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Salish Sea Map
beautiful. (might be useful for a potential D&D project, too.)
local  pretty  gis  eco  gaming 
january 2012 by epersonae
Car Sharing With Crazy Folding Cars Is Coming To Europe | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation
want.
eco  car 
january 2012 by epersonae
Eco-friendly Starbucks cafe made out of shipping containers | Local & Regional | Seattle News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | KOMO News
"Earlier this week, a construction crew on East Marginal Way in Tukwila was assembling what look like several cargo-style containers stacked on top of each other. The containers are painted shades of brown and feature a drive-thru window on one side."
eco  local 
december 2011 by epersonae
Data Furnaces Could Bring Heat to Homes - NYTimes.com
"In the coldest climate, about 110 motherboards could keep a home as toasty as a conventional furnace does."
misctech  eco  home  science 
november 2011 by epersonae
Reading L.A.: Marc Reisner's 'Cadillac Desert' - latimes.com
"it is fair to say that Los Angeles -- as a city, as a region and as an idea -- haunts "Cadillac Desert" from start to finish"
californication  history  personal  writing  eco 
september 2011 by epersonae
What happens first in Vegas: bike lanes or bikes? | Grist
"I can't help but think of the Interbike show, which will soon descend on the Strip, as it does every year. It's a jarring juxtaposition: the broken built environment on the outside and the manicured bike utopia on the inside."
eco  bicycling  bike-vs-car  urbanstudies 
september 2011 by epersonae
Producing sweeteners locally - TCLocal
"Some require industrial facilities and major energy inputs, and a few are dangerous, but many familiar sweeteners will likely remain available into even an uncertain future."
eco  food  garden 
september 2011 by epersonae
Long-neglected L.A. River now open to paddlers - CNN
"For seven weekends this month and in September, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is allowing the public to make canoe and kayak trips on a 1.5-mile stretch of the 51-mile waterway."
californication  eco 
august 2011 by epersonae
In the heat wave, the case against air conditioning
"While central air will always be needed in facilities such as hospitals, archives and cooling centers for those who are vulnerable to heat, what would an otherwise A.C.-free Washington look like?" - I grew up in southern CA without AC at home. (And if memory serves, in most of my schools as well.)
eco 
july 2011 by epersonae
When design kills: The criminalization of walking | Grist
"Yes, you heard that right. The mother, who was also struck and injured, was charged with vehicular homicide, second degree, in the death of her son."
eco  bike-vs-car  transit  urbanstudies 
july 2011 by epersonae
How to reuse silica gel packets | MNN - Mother Nature Network
basically, anywhere that's prone to dampness.
home  eco 
july 2011 by epersonae
What to Eat? | MetaFilter
In which i ask what to do with sardines or anchovies.
recipes  fish  eco 
july 2011 by epersonae
The Washington Monthly - The Magazine - The Case for Not-Quite-So-High-Speed Rail
"Europe’s high-speed trains, like the German Intercity-Express, get all the attention, but we should aspire first to match its conventional rail service, which is faster than ours" - and MORE RELIABLE. I would seriously look at taking the train to PDX or BC if I trusted that they would be on time, and run frequently enough to make sense.
eco  urbanstudies 
july 2011 by epersonae
icelandic fishing policy
eco  politics  food 
july 2011 by epersonae
Atop TV Sets, Cable Boxes and DVRs Drain Power - NYTimes.com
“I don’t want to use the word ‘lazy,’ but they have had different priorities, and saving energy is not one of them.” LAZY. In other news, cable companies still suck.
eco  misctech 
june 2011 by epersonae
Earth Advantage: Green homes fetch higher prices | Sustainable Business Oregon
finance  eco  home 
june 2011 by epersonae
Streetsblog Capitol Hill » How to Get People to Adopt More Climate-Friendly Behaviors
"some strategies, from the behavioral scientists to you"
eco  psychology 
may 2011 by epersonae
ThurstonTalk - Olympia’s Eastside Big Tom Drive Inn: Old-Fashioned And Eco-Friendly
This is the burger joint at the end of my street! Not mentioned: solar panel (for hot water, I think) on the roof of the shack. Michael's a really nice guy, altho for some reason I can never remember his name!
