Category Archives: green transportation

olar Panels on Bullitt Center, Living Building pilot project in Seattle, WA

Keepin’ it clean and green in Greater Seattle

The Puget Sound region is home to many green enthusiasts and green tech companies.  It is no surprise that these two circles would overlap and a clean / green tech cluster of companies now support the movement toward a greener economy. Globally, the clean tech sector is massive and growing at a tremendous rate. A

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Floating Classroom: Duwamish River Tour

Last month, I joined a like-minded group for a Port of Seattle community-education tour, this one down the five-mile-long Duwamish River. Still a work in progress, this Superfund site now supports a healthy salmon run, a multitude of bird life, seals and even sea lions. The tour showcased a real National Geographic turnaround – but

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What a difference a year makes – car tech

Secretary Steven Chu, from the Department of Energy and a Nobel Prize winner, enlightens us on the Auto Industry, in his 2010 talk. I located this video after publishing my post on “Greener Rides” and thought that I would share it with you to underscore the innovation taking place in transportation around the world. As

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Greener rides to ponder

You are going places in 2011 but how are you planning on getting there? Assuming you are driving a car that is no longer safe, reliable or meeting your family’s needs and you are in the market deciding on a vehicle that is more fuel-efficient, has lower emissions vehicle and one that minimizes our growing

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