TreeHugger. Jobewobe. 4 Big Ideas to Revolutionize Transportation. Two leaders on urban development recently came together on the same stage: Dr. Jim Yong Kim and Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Kim, president of the World Bank, and Bloomberg, mayor of New York City, headlined a panel at the Transforming Transportation conference, an event co-organized by the World Bank and WRI’s EMBARQ Center for Sustainable Transport. Through a discussion moderated by Zanny Minton Beddoes, an editor at The Economist, and closed by WRI’s president, Dr. C40 Cities: Climate Leadership Group: Home. Living Concrete Created That Improves Buildings' Thermal Comfort & Absorbs Atmospheric CO2. Biomimicry Published on December 24th, 2012 | by James Ayre A new type of biological concrete has been created that encourages the natural and rapid growth of pigmented organisms in the concrete.
The material was designed with the idea of being used as a façade for buildings located in Mediterranean-like climates, offering great advantages in thermal comfort and helping to reduce atmospheric CO2. Microalgae Lamp Absorbs 150-200 Times More CO2 than a Tree! OK, first of all, this CO2-absorbing street lamp looks super cool!
Secondly, it absorbs CO2! Thirdly, 150-200 times more than a tree! OK, I’m calming down, and I realize it has a ways to go to get to actual widespread use in the real, physical, CO2-filled world.