local  eco  food 
may 2011 by epersonae
Seoul tears down an urban highway and the city can breathe again | Grist
lovely, really.
eco  urbanstudies 
april 2011 by epersonae
Tesla Sues Top Gear For Libel | Autopia | Wired.com
somehow this doesn't surprise me. I find the show entertaining, but their total antipathy to anything not gas-guzzling gets very grating.
eco  car 
march 2011 by epersonae
NACTO urban bikeway design guide
bicycling  local  eco  olympia  bpac  urbanstudies 
march 2011 by epersonae
Green Patriot Posters
a lot of these posters are really lovely/inspiring.
design  eco 
march 2011 by epersonae
Trains, Planes, and Automobiles - NYTimes.com
Reasonable thoughts abt modes over long distances. (Similar charts could be made for short distances w/bike, bus, walk, drive.)
eco  urbanstudies 
march 2011 by epersonae
If you love nature, move to the city - The Boston Globe
denser human populations -- all other things being equal -- produce fewer carbon emissions. (I'm wondering how to include transport of food into that equation.)
eco  urbanstudies 
february 2011 by epersonae
Garden to hatch at Yauger Park - Environment - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
"The next community garden in a city park is planned at Madison Scenic Park, a 2-acre green space on 10th Avenue Southwest. Webb said design on it probably will begin this year." YES! Also, city will be handling management, registrations, etc., which is definitely a good thing.
local  olympia  ena  eco  garden 
february 2011 by epersonae
David MacKay FRS: Sustainable Energy - without the hot air: Contents
whole book online
science  eco  politics  home  to-read 
january 2011 by epersonae
City making most of lessons learned from Legion Way trees - Editorials - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
"the tree replacement program ensures that the street will maintain its historic character for future generations"
local  ena  eco 
november 2010 by epersonae
Amazing Brick Machine Rolls Out Roads Like Carpet
"What once was a labor-intensive, back-breaking job has now become a snap with this automatic Dutch paver laying machine"
eco  urbanstudies 
november 2010 by epersonae
Main Page - Epic Transit Journeys
mostly in WA, but some in OR & BC.
local  eco  weird  portland  seattle  urbanstudies 
november 2010 by epersonae
Trees to fall after 70 years - South Sound - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
"23 of the old trees need to be cut down in the next three years because of decay" big replanting event on Nov 11!
local  eco  ena  olympia 
november 2010 by epersonae
The future of urban agriculture is not about the 10-mile diet | Feeding the City | Grist
"Benfield doesn't hesitate to ask difficult questions about the experiments in agricultural urbanism that reverse this order." (ie, humans at the center of metro areas, natural systems left alone at the edges.)
eco  garden  ena  urbanstudies 
october 2010 by epersonae
anirudha rao: kranium - effective cycling protection
I hope he goes through with it, although I'd like to see a version of the helmet that accommodates longer hair. (The cardboard is waterproofed.)
bicycling  eco 
october 2010 by epersonae
New passive house doesn't require conventional heat - Seattle News - MyNorthwest.com
C heard about this on the radio, and allegedly the outer shell thing is something can be retrofitted onto an existing house!
eco  home 
september 2010 by epersonae
Go House Go!
"how to build a tiny house on wheels"
home  eco  adu  to-buy 
september 2010 by epersonae
No heating necessary - Environment - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
passive-heating house being build in NE neighborhood. fascinating.
local  eco  adu  olympia  home 
september 2010 by epersonae
Getting Off Oil: Forget Hybrids And Solar Panels, We Need Active, Exciting and Vibrant Cities : TreeHugger
using this as a reference in a blog post I'm working on.
eco  urbanstudies 
july 2010 by epersonae
Beat the Heat! Trip to Ocean Shores : Rebels By Bus
other cost: 7 hours for a 3 hour visit. I have a new rule about travel to visit times: the visit should at least equal the amount of travel. So this would be worthwhile if I were staying overnight, but not for a day trip.
local  eco  travel 
july 2010 by epersonae
On World Population Day, take note: population isn’t the problem | Grist
population growth is slowing, mostly from urbanization & the decline of childhood diseases.
eco  society  gender 
july 2010 by epersonae
The Big Business of Conservation: Green Organizations Sell Out
"Every movement for change needs a reformist wing. But if we exceed the safe amount of warming gases [...] we will have runaway warming. After that, any cuts we introduce will be useless. You can’t jump halfway across a chasm: You still fall to your death. It is all or disaster."
eco  politics 
july 2010 by epersonae
Forcing Bars To Provide Parking Is Not A Good Idea — Sightline Daily - Northwest News that Matters
indeed. (parking minimums lead to the visual HORROR that is the shopping center near my office. acres of almost always empty concrete.)
eco  urbanstudies 
june 2010 by epersonae
Oil spill: Here's what you can do to help - Boing Boing
reduce your driving by 9% (4.6 miles/day) -- lots of killjoys in the comments, alas.
eco 
june 2010 by epersonae
Should You Boycott BP? | Mother Jones
"What matters is whether, in 20 years, people still get the heebie-jeebies when they think about BP." also: use less oil overall, obvs.
society  eco 
june 2010 by epersonae
Public Transportation Takes Us There
gas savings calculator -- looks like I save abt $600 by biking/busing. (astonishingly, I was probably saving $2k-3k a year taking the vanpool to Pierce.)
eco  bicycling 
june 2010 by epersonae
Shareable: California's P2P Carsharing Bill Passes Assembly 63-0
"The State Assembly today approved first-in-the-nation legislation allowing Californians to share their personal cars in carsharing pools without risking the loss of their personal auto insurance coverage." how do we get this in WA?
eco  politics 
june 2010 by epersonae
BBC News - Dynamo power to recharge handsets
from Nokia...oh, and the Pedal & Power mentioned in the article appears to no longer be in production. :(
bicycling  eco  mobileweb 
june 2010 by epersonae
2025 RTP
doesn't work on Mac/Firefox?
local  olympia  eco  bicycling  urbanstudies 
june 2010 by epersonae
The Gulf Of Mexico Before The Oil Spill - Decline of the Empire
"Is this brief presentation meant to detract from the awfulness of the oil spill? Not at all. I merely wish to point out that the oil spill is a case of piling on."
eco  politics 
may 2010 by epersonae
How Your Community Could Get $1 Billion to Test EV Technology | Fast Company
can haz EV funding?
local  eco  olympia 
may 2010 by epersonae
DeepwaterRig.jpg (JPEG Image, 1650x3804 pixels)
scary.
eco 
may 2010 by epersonae
Giant Plumes of Oil Found Under Gulf of Mexico - NYTimes.com
BP Guy: "We’re not going to take any extra efforts now to calculate flow there at this point. It’s not relevant to the response effort, and it might even detract from the response effort." WTF?
eco 
may 2010 by epersonae
Washington, Oregon & Hawaii - Electric Cars, Trucks, Bikes and Scooters - MC Electric Vehicles
truck  car  eco 
may 2010 by epersonae
In Deep Water: Can we afford to spill any oil?
fascinating visualization.
infographic  eco 
may 2010 by epersonae
Dana Milbank - Through oil-fouled water, big government looks better and better
"There is something exquisite about the moment when a conservative decides he needs more government in his life." no kidding.
politics  eco 
may 2010 by epersonae
Tacoma Tomorrow: Tacoma to Olympia: By Bus
local  eco  politics  urbanstudies 
april 2010 by epersonae
NW Solar Expo Exhibitor Information
local  portland  eco  home 
april 2010 by epersonae
E-Reader Versus Book: The Eco-Math | Ecological intelligence | Daniel Goleman
"All in all, the most ecologically virtuous way to read a book starts by walking to your local library." :)
library  eco  writing  misctech 
april 2010 by epersonae
My view from atop the table at the National Bike Summit - Welcome to the FastLane: The Official Blog of the U.S. Secretary of Transportation
"This is the end of favoring motorized transportation at the expense of non-motorized." (I think he puts the emphasis in the wrong place: the key bit is "at the expense of non-motorized")
bicycling  bike-vs-car  eco  politics  urbanstudies 
april 2010 by epersonae
Electric Mini Takes On the ‘Ring | Autopia | Wired.com
want.
eco 
april 2010 by epersonae
Killing the Bicycle Buddha
"f we wish to be thought of as equals on the road, perhaps we should rethink the attitudes by which we segregate ourselves from the rest of society"
bicycling  bike-vs-car  society  eco 
march 2010 by epersonae
Togetherness, beauty, cooperation and veggies – find them all at Tacoma’s many community gardens | Kits Merryman - The News Tribune
“I would like Tacoma to be known nationally as the city with the most community gardens per capita in the United States.”
local  tacoma  garden  eco  ena 
march 2010 by epersonae
Toxic Waters - Saving U.S. Water and Sewer Systems Would Be Costly - NYTimes.com
"the average age of the [DC] water pipes was 76, nearly four times that of the oldest city bus"
eco  politics  urbanstudies 
march 2010 by epersonae
How Many Hours Do We Waste in Traffic in Major U.S. Cities? » INFRASTRUCTURIST
Go Washington state! Seattle is the only city shown that CUT travel times! :)
local  eco  urbanstudies 
march 2010 by epersonae
GreenerChoices.org | Eco-labels center
from consumer reports. look up whether a label actually means anything.
eco  food  personal  reference 
march 2010 by epersonae
I was promised robot butlers
pedal-powered monorail?! O.M.F.G.
weird  eco  bicycling  urbanstudies 
march 2010 by epersonae
Our Urban Chicken Coop Plan
cute!
garden  eco 
march 2010 by epersonae
Indian Plum: First Forest Flowers
*that* is what those are! (they grow like crazy alongside the trail from Chambers Lake south.)
local  eco  garden 
march 2010 by epersonae
where is my milk from?
using the codes on the jug/carton.
eco 
march 2010 by epersonae
How Much Power Does Your Gaming Console Use? | Apartment Therapy Re-Nest
Wii wins during actual game play. Wonder how the PS2 ranks.
eco  gaming  misctech 
march 2010 by epersonae
Build the Streetcar!
"A citizens initiative to create a citywide streetcar system in Tacoma" that would be freaking cool.
local  tacoma  eco  urbanstudies 
march 2010 by epersonae
Clive Thompson to Texters: Park the Car, Take the Bus | Magazine
"We should change our focus to the other side of the equation and curtail not the texting but the driving."
society  eco  misctech 
february 2010 by epersonae
VAST's New Recycled Content Paver
like bricks, but made out of old tires, etc.
eco  garden  home 
february 2010 by epersonae
Streetsblog New York City » Want to Foster Walking, Biking and Transit? You Need Good Parking Policy
"parking policy is typically divorced from transportation policy and goals like reducing congestion or encouraging walking and biking"
eco  bicycling  local  urbanstudies 
february 2010 by epersonae
It’s Official: Google Can Sell Power Like a Utility | Epicenter | Wired.com
weird and a little confusing.
eco  finance  google 
february 2010 by epersonae
Tiny House Design » Free Plans
non-palette houses. :)
home  eco 
february 2010 by epersonae
Tiny Pallet House
the creator's site, more pictures of the construction process.
home  eco 
february 2010 by epersonae
Tiny Pallet House
eco  home 
february 2010 by epersonae
The Urbanophile » Blog Archive » You Can’t Fight the State DOT – Or Can You?
"It seems to be remarkably difficult for citizens to influence the decisions of major transportation agencies. I use the example of a state DOT here, but it could be a transit agency. How might one go about doing this effectively? There are two major parts: political and technical."
politics  local  eco  urbanstudies 
february 2010 by epersonae
'Climate emails hacked by spies' - Climate Change, Environment - The Independent
"Sir David King, who was Tony Blair's chief scientific adviser for seven years until 2007, said that the hacking and selective leaking of the unit's emails, going back 13 years, bore all the hallmarks of a co-ordinated intelligence operation – especially given their release just before the Copenhagen climate conference in December."
eco  politics 
february 2010 by epersonae
Eco Cabin for Camp Emerald Bay Scouts
I went to a Girl Scout thing on Catalina Island when I was about 11 years old. This would have been way cooler. (IIRC, the trip back was the only time I've ever been seasick. Terrible weather.)
eco 
february 2010 by epersonae
PSE rebate programs
eco  home 
february 2010 by epersonae
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