a good deal of new investment in geothermal power (so much in fact that a roundup of these new developments seemed in order) with both the US and Australian
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Wend Magazine: Paperless People-Powered Adventure
Our apologies to Ian Marshall of Wend magazine. Aeons ago Ian wrote to us telling us about the sustainable attributes of his mag. Unfortunately his correspondence went missing in the torrent of email we get. Better late than never.
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Nicaragua to Develop Wind and Geothermal Energy
Not long ago, we wrote about blueEnergy, a non-profit organization that is building hybrid wind and solar systems to power homes, schools and rural clinics in rural Nicaragua where nearly 80 percent of the population lacks electricity.
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Hot Water Becoming a Hot Topic: Geothermal in India
With the debate over the viability of ethanol and other biofuels raging on (and on), some are betting – not on solar, not on wind power – but on geothermal power as the next best possible source of renewable energy (more information on geothermal here,
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A Picture is Worth... Grenivik Houses in Iceland
See also: ::Green Roofs (A Primer), ::TreeHugger Picks: Green Roofs Go Big Time, ::Canada's Largest Green Roof, ::White Roofs to Fight Global Warming, ::First-ever analysis of green roofs’ ability to
