By JustCool on Sep 26, 2008 in Cool Cars, Cool Companies, Cool Stuff | 0 Comments
When Tesla Motors Inc. began taking orders last year for its all-electric sports car, celebrities lined up to purchase the sleek zero-emission vehicle with the six-digit sticker price.
But with plans in the works for a new headquarters and factory, the Silicon Valley startup hopes it’s taking the first step toward making electric cars a [...]
By JustCool on Sep 23, 2008 in Cool People, Green Government | 0 Comments
From Time Magazine: Carmel, Ind., is driving in circles. Since 2001, the Indianapolis suburb has built 50 roundabouts, those circular alternatives to street intersections that have become a transit fixture in much of the rest of the world.
Because roundabouts force cars to travel through a crossroads in a slower but more free-flowing manner — unlike [...]
By JustCool on Sep 20, 2008 in Cool Stuff | 1 Comment
A coalition of labor and environmental groups has a plan for boosting America’s sluggish economy: persuade Uncle Sam to invest $100 billion in green building and technology.
Such an infusion would create 2 million jobs nationwide in two years, the groups say, four times more than would be created if that money was invested in [...]
By JustCool on Sep 18, 2008 in Cool Companies, Green Companies | 0 Comments
As sustainability awareness becomes second nature in the business world, more companies are coming up with ways to target environmentally conscious customers even if their primary business isn’t making eco-products such as solar cells or organic foods.
The 100 vendors at the recent GreenSummit convention in downtown Phoenix offered examples of the growing diversity: a [...]
By JustCool on Sep 16, 2008 in Cool Websites | 0 Comments
Our first real post has to do with an organization called "We". The We Campaign is a project of The Alliance for Climate Protection — a nonprofit, nonpartisan effort founded by Nobel laureate and former Vice President Al Gore. The goal of the Alliance is to build a movement that creates the political will to [...]
By JustCool on Sep 14, 2008 in Cool Pictures | 0 Comments
The picture above is the Four Peaks Wilderness just northeast of Phoenix, Arizona. It was take in 2006. This is a rare view of these mountains as recent warming trends have not allowed snow this deep and widespread for many years. It’s a good example of why we are "going green" with this blog.
We know [...]