Monday, February 28, 2011

Sweden: One Tonne Life. The project begins. The family arrives in the house

In TreeHuggerThis week in the suburbs of Stockholm, an unprecedented low carbon lifestyle experiment has begun. 
The Lindell family have moved into a solar powered prefab house that is specially designed to minimise energy consumption. The family's aim is to see if they can radically reduce their average carbon footprint of 7 tonnes per year, down to 1 tonne. (Image courtesy one Tonne Life)

Sweden: The One Tonne Life project. Interview of the architect

You can read the interview of the architect in TreeHugger.

Sweden: One Tonne Life project. Is it possible to live carbon neutral today?

Is it possible to live carbon neutral today?
Every Swede contributes to the greenhouse effect with six to eight tonnes of CO2 per year.
With energy-smart housing, electric cars and clean energy, we could go on living almost as usual.
Couldn't we? What does it really take for a family to live carbon neutral?
That's what the One Tonne Life project is about.

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Why this blog?

This blog is born from a job application for the position of communication officer with the European Green Party. As I was looking at their site I started to brainstorm about the type of "green news" that could be collected and shared. I wondered how much information there was and how it could be presented in the context of the European Green Party. This blog is an experiment that is -for now- only fueled with my own choices. Ideally the content would be provided by special correspondents, concerned citizens/advocates from all the European countries.

Why this blog?

This blog is born from a job application for the position of communication officer with the European Green Party. As I was looking at their site I started to brainstorm about the type of "green news" that could be collected and shared. I wondered how much information there was and how it could be presented in the context of the European Green Party. This blog is an experiment that is -for now- only fueled with my own choices. Ideally the content would be provided by special correspondents, concerned citizens/advocates from all the European countries.