When I was a kid, my mom and a bunch of other parents in and around the neighborhood arranged a carpool system whereby each parent would drive a group of kids to school one morning and pick all of us up one afternoon each week. I never really thought much of it other than it [...]
Posts Tagged ‘iPod/iPhone App’
Carpooling Grows Up
January 19th, 2012 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in Behavior, Eric Wilson, Transportation 
Tags: Collaborative Consumption, iPod/iPhone App, Pollution, United Nations 
No Comments »Physical Textbooks Being Replaced by iPads
September 6th, 2011 Eric Wilson Earlier this year 2nd Green Revolution ran an article about a Florida school district that gave up physical textbooks for Amazon Kindles. This school year brings news of some 600 school districts that have moved to the iPad to replace capital and resource intensive textbooks. Inquisitr.com reports that Apple announced 600 school districts have opted [...]
The EPA’s Apps for the Environment Challenge
June 25th, 2011 Eric Wilson As a further sign that smartphones are taking over, the Environmental Protection Agency is sponsoring a competition to develop applications (or “apps”) for the environment. There are several existing apps on the EPA’s website, some of which are EPA developed and others that are from external sources. The video below outlines the competition. Referred to [...]
The Hidden Benefits of “Alternative Transportation”
May 22nd, 2011 Eric Wilson Siting in the car is perhaps the least productive time of my day. My wife and I “only” drove a combined 6,000 miles in the past year, but the time behind the wheel served a singular purpose, to get to some other location. In the past year (since we bought our car), I’ve walked to [...]
Posted in Behavior, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Op-Ed, Transportation Tags: Bicycles, Bus, Cars, Denver, Food, Google, iPod/iPhone App, Mass Transit 1 Comment »Green Map: Directions to a Sustainable Future
August 26th, 2010 Eric Wilson A few months ago we profiled Washington D.C.’s Green Map. That city’s map is part of a greater movement spearheaded by Green Map, which is based in New York City. According to their website, Green Map “has engaged communities worldwide in mapping green living, nature and cultural resources since 1995.” Green Map can be found [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Sustainable Development Tags: Google, Green Gadget, iPod/iPhone App, New York City, Washington DC No Comments »Guest Post: 5 Great iPhone and iPod Touch Apps for Going Green
August 7th, 2010 Guest Author This post was written by Louise Baker. Louise writes about online schools for Zen College Life, where she ranked the best online colleges. “Going green” has become a buzzphrase lately, as the environmental movement has become more popular and robust. How can technology users such as iPhone owners join up and start becoming part of [...]
Posted in Behavior, Conservation, Guest Authors, Justin Manger Tags: Green Gadget, iPod/iPhone App 2 Comments »Five Friday Facts: Cars, Traffic, and Parking
July 2nd, 2010 Justin Manger 600 million passenger cars on the road around the world By 2030, 40 “megacities”- urban areas with more than 10 million residents- are expected to develop around the world 30% of traffic in cities worldwide is caused by people driving around looking for parking, according to a 2007 UCLA study. 45% of the traffic in [...]
Posted in Five Friday Facts, Justin Manger, Transportation Tags: Cars, iPod/iPhone App No Comments »Hop on the Bus, Gus. It’s Convenient with NextBus.
June 30th, 2010 Justin Manger *This post written on the bus this morning around 8am. I just hopped on the bus to head to downtown D.C. Total time spent waiting for the bus: 3 minutes. This is about the longest I’ve waited for a bus since I started using Nextbus to find out when the bus would arrive. This free [...]
Posted in Behavior, Justin Manger, Policy, Transportation Tags: Energy Conservation, Green Technology, iPod/iPhone App, Mass Transit, Washington DC 4 Comments »Five Friday Facts: Tradeshows and Conventions
June 18th, 2010 Eric Wilson The following Five Friday Facts come courtesy of Wild Blue Yonder In-flight Magazine (May/June 2010). These facts are all about trade shows and conventions. According to the Center for Exhibition Industry Research, there are 14,000 trade shows and exhibitions in the U.S. and Canada each year. Comprised of 11,000 industry events and 3,000 consumer shows, [...]
Great Hiking and Biking Tools in Google Earth 5.2
June 15th, 2010 Justin Manger The newest version of the Google Earth desktop application software allows you to visualize your hiking, biking, and running routes. Since Google Earth version 5.0, you could connect your GPS device directly to Google Earth. This latest update brings the ability to view elevation, speed, and other data from your outings as a graph directly in Google [...]
Posted in Behavior, Conservation, Justin Manger, Local Energy/Food, Transportation Tags: Google, iPod/iPhone App No Comments »
