thrive » green http://thrivecore.com this is what we love. Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:43:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Green Office Blocks Reduce Carbon Footprint & Might Even Make Work Interesting http://thrivecore.com/702/ http://thrivecore.com/702/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:56:00 +0000 Todd http://thrivecore.com/702/ When you spend 8 hour days at a desk, it doesn’t take long to get thoroughly bored with your surroundings. Especially if those surrounding are a typical office cubicle in a typical bland office building. It’s even worse when you consider their jumbo-sized carbon footprint. But there is a new breed of office block with more green credentials than you can shake a rather large stick at. These green office blocks show just what can be achieved when architecture meets sustainability, breaking free from the characterless and insipid working environments of the past.

]]> http://thrivecore.com/702/feed/ 0 Green Companies http://thrivecore.com/563/ http://thrivecore.com/563/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:26:54 +0000 Ryan http://thrivecore.com/563/ Kudos to these businesses who are taking the risk on real green solutions: 25 Most Promising Green Businesses

]]> http://thrivecore.com/563/feed/ 0 Can you really save the earth with a credit card? http://thrivecore.com/529/ http://thrivecore.com/529/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:45:07 +0000 Ryan http://thrivecore.com/529/ I’m a little skeptical of the green movement. It’s not that I don’t want to go green. It’s not that I don’t want alternative energy… What I’m skeptical of is the attempt to market anything and everything as “green” – in something you’d expect straight out of The Onion, there are now green credit cards which give you a magical superpower: they let you help the earth by shopping. Can’t we call BS when we see it? Think about it for a second. First of all, consumption of any besides natural food cycle consumption is environmentally disruptive. Anytime you purchase and consume a product, you are hurting the environment – and this fact doesn’t change when you use the magical green credit cards either.

The fact of the matter is that you will be much more helpful to the environment by cutting back on your shopping than by getting a green card. This is the height of marketing fraud and deception in my mind. And it’s what I hate about the green movement.

]]> http://thrivecore.com/529/feed/ 1 Motorheads Mod a Porsche 997 into an electric car http://thrivecore.com/437/ http://thrivecore.com/437/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:53:01 +0000 Ryan http://thrivecore.com/437/ Here’s a really cool project where some motorheads modded a Porsche 997 into an electric car.

]]> http://thrivecore.com/437/feed/ 0 Texas Kid Builds Killer Electric Car http://thrivecore.com/425/ http://thrivecore.com/425/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:38:14 +0000 Ryan http://thrivecore.com/425/ I want this car sooooo badly.  And to think that this was built by a high school student for $10k is unbelievable.  (Link:  gas2 )

]]> http://thrivecore.com/425/feed/ 0 Are you ready for a green revolution? H … http://thrivecore.com/111/ http://thrivecore.com/111/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:27:16 +0000 Ryan http://thrivecore.com/111/ Are you ready for a green revolution? Here are 25 Green Energy Solutions Ready To Help Today

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