Posts Tagged ‘Environmental’

DIY Car Runs on Garbage

Instructables has an incredible  do-it-yourself project that shows the step by step instructions to modify a car to run on garbage. Using a process called gasification, which uses heat to transform solid biomass into a natural gas like fuel, this hom…

UPS Now Delivers by Bike

UPS has begun a pilot program to deliver packages by cargo bicycle instead of their classic boxy brown truck this holiday season. This experiment is currently being tested in Oregon, California and Washington as a cost cutting measure for the logistic…

Making Second Hand Fashionable

Goodwill thrift shops are not just for strict bargain hunters anymore. Theyve witnessed an increase in sales as re-branding initiatives to change perceptions of the second hand emporiums have taken hold. Several Goodwill stores have begun advertisi…

Creating Community With Urban Farming

Will Allen is a farmer and CEO of Growing Power, a community farm and food center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Growing Powers mission is to help facilitate community run food systems. Locally, nationally and internationally, they teach people to grow f…