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 [...]
Category Archives: Design
July 24, 2009
February 14, 2009
PickupPal is changing and evolving all to make Ridesharing and Carpooling easier. We get a lot of great feedback from our members and one thing that we hear over and over again is that our members want us to make it easier to connect up with other members.
NOTE: O.K. you are wondering why on [...]
November 4, 2008
Well it has been two weeks since we launched the new version of PickupPal and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Version 2 of PickupPal really is a culmination of all of the member feedback via our emails to support and within our PickupPal forum. The feedback we have been hearing for a [...]
July 8, 2008
Following in the tread of Toyota’s Prius, Citroen are going eco with the C-Cactus.
Citroen C-Cactus
I would expect a lot of other car manufacturers to follow suit soon.
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June 19, 2008
Greenwashing is a phrase that describes the act of pretending to be green just to look good. Greenwashing companies miss-lead consumers about the benefits of their brands, products and services. Generally, they will accentuate minor green attributes whilst downplaying bigger, environmentally damaging effects.
The practice of greenwashing is absolutely rife, most brand-name products are guilty. This [...]
June 10, 2008
One of my favourite features on our site is the Eco Counter (find it in the lower right hand side of our home page, and also in the side-bar on our partner pages), but it has taken us a while to refine this neat little feature.
The Eco Counter had been on the drawing board for [...]