Carbon Footprint

New Austin company leads march to green

Just launched! Watch our stunning new time-lapse video of the construction of 3 wind turbines at Bristol Port. The turbines will produce over 15 million units of new green electricity annually, enough to save around 13000 tonnes of carbon emissions every year for the next 30 years! www.ecotricity.co.uk

Broken umbrellas are all over the place. Blame it on the rain? Planned obsolescence is more like it - meaning stuff is made to break. Umbra visits the Fixers Collective in Brooklyn, a “social experiment in improvisational fixing and mending”. You can get your fix here, with step-by-step instructions to make a tote bag out of a broken umbrella. Carrying groceries never looked so good and reuseful. Watch this! Links: To learn more about the Fixers Collective or support them by buying an umbrella bag: fixerscollective.org Better Off Soaked - A blog filled with pictures of broken umbrellas broken-umbrellas.blogspot.com Handmade Upcycled Umbrella Dog Raincoats and hoods for people! www.etsy.com

A ride with Stone Gossard(Pearl Jam) in his electric car and a conversation about music and the environment. Longtime environmental activists, Pearl Jam is committed to reducing its own carbon footprint and educating its world-wide fan base in environmental issues. 2008 evergreenfilm

Learn how a digital thermostat will help you lower your energy bills and reduce your carbon footprint in this episode.

Sure, we all know that riding a bike instead of driving a car helps to reduce your carbon footprint. But for commuters in Washington, DC and across the country, new Bikestation facilities are making reducing your carbon footprint easy, fun, and convenient. Check out the benefits of Bikestation DC through member Jesse Holcomb’s daily commute.

Southwest Airlines Co. has signed a multiyear agreement to use an environmentally friendly engine-washing system in an effort to save on fuel and cut carbon emissions. The Dallas-based carrier is using the ecopower system offered by East Hartford, Conn.-based flight technology firm Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but Pratt & Whitney said Southwest’s annual fuel-cost savings could exceed million. The airline also stands to cut 135 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions annually as a result. The arrangement with Pratt & Whitney comes as Southwest, along with the rest of the airline industry, faces record-high fuel prices that have led many to trim capacity and levy fees on travelers. Southwest in the first quarter reported a 63 percent drop in profit to million, partially driven by a 34 percent hike in fuel and oil costs compared with the same period of 2007. Southwest said it is performing regular washes at airports in Orlando, Fla., and Oakland, Calif., where Pratt & Whitney has established new service centers. The ecopower equipment uses a closed-loop system with atomized water to wash aircraft engines, avoiding contaminant runoff, Pratt & Whitney said. The patented system is considered more effective and faster than traditional engine-washing processes. Pratt & Whitney parent United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) employs more than 225000 worldwide and in 2007 recorded .22 billion in profit on .8 billion in revenue.

Activists’ “Day of Action” turns to disappointment in Copenhagen, where Washington and Beijing face off over carbon emissions.

Visit canuckpolitics.com for more. June 19, 2008 - Liberal leader Stéphane Dion announced details of the Liberal Party’s “Green Shift” carbon tax at a party rally in Ottawa. The plan includes a tax on carbon emissions against big polluters with tax cuts and rebates for individuals intended to offset increased energy prices caused by the tax. Dion later challenged Harper to a public debate saying he wants a substantive discussion on the issue.

You shouldn’t hurt people who disagree with you. But a little urine never hurt anybody who wasn’t drowning in it.* Stay warm, everybody. ©2010 Second City Inc./Andy Cobb. All Rights Reserved. www.youtube.com Featuring Second City Alumni Andy Cobb and Nyima Funk *Anyone drowning in urine probably has more pressing issues to worry about then their carbon footprint anyway, and can be excused from this whole nasty climate argument. Good luck to them all.