Bamboo Bikes - Make a Green Thing Better

A few resources for bamboo bikes. We are talking high-end sports bikes. They look great and are built tough.

Calfee Design
Bamboo Bike Features:
* Amazing Vibration Damping - Even better than Carbon fiber!
* High performance frame. Weighs about 4 pounds but has good stiffness.
* Crash tolerant. Bamboo is a lot of tougher than most people realize.
* 10 year warranty
* Looks cool! A work of art!


Some photos and notes of a bamboo frame build out from Brano Meres Enginering.

Saturn Aura Green Line Cheapest Hybrid in the U.S.

General Motors Corp. said on Monday its Saturn Aura Green Line hybrid will qualify for a $1,300 tax credit, making it the cheapest hybrid in the U.S. market.

The Aura, which will be the first passenger sedan hybrid from a U.S. automaker and will compete with Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius, started shipping to dealers last week and will go on sale this month.

MDI Air Car - Technology Uses Air-compressed Engine

One of the many challenges of today's society is maintaining our lifestyle with minimal repercussions to the environment. This is why Guy Nègre has invented a "zero pollution" car which involves no combustion.

The MDI car can reach a speed of 68 mph and has a road coverage of roughly 124 miles -some 8 hours of travel- which is more than double the road coverage of an electric car. When recharging the tank, the car needs to be connected to the mains (220V) for 3 to 4 hours or attached to an air pump in a petrol station for only 2 minutes.

Economy and the ecological benefits are the main advantages for the client since the car´s maintenance cost is 10 times less than that of a petrol-run car, costing 1 pound for the car to travel for up to 8 hours or to cover 124 miles in an Urban area.
Learn More about this technology from MDI at Theaircar.com.

Organic Green Wallpaper from ModGreenPod

Mod Green Pod sprouted from a simple quest. Co-founders and sisters-in-law Nancy Mims and Lisa Mims loved swank design and sustainable goods, but they couldn’t find anything that combined the two. Refusing to choose one over the other, they started their own company.

Both veterans of the fashion industry, Nancy helms Mod Green Pod’s design, and Lisa handles the business. With offices in Austin and Boston, they create products that won’t harm the planet, its manufacturers, or users, all without sacrificing style.

Browse their great patterns at ModGreenPod.com