Earth scale Written on June 23, 2008, by Ingeborg.

“The state of our climate cannot be measured by the size of mankind, but by the size of earth,” says Salomon Kroonenberg in his book. We are arrogant in thinking we are warming the globe. It’s earth’s spring that’s doing that. Humans are just making a difference in how cold the next ice age in 23.000 year will be. Ah, and if mankind will live to experience it.

Power from the people Written on June 22, 2008, by Ingeborg.

Rotterdam will be home to the world’s first sustainable dance club. Inside WATT, architects Kossmann en De Jong built sustainable features like an energy-generating dance floor, zero-waste bars and a water wall that shows rain water from basins on the roof flow via the toilets eventually into the sewer?! WATT opens September 4th, so will it still be first?

Sexy Solar Speed Written on June 12, 2008, by Ingeborg.

Czeers MK1Wise people told them it’s too early for a speedboat solely on solar energy. So here it is, the Czeers MK1. The black carbon fibre racer is built for say Dubai, where carbon is fluent in fuel and where the überrich people of our planet are. “Like in the development of planes and cars, we believe innovative technique starts at the top of the market”, says Nils Beers of Netherlands-based Czeers.

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