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Between about A.D. 800 to 1200 there was a period that is commonly called the Medieval Warm Period that was characterized by milder, warmer temperatures in Europe. The warming allowed for increased exploration...

In a partnership of BookMooch with Eco-Libris, and in celebration of the coming Earth Day, several book publishers are donating copies of new green themed books to the BookMooch community of on-line book swappers. The recipients are encouraged to read the book and then pass it on, but also to support the green publishers and authors by patronizing their amazon pages.

A literary publicist with 16 bestsellers over the last two years explains what book marketers can do to go green, while still helping their clients hit the New-York Time's list.

It takes plenty of green to buy a car like the Bentley Arnage. But is the British luxury maker about to go green in an environmentally-friendly way?

Saab has just released the first details of the 9-X BioHybrid, the concept car it will unveil tomorrow at the Geneva motor show.

More than a decade ago, Joshua Tickell embarked on a nationwide tour with his ‘Veggie Van,’ fueling it with biodiesel for a total of about 25,000 miles of crisscrossing the country over a couple of years. How Tickell sourced his biodiesel was a story in itself and yielded much media attention; through a memorably DIY arrangement, he gathered free used fryer grease from fast-food franchises along the way and prepared biodiesel, a small batch at a time, with equipment he’d devised.

General Motors Corp (GM.N) is planning for half its cars in the United States to be running on ethanol by 2012, the Associated Press reported. The report quoted GM North America President Troy Clarke at the Chicago Auto Show as saying GM will have 11 ethanol-capable vehicles on the market this year and 15 in 2009.

Toyota swallowed about half the cost of the Prius during its first few years on the market, but today it actually turns a profit. Will GM do the same for the Chevrolet Volt?

Here’s your chance to drive a mean, green high-MPG celebrity-owned collectible machine. But you need to act fast.

Scholastic are announcing new green measures and are claiming to be the industry leaders in sustainability. But are they really? Here is some analysis in comparison with the things other big publishers have done to go green.

 

Body panels from a synthetic resin made up of 85 percent post-consumer waste, soy-based seat foam, and “reconstituted” oak veneer used trim. More updates from Detroit in this new car review.

All those trees being cut down to make paper to print books on is a waste when there are lots of read copies of the books you want out there, lying around and gathering dust. From EcoStreet here are 5 things you can do about it right now.

Solar power might be the most up-and-coming renewable energy source, but one of the biggest drawbacks to solar power plants is their inability to generate electricity at night or during cloudy days. But now, a new venture called SolarReserve hopes to change all that using salt! Their program would save and store captured energy.

Greenpeace activists are saying that they have managed to chase the Japanese whaling fleet from its hunting grounds in the Southern Sea.

It’s a prototype hybrid car that gets 150MPG, and goes 40 miles on electricity alone, drawing its power from a combination of lithium-ion batteries and ultracapacitors. The ultracapacitors provide a burst of energy to the engine, when needed. They are then recharged by the lithium-ion batteries. This avoids the problem of emptying the batteries too fast, which can cause them to heat up, and possibly catch on fire.