previous 'Sustainability' thoughts and ideas



wind farm

27Jan08

Middelgrunden offshore wind farm, near Copenhagen, Denmark, (total length of 3.4km)
I recently came across a picture of this offshore wind farm off the coast of Denmark. What makes this special is it looks absolutely beautiful while helping to provide the residents of Denmark a clean, renewable and sustainability energy source. I didn’t realize but it [...]

clean bags

05Dec07

I was leafing thru a magazine today and noticed an ad by BASF.  The ad was pretty simple but the content was interesting. BASF has developed a plastic bag that is environmentally friendly.  The bag is completely biodegradable and decomposes in compost after a few weeks.  This product can help replace the millions of plastic [...]

future of computing

21Nov07

Beauty and simplicity 
At first glance this looks like nothing more than funky new age art that you can buy in your local urban outfitters but wow… this is and might be the future of computing.  Starting from design and functionality, its designer Ken Wu, created the Zeed+.
Each year, Microsoft hosts a Next generation PC [...]

Sustainable Urban Living

14Nov07

Over the summer I had spent a lot of time traveling and I had the opportunity to stay in a couple camper-vans and trailer homes. To be honest I have always been intrigued with the concept of living in a small yet ultra-efficient environment. The small space available in a trailer home, has lead to [...]

solar decathlon 2007

23Oct07

We have a WINNER… of the Solar Decathlon held in Washington, DC each year.  I was browsing around things to do in Boston one weekend and noticed that MIT was doing a local showing of their entry into this competition.  After some research I found out that this competition brings together some of the best [...]




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