Category Archives: Things to think about

Clean Air Cool Planet = Multiple Occupants

Anne Stephenson from Clean Air Cool Planet was kind enough to invite us to present at an upcoming webinar on March 30th that they are producing, all about Single-Occupancy Vehicles.
According to recent research 77% of us still commute alone.
Here is one solution:

The webinar will address environmental impacts and present additional strategies for reducing SOV’s. [...]

Ontario Changes Lanes on HOV

In a positive move for the environment, and drivers of hybrid and electric vehicles, the Ontario Government has introduced a new green license plate signifying that the owner can drive in HOV lanes without the need for passengers:
Electric vehicles with the plates will be able to travel in the province’s carpool lanes until 2015 — [...]

CLIMATE RIDE 09: UPDATE FROM THE ROAD DAY 3

So far the greatest thing about this 300 mile trek to Washington, DC has been meeting SO many dedicated, smart people who are committed to interesting and valuable projects in sustainability.

Today riding through Amish country I think everyone was struck with a couple of thoughts:
1. How does the climate change msg get effectively communicated [...]

Green Building Innovators: The New Space Race

It is almost soul-stirring when you look at the innovation that has gone into the building of Independence Station, described as “The World’s Greenest Building”.
I immediately thought of the International Space Station when I first heard about this project by Aldeia Development, based in Independence, Oregon.
Why?
Because of the ingenuity, collaboration and iconic view [...]

GreenNexxus - OMG it’s OMAOG !!

We’re thrilled at PickupPal to be associated with GreenNexxus!
GreenNexxus (GN) is the company behind the very successful Cisco One Million Acts of Green (OMAOG) eco-initiative: www.onemillionactsofgreen.com.
Due to the tremendous response to this pilot in Canada, Cisco is now taking the initiative global, with GN as the key enabler of it. [...]

From The Virtual Highway to The Real Freeway

Pickuppal is a very particular virtual community in this era of virtual communities. Many of us belong to at least a couple of the big ones, be they myspace, Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. And of course there are others, many companies and organizations have some form of online community they want us to [...]

The Desire to be Cool

I’ve written on the blog once before on the topic of what or who is a stranger: “Who are you?” and for some reason it has popped up in my head again. Often the media has thought it witty to call PickupPal a kind of “cyber-hitchhiking” - and i liked the notion [...]

Going to court should be the last resort!

Reading in the news yesterday of Earthcomber.com suing Michael Arrington’s blog, TechCrunch.com, over comments he made about a Patent Infringement Lawsuit that Earthcomber.com is waging against Loopt.com comes as a complete surprise. The article, (Here - Earthcomber Sues TechCrunch Out Of Spite, Pisses Me Off Personally), outlines how TechCrunch is included in a [...]

PickupPal Version 2 - it is all about being open!

I have chatted about this in the forum but have not talked much about PickupPal version 2.0 here on the Blog. Well let me share some news with you - since May we have been going over every aspect of PickupPal and looking at what works and what does not work with PickupPal. [...]

Gustav

Our heart goes out to anyone fleeing Hurricane Gustav. We hope our service can help those without their own transportation find a ride to safety.
www.pickuppal.com/pup/erp/hurricane-gustav-rideshare

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