Masdar City, the world first zero-carbon city, will look strikingly different from today's urban hubs. There will be no sky scrapers or cars. Instead, the city will consist of low-rises lined with solar panels to take advantage of the near-constant sunshine. It's 50,000 residents will move around the 2.4 square miles of the city a series of transport pods which function much like horizontal elevators.
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Masdar: World's First Zero-Carbon City
(via www.greengoldrush.org)
Submitted by Green Gold Rush on Wed, 2008-01-23 21:07. | Tags: architecture | carbon free | city | green | green city | zero carbon

Hawaiian Honey First Carbon Neutral Food? Bee-lieve It!
(via www.celsias.com)
Royal Hawaiian Honey has received Carbonfund.org's carbonfree label. Sure, carbon offsets are great and all, but sometimes it is better to just avoid the carbon emissions in the first place.
Submitted by eco traz on Sun, 2007-12-09 23:07. | Tags: food | buying | carbon free | carbon offsets | carbon offsetting | carbonfund.org | food | green living | honey | local | purchase