April 2008 Environmental Links

• BMW 118d Wins ‘World Green Car Award’, Then Goes Back Home the three top green cars are not available for sale in the US…but we can get all the freakin Hummers we want now can’t we.

• From the DiscoveryChannel I found The Top 5 Glasses of Water.

• Divine Caroline has a post about Ten Green Getaways. I would love to go on any one of these ten trips. Jungle Bay Resort would have to be the one that appeals to me the most.

• Radical Blogs is holding a 1000 Blog protest against the slaughter of whales. Check it out and sign your blog onto the petition. At last count he had 96 blogs signed up, which includes this blog.

• Sarah over at EcoSalon.com told me about MindBodyGreen.com which is a Social network which “is a place that enables you to share and discover information on better, healthier, greener living.” Unlike Hugg, Mindbodygreen has categories that are not necessarily environmentally related, but do focus on living. I signed up as PixelHead.

• EcoGeek thinks that the latest Solar Power Bill might actually pass since it does not take any money away from the oil companies. Also from Ecogeek, there is a review of Karma from Fisker, which is a hybrid sports car that gives the Tesla hybrid sports car a run for the money.

From Digg:

• A cool article about an Amazon tribe that enlists Google in its battle with illegal loggers. The big G helps to save the rainforests. Digg the Rainforest Story.

• Sad news for the Japanese Whaling industry… Japan kills 551 Antarctic whales, short of target…digg the Whaling Story.

• Bahrain World Trade Center Activates Wind Turbines Check the post out to see some pretty cool pictures of this Turbine sporting building. Digg the Wind Turbine Sporting Building story.

From Hugg:

• TalkGreen thinks the 551 whales was too many.

• From Redgreenandblue.org Bush Administration Just Says ‘No’ to Science.

• Parducci Wine becomes the first Carbon Neutral winery by utilizing solar and wind power.

• From Gas2.0 which I came by way of Hugg, Green Gasoline? Scientists Produce $1/Gallon Gasoline From Non-Food Plant Material.

From MindBodygreen.com:

• The GreenOptimisitc.com tells us about an Airpowered Scooter.

• CleanTechnica.com discusses Green PCs and Optimizing their Lifecycle

Thats it for this months environmental links. If you find a story or resource that should be included in next month’s or future months posts, please let me know.

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Written by Pixelhead on April 15th, 2008 with 14 comments.
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