http://inhabitat.com/is-it-green-zipcar/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Thu, 23 May 2013 21:03:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://inhabitat.com/is-it-green-zipcar/comment-page-1/#comment-282237 VIDEO: Inhabitat Test Drives the Chevy Volt! | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World Thu, 09 Dec 2010 01:59:29 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/11/13/is-it-green-zipcar/#comment-282237 [...] I’d buy one if I was in the market for a car! Until then, I’ll cross my fingers that Zipcar and Hertz start adding Volts to their [...] [...] I’d buy one if I was in the market for a car! Until then, I’ll cross my fingers that Zipcar and Hertz start adding Volts to their [...]

]]> http://inhabitat.com/is-it-green-zipcar/comment-page-1/#comment-111360 anasg Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:42:02 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/11/13/is-it-green-zipcar/#comment-111360 I live in Chicago and because there is public transportation we decided not to by a car and use a car sharing program. I looked into Zipcar and I-go and went with I-go because they had more hybrids on there fleet. We absolutely love it and have never wished we had a car. it works really well. I live in Chicago and because there is public transportation we decided not to by a car and use a car sharing program. I looked into Zipcar and I-go and went with I-go because they had more hybrids on there fleet. We absolutely love it and have never wished we had a car. it works really well.

]]> http://inhabitat.com/is-it-green-zipcar/comment-page-1/#comment-111282 IslandPress Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:19:41 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/11/13/is-it-green-zipcar/#comment-111282 Speaking of urban sprawl, Peter Newman, Professor of Sustainability at Curtin University in Perth, Australia, talks about how the current economic turmoil originiated in part from high capacity roads, peri-urban scatter and large fossil fuel-hungry houses. He offers solutions to the crisis based around new technologies (such as Transit Oriented Development, reduced dependance on oil and fossil fuels) and a shift away from "propping up of the old systems": http://blog.islandpress.org/241/peter-newman-resiliant-cities-and-the-crash Speaking of urban sprawl, Peter Newman, Professor of Sustainability at Curtin University in Perth, Australia, talks about how the current economic turmoil originiated in part from high capacity roads, peri-urban scatter and large fossil fuel-hungry houses. He offers solutions to the crisis based around new technologies (such as Transit Oriented Development, reduced dependance on oil and fossil fuels) and a shift away from “propping up of the old systems”: http://blog.islandpress.org/241/peter-newman-resiliant-cities-and-the-crash

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