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...reduce emissions the most. The convention's fleet of official cars will use flex fuels - a mix of gasoline and less carbon-intensive biofuels - and 1,000 bicycles will be available for use free of charge. The main stage in the Pepsi Center will be built out of sustainable wood and recycled materials, and the arena itself will offset the electricity it uses with wind power. Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) workers won't even have trash cans in their offices - to encourage them to recycle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Greener Convention, A Greener Future? | 8/25/2008 | See Source »

...pretty astounding ways. Think of slathering your palms with jelly or something equally slippery and then putting your hands together - "that's the springy effect that glue on glue provides," said Fox. Since the 1950s, when table tennis players stopped using hard-backed paddles that consisted of rubber on wood, athletes have been using paddles, or bats, that include a layer of sponge between the paddle and the rubber - anywhere between 2mm and 4mm, according to International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) rules. That sponge, and the glue layered between it and the rubber, can give players a cushion that helps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sticky Business of Table Tennis | 8/21/2008 | See Source »

...WATCH Quiksilver's new $500 Ray is made of sustainable wood and