Nissan Altima – The Cutting-Edge Hybrid Car
29 July 2009 | Green Cars | 2 Comments
When it comes to environmentally-friendly cars, Nissan Altima is in the top of it’s class. The hybrid car from Nissan is a middle size sedan with a starting price at a little over $26,000. Not really the cheapest hybrid vehicle there is, but it has some incredible performances.
Urban Sustainability-A Realistic Perspective
15 June 2009 | Green News | 1 Comment
Cities are systems that import energy and resources and produce degraded energy and matter that has to be assimilated by the surrounding area. Thus, when based on ecological and systemin definitions, ti is difficult to consider cities as sustainable systems.
However, cities present important advantages and should not be considered as places that generate only environmental cost. They may provide high-quality living conditions with lower levels of energy use, waste, pollution and in general low environmental impact that the wealthy rural or suburban areas. In parallel, health services in cities are much better developed than in rural areas and this is well proven by international epidemiological and demographic studies that suggest much higher survival rates in cities. (more…)