Archive for January, 2008

New Bike Paths for Mexico City

Published by Kemper Barkhurst on January 23, 2008 under Elsewhere

Eliza Barclay writes about the plans to add more bike paths in Mexico City.  Another major city that is choking on it’s own automotive growth.  (Mexico City to Build 186 Miles of Bike Paths by 2012)

Rising Costs Felt at the World’s Dinner Tables

Published by Kemper Barkhurst on January 20, 2008 under Elsewhere

A graph of food prices, oil consumption, and oil prices. (Rising Costs Felt at the World’s Dinner Tables)

Food or Fuel?

Published by Kemper Barkhurst on January 20, 2008 under Elsewhere

Keith Bradsher at the New York Times covers the 37% increase of food costs in 2007 and the many problems that are resulting throughout the Word because of the soaring fuel prices. This news is very unsettling and a wonderful response to the last article I mentioned. (A New, Global Oil Quandary: Costly Fuel Means Costly Calories)

“Extreme Eating” goes anti-local

Published by Kemper Barkhurst on January 17, 2008 under Elsewhere

Joel Stein of Time Magazine provides a funny opposition to the farm-to-table movement (Extreme Eating).

Urban Farming in a Tower?

Published by Kemper Barkhurst on January 16, 2008 under Elsewhere

Environmental News Network informs of the plans to build a 30-story vertical farm in Las Vegas. (Las Vegas to Build World’s First 30 Story Vertical Farm).  Learn more about the project (The Vertical Farm Project).

Capturing solar energy from the street

Published by Kemper Barkhurst on January 13, 2008 under Elsewhere

Autoblog Green explains how a Dutch company is capturing solar energy with asphalt. (In future, the road heats you - solar energy stored in asphalt)