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VIDEO: Jones Soda Co. celebrates Earth Day with pedal power

Think your company did something worthwhile on Earth Day? If so, that's great, but it probably didn't require quite the level of commitment that was shown by Jones Soda Co. Employees at the beverage company's headquarters took turns spinning themselves silly on stationary bicycles hooked up via belts to used car alternators. These generators sent electrons to a slew of recycled car batteries that provided power to the office's 15 laptops, a server, a printer and the usual assortment of phones and fax machines. Apparently, more power was ... Read more →

Earth Day: How much energy would the U.S. save if ten percent of the population switched to hybrids Domenick Yoney

We here at AutoblogGreen are big on technology that can lower environmental impact. Hybrids are widely touted as one way of doing that although some are much better at it than others. With over a ...

Need something to do on Earth Day? Check with the Earth Day Network. Jeremy Korzeniewski

In case you haven't noticed yet, we are focusing our blogging today on Earth Day. That would be today, if you weren't aware. Anyway, did you know that Earth Day has it's very own dedicated network? ...

Sure, it's Earth Day, but what else do you know about April 22? Sebastian Blanco

Here's a list of dozens of things that happened on April 22 in past year that (mostly) bear no relation to Earth Day. It was the 19th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet in 1145, for ...

Earth Day: Some interesting facts to consider regarding the earth Jeremy Korzeniewski

earth –noun (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 mi. (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 mi. (12,714 km), a mean ...

Ford delivers its own Top 10 list of green achievements 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Ford Motor Company, in observance of the upcoming Earth Day, has posted its own top 10 list of green initiatives for which the company is proud. These include clean diesel technology and use of 6-speed transmissions (shown) in vehicles, but the list also boasts cleaning up factories, improved ...

Natural Habitat Adventures News Release: 5 Cool Earth Day Travel Tips 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Anything special about April 22nd? Why, yes... I'm glad you asked. April 22nd is Earth Day. For much of the country, the end of April also brings with it travel plans, as the weather is getting nicer, days are getting longer and the desire to get out of the house gets stronger. With that in mind, ...

People using biodiesel 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

I really like this story about two twenty-somethings who run their Mercedes Benzes on biodiesel from the Napa Valley Register. The article itself describes for the local community something that is happening across the country in a thousand small and large communities: people taking at least some ...


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