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YikeBike - The world's first super light electric folding bike. | Urban Freedom
Welcome to Emerald City, sustainable eco-lopolis of the future! | CNNGo.com: Emerald City -- to misquote Dorothy in Kansas after her encounter with the Wizard, "Is it just a dream?"

Right now, yes. But if we compile some of the top environmental innovations, plans, initiatives and solutions, we can build our very own sustainable city of the future.

Why would we want to do this? Well, 70 percent of the world's population will live in cities by 2050. And creating a sustainable urban environment can make a massive difference in reducing the demand for energy, thus curtailing our carbon emissions. [?]
Cities Are Key To Australia's Export And Climate Future: While nations came to no significant collective agreements at the Copenhagen climate conference late last year, there remains an impetus to change energy use, reduce carbon production and make better more efficient cities. We are in the post-Copenhagen era.

Despite a lack of deep support and little understanding of issues such as carbon trading, there is a strong mood to make Australian cities better and more resilient. One illustration of this is the broad acceptance of the plan in NSW for a more robust approach to transport. The Sydney Morning Herald weighed in on this issue with its own independent report. [?]
Honda's radical three-wheeler: Honda will showcase this radical-looking battery electric vehicle concept at next weekâs Geneva motor show as part of its vision for the future of zero-emissions urban motoring.

The 3R-C seats one driver in a near-vertical position, with the clear canopy covering the cockpit when the vehicle is parked but turning into a protective windshield when the vehicle is moving.

Honda says the vehicle includes a flexible cover that protects the occupant from poor weather and improves comfort. [?]
California solar project gets $1.4 billion U.S. guarantee | Green Tech - CNET News: The United States on Monday gave its biggest backing yet to a renewable energy project, guaranteeing $1.37 billion in loans for a California development by BrightSource Energy that uses the sun's heat to power a steam turbine.

BrightSource's proposed solar thermal plants are expected to generate about 400 megawatts of electricity and power about 140,000 California homes, giving it the heft to compete with plants fueled by coal and natural gas. [?]
Greener Houses Growing Greener Neighbourhoods: The North East Neighbourhood House Networks Greener Houses Growing Greener Neighbourhoods project is designed to develop Neighbourhood Houses as demonstration centres to showcase the principles and operation of low energy and water use design features, technologies and appliances in family homes.

Greener Houses Growing Greener Neighbourhoods is a pilot program, to be run in 5 neighbourhood Houses in Melbourneâs the North Eastern suburbs. It has 16 partner organisations: 5 Local Government Authorities, 6 Neighbourhood Houses, the Association of Neighbourhood Houses and Learning Centres, the Centre for Design at RMIT University, the Moreland Energy Foundation and Melbourne University. The partnership is lead by the North East Neighbourhood House Network. [?]
Car emissions 'drop to record low' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): Australia's peak car industry body says national carbon dioxide emissions from new cars have dropped to their lowest level on record.

The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries says average CO2 emissions fell almost 2 per cent last year to 218 grams per kilometre.

It says emissions in Europe are much lower, but they do not factor in vehicles like commercial utes. [?]
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THE TRANSITION DECADE | The T10 vision: a 10 year social and structural transition that enables the restoration of a safe climate: * Hold a vision for a sustainable world?
* Recognise the climate emergency situation?
* Want to restore safe climate conditions?
* Grasp the scale of a national transition?
* Want to complete the transition in the next 10 years? [?]
Unexpected greenie steers city's future: THE Greens candidate in the 2008 election for Melbourne's lord mayor was comfortably defeated, beaten by the conservative front-runner, former state opposition leader Robert Doyle.

The new mayor - who promised to return cars to Swanston Street and who disliked tram super stops - got the nod mostly with support of the business community.

But Doyle has proven to be something of a Trojan Horse in council - or perhaps he has been a victim of the Stockholm syndrome, seduced by life in the town hall, with its green roofs and environmentally spectacular 6-star Council House 2 building. [?]
NorhTec - Products: The Gecko EduBook is an upgradeable, low power, portable and cost effective laptop. Unlike most inexpensive laptops (often called net books), the Gecko EduBook is designed for tough, long service.

The Gecko EduBook does not have a fan. The Xcore86 CPU used in the Gecko EduBook is more energy efficient than any other x86 CPU running at 1Ghz. It can support Microsoft Windows XP. The Xcore86 only uses 1.2 watts of power. While the Gecko EduBook costs less than most every other x86 compatible laptop, the Gecko Edubook features a large, bright LED backlit 8.9 inch screen with a resolution of 1024 x 600. [?]
Fish face end of the line, says director - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): The director of a new documentary on overfishing says Australia needs to act now to protect its fish stocks or it will suffer dire consequences.

Rupert Murray is in Sydney to promote the film The End of The Line, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and opens to Australian audiences in April.

The film warns that 70 per cent of global stocks are now in trouble and there could be no seafood by the middle of the century unless practices change. [?]
First drive: Toyota Camry Hybrid: It may be space-age underneath, but the Camry hybrid feels like a conventional car to drive. By Toby Hagon.

Itâs just like a Camry, only better.

For drivers of the car dubbed one of the most conservative on the road (itâs been likened to whitegoods on wheels), they wonât feel like theyâve been swamped by the trickery beneath the bonnet of the first hybrid car to be produced in Australia.

Despite an injection of technology in the form of two electric motors and 57kg of batteries in the boot the Camry Hybrid isnât out to shock. [?]
TED 5000 Household Power Meter - Improve Household Energy Efficiency: Itâs no secret that cutting your household energy consumption is a great way to reduce your environmental footprint. Itâs also a great way to save money on your utility bills. But to pinpoint the best places to reduce power use, you need to know exactly where your power is going â no small task considering the number of devices, appliances, and fixtures in an average home. Enter the TED 5000 energy meter, a nifty tool to precisely track your home energy use. [?]
Owl Cm119 Wireless Electricity Monitor: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo: Technical Details
Separate displays for current & historical cost of electricity
Current& historical CO2 emissions
Current & historical KWh
Multiple tariff settings
Time
Date
Temperature
Alarm [?]