Four Cape Verde islands have just been granted funding to build Africa’s first giant wind farm. The project is being considered a model for other African countries. The European Investment Bank (EIB) and African Development Bank (AfDB) agreed last week…
Green Business Blog Carnival #18
The Green Business Blog Carnival comes to EcoLocalizer! Following up on Green Business Blog Carnival post #17 on Cleantechnica (which featured a couple posts from EcoLocalizer), here’s the next edition of the Carnival for your reading pleasure. The first ride.. er, post…
Panasonic Hosting… Earth Lunch Hour?
Panasonic is an electronics company, right? So, what’s it doing in the environmentally-friendly food world? Well, I guess even electronics companies have to eat… er, their employees do. In some sort of take-off on Earth Hour, I imagine, Panasonic is…
3 Green Hostels in Europe
Yesterday, we had a good post on 3 green hostels in the Americas. As I promised, here is one on green hostels in Europe as well. I have lived in Europe, in total, for about 2 and a half years…
3 Green Hostels in the Americas
Hostels, in general, are quite green, since they efficiently pack people into rooms in a “nice, cozy way” and they limit the facilities they provide to the essentials. Even so, not all hostels are created the same and some are…
First Net-Zero Affordable Community! But…
There’s an exciting announcement out this week — the “first net-zero affordable community” is supposed to break ground on September 14th in Jerseyville, IL. It looks like a wonderful project in that 32 single-family homes renting for only $590 per…
Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation Building Sustainable, Green Homes and Community in New Orleans
Hurricane Katrina is off most people’s minds these days, but a recent story on Green Building Elements brought my attention to the ongoing work there and one great success story. A couple years after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Brad…
Malibu ecoPARK Moving Forward [Video]
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It is not built yet, but if it does get built, it will be one of the greenest projects I’ve ever heard of. And the good news is that it has just received approval to begin construction. The project I’m…
Guys Like Green Girls
A new survey conducted by footwear company Timberland, the “2010 Timberland Eco-Love Survey“, shows that men are looking for eco-friendly and adventurous girls. 54% of men would question starting a relationship with a girl who litters, 27% would question doing…