The beauty of the middle of California is that it is dead flat, undeveloped, and visually uninspiring. Perfect for high speed rail. On election night California residents approved Proposition 1A to fund a high-speed electric rail system connecting the Bay Area and Los Angeles.
The trip from San Jose to Los Angeles is projected to take just over two hours, cost about half the price of a plane ticket, and save 288 lbs of CO2 per trip.
Whether you order online or take the little ones to dine at their store in Newport Beach, your kids are assured a healthy and delicious meal from the team at Pomme Bebe. The founder combines flavors from her youth in Bulgaria with the touch of Executive Chef Laurent Brazier for recipes sure to please the pickiest of customer.
If you aren’t in the Newport Beach area, order your supplies via the company website.
Measuring your carbon footprint has become the de facto measurement of your impact on the environment but a new website is looking to change that by allowing users to track consumption in watts. Answer a series of lifestyle questions and after just a few minutes you will have your annual usage and be able to compare it to the U.S. average.
It’s really quite simple and if you sign up, you can track your use over time, compare yourself with others, and learn how to reduce your impact.
Following the pig and veal industry, egg producers will now be required to give their hens adequate space to spread their wings. California voters approved the move and hen farmers will need to provide the new digs by 2015.
If you like a little exclusivity in your motoring, sign up now for the Mini E. Only 500 of the limited edition electric cars will find a home in the U.S. and the privilege of driving one can be yours for just $850 per month.
Designed to go 150 miles on a single charge, it’s not the ultimate roadtrip machine, but is perfect for most commuters.
Whole Foods reported their Q4 (calendar Q3) earnings and it’s clear that consumers are cutting back on the small luxuries in life. Comparable store sales were up just 0.4% compared to the 8.2% rise the previous year. Their Q1 (calendar Q4) sales are off to an even worst start with comp-store sales off 2.1%.
Flights to Hawaii have gone through the roof and the economy has more people partaking in “staycations” than vacations. These factors have clearly played a roll in the fact that the marketing folks at the Four Seasons in Hawaii are trying to pitch their new wedding package as “sustainable”. Hmmm, lets have all of our friends and family take 3,000 mile flights to watch us get married. Sounds like fun, but to call it sustainable is certainly a bit disingenuous.
Anyway, if you are interested in the Sustainable Nuptials package, you will get to have the wedding at your location of choice, teak chairs for 25, carbon credits, 2,000 orchids sprinkled at the location (is this really eco?), and the other wedding basics.
Despite some recent troubles on the business side of the house, Starbucks has reaffirmed its commitment to fair trade coffee and will become the largest such purchaser next year. The company plans to purchase 40 million pounds of fair-trade coffee as part of the Shared Planet program.
The holidays are almost here and that means wrapping paper, lots and lots of wrapping paper. People spend hours thinking about the perfect gift, finally buy it, and then…wrap it in some generic big box wrapping paper that looks like everything else under the tree. Set your gifts apart this season with wrapping paper from Fish Lips.
In addition to a fun name, Fish Lips wrapping paper is made from recycled paper and is printed with soy inks.
More than a decade in the making, Nike has finally incorporated the Considered line in each of its six business units: basketball, running, soccer, women’s training, men’s training and sportswear, tennis, and ACG.
As part of the Considered program roadmap, Nike plans to have all footwear meet basic standards by 2011, all apparel by 2015, and equipment by 2020. Reaching these goals will mean a 17 percent reduction in the company’s supply chain waste.
become the largest such purchaser next year. The company plans to purchase 40 million pounds of fair-trade coffee as part of the Shared Planet program.
