GE is buying Volts. Chevy Volts, that is. Yes, the energy giant is jumping into electric cars. In a move that seems fitting, if admittedly self-serving, GE – proud owner of one of the world’s largest vehicle fleets – has announced they will purchase 25,000 electric vehicles by 2015. They’ll start with an initial purchase [...]

Have you noticed a little more pain at the pump this week? I sure did – I had to pay $2.69 a gallon for gas yesterday. And that was at the cheap-o place. Yikes! CNN is reporting today that gas prices nationwide jumped 8 cents a gallon compared to two weeks ago. The folks at [...]

Electric car number 2500 is news? Well, sort of, for now. And it’s a cute car, so why not help them celebrate? THINK, the Norwegian maker of the City electric car, trumpeted the news when it rolled car number 2500 out the door of their plant in Finland yesterday. I know, that’s a drop in [...]

The THINK electric car company just received a $40 million “battery charge” – an equity investment designed to help the company increase product development and launch in the United States. The Norwegian automaker plans to start selling the THINK City EV in the US in 2010 and will begin manufacturing the vehicle in Elkhart, Indiana, [...]

Shopping. We all do it. We all buy stuff we need, stuff we want, and some stuff that, honestly, we could probably do without. But it’s a fact of life, we live in a dispersed and increasingly global economy, and shopping isn’t going away. And all that stuff we buy impacts the planet. So what [...]

So you want to buy green, but you don’t know what to look for? It’s true; the array of “green” claims is dizzying, and it can be hard to cut through the green marketing hype to make truly informed sustainable shopping choices. Don’t become a victim of eco-stress! Use these six common-sense guidelines to help [...]

Despite Toyota’s current Prius woes, the hybrid movement that car sparked is still going strong. News yesterday that Porsche has just released glamour shots of its upcoming 911 GT3 R Hybrid race car, in advance of the Geneva Motor Show in March. I’m not much of an auto racing fan, but I have to admit [...]

Did you catch Audi’s new “Green Police” ad during yesterday’s Super Bowl. (Congratulations, Saints!) What do you think? Is it mocking the environmental movement? Or is it using humor to make a point about the growing importance of sustainable issues? Obviously the real goal of the Green Police ads is to sell Americans on the [...]

It’s that time again. SustainAbler wants to know what simple change you will make to live a more mindful, less wasteful life over the coming year. Mine is quite simple. NO MORE PAPER COFFEE CUPS. I drink a ton of coffee and waste a ton of to-go cups. No more. I’m going to

SustainAbler interviews Planetwalker Dr. John Francis In 1973, Dr. John Francis witnessed an oil spill in San Fracisco Bay and wanted to do something about it. His reaction was simple and personal—he stopped riding in cars. For 22, years he walked everywhere, including the length of the U.S. and South America. Along his journey, he [...]

The greenneck boys over at WickedOutdoorsy unearthed this—a “green” ATV. Which begs us to ask you SustainAblers, can an ATV be green? Let us know what you think.

We hate buying cars. A car is an investment that immediately loses value and costs money for the rest of its life. Worse, of course from a “green” standpoint, is the damage burning fuel causes. But Silicon Valley entrepreneur Shai Agassi’s plan to create an electric car system that operates much like a cell phone [...]

We wanted to ask the SustainAbler community to sign this online petition asking Google to add a “Bike There” option alongside the “Drive There” and “Take Public Transportation” features on Google Maps. It’s a simple request, but we think it’s an easy way to get people to think about transportation options that don’t require burning [...]

This just in from Bicycle Retaler and Industry News (BRAIN). Organic Athlete has formed a new partnership with Calfee Design that will see the first vegan cycling team racing on Calfee bamboo bikes. In a unique partnership, Organic Athlete is teaming up with Calfee to not only ride the bikes, but to co-promote and develop [...]