Posts tagged year
Couple Lives Trash Free for One Year
Jul 14th
Image: Week 52, Green Garbage Project
Okay, “trash free” technically only applies if you consider that the small box of non-recyclables accumulated by Amy and Adam Korst now counts as collectible. The Korsts write in their blog, Green Garbage Project: “Oddly enough, this has become enough of a talking piece that we’re unlikely to ever throw this stuff away.”
After 52 weeks trying to live absolutely trash-free, the Korsts have inventoried the year’s “failures”. The f…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Computer Simulation Shows BP Spill After 1 Year (Video)
Jul 7th
Where will the BP spill be a year after the Deepwater Horizon first exploded on April 20th? It’s hard to say, of course, and depends largely on whether the relief well BP says will be ready next month is successful in cutting of the deep sea gusher. But oceanographers still have some ideas of what’s likely to happen with the spill that’s currently amassing in the Gulf — and they designed a pretty horrifying animated computer simulation to display one possible scenario of how far the spill will reach in 360 day’s time. Video is after the jump: …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Kids Cycle To School and Parents Risk Being Reported to Social Services
Jul 6th
Logo: Bike For All Photo: Sgillies on Flickr
Almost a year ago we asked the question, When Should Tykes Be On Bikes?. Now in the UK the question is being asked, When Should Kids be Allowed to Ride to School — Alone?
For one London couple, Oliver and Gillian Schönrock, they decided it was OK for their eight year daughter and five year son to ride the 1.2km (0.75 miles) to their school along th…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Ahoy Matey, Shed Of The Year Competition Winner Announced
Jul 5th
There is the Pritzker, the Prix de Rome, the RIBA and the AIA awards, and then there is the Shed of the Year prize, honouring the best of this “cornerstone of British culture.” I have had the honour of being a judge three years running, and my top choice never won before. But this year, there was no contest at all, The Lady Sarah Out of Worthing, Southend-on-Sea, Essex Owned by Reg Miller, ran away with the show.
I love the idea of sheds because they g…Read the full story on TreeHugger
