‘ve said before that if our automobiles really make us happy, then to hell with the planet. The thing is, I don’t think they do. Listen: American adults average 72 minutes a day behind the wheel of a car, according to the WorldWatch Institute. That’s more than twice as much time as the average American [...]

The view looks great–for now. When the days are short and cold, one’s thoughts often turn to warm memories of an idyllic summer vacation–or to making plans for the next one. A “blue cruise” on Turkey’s Aegean or Mediterranean coast is about as idyllic as you can get, traversing gorgeous coastline on a gület (wooden [...]

if you liked Obama’s proposed climate agenda, then you’ll love Scotland’s. Not only would it require an 80 percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions below 1990 levels by mid-century, it would also require equivalent reductions from the five other major greenhouse gases. Emission levels would have to be reduced 50 percent below 1990 levels by [...]

photo by preetamra The Philippine Department of Tourism’s hat has been thrown into ecotourism game for awhile now. They’ve made it part of their plan for economic development. The country’s ecotourism program strives to install processes and procedures that are economically beneficial, socially responsible, ecologically sustainable and advantageous to the local communities by creating jobs [...]

Most of these projects involve reusing these nifty envelopes by means of sewing, cutting and using the provided adhesive to create new and useful things. Since these envelopes cannot be recycled easily why not transform them into something else instead of chucking them into the thrash. Wallet http://www.instructables.com/id/Wallet-made-from-Tyvek-mailing-envelope/ http://alexiaabegg.blogspot.com/2006/03/fedex-tyvek-pak-wallet.html http://newprotest.org/details.pl?736 http://www.instructables.com/id/Tyvek-FedEx-Wallet-with-Change-Pocket/ http://www.instructables.com/id/Express-Mail-Envelope-tyvek-Wallet/ Laptop bag http://www.instructables.com/id/Laptop-Sleeve-from-a-FedEx-Envelope/ [...]