Friday Favorites: A Splashy Commute, Speedy Solar, Green Jobs and more…
Canada’s Esteban solar car ‘Esteban IV’ competes in the qualifying laps for the World Solar Challenge race in Darwin October 20, 2007 (Reuters)
A man from the San Fernando Valley triumphs over gridlock freeway traffic by kayaking to work in Long Beach — 52 miles downstream on the L.A. River. LaLa Times (via TreeHugger - Go watch the video)
Solar Cars Race from Australia’s Top to Bottom
Sun-powered-car enthusiasts from around the world raced into the Australia outback on Sunday at speeds nearing 100 kilometres-per-hour at the start of the World Solar Challenge…read more at Reuters
Policymakers Recognize Value of ‘Green’ Job Creation
Policymakers around the world increasingly recognize that adopting sound environmental policies can promote, not hinder, economic growth and job creation…read more at WorldChanging
The Energy Solution: Do Something
Carl Pope, the executive director of the Sierra Club, likes to say that the environmental challenge can be boiled down to a pretty simple question. How are we going to fit a billion new rising consumers — mostly from India and China — into a biosphere that is increasingly full? If the world can make room for the newcomers, then we should be able to make it through the 21st century…read more at Time
Happy Friday!