Archive for November, 2010

Square Bottles

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

As I was reading through some of my classmates’ blogs, one of Akina’s posts contained two pictures that grabbed my attention: I was initially drawn in by the bottles’ bold and interesting design, and secondly, I was curiousĀ  why these pictures were in a blog about sustainability. It turns out the rectangular design enables far […]

Flying Carbon Neutral

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

During a recent class discussion about air travel, I discovered that you can purchase carbon offsets to mitigate the environmental footprint of your flights. The airline industry is responsible for 2% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, I was pleasantly surprised to learn about this concept and its reasonable prices. Despite air travel’s significant carbon […]

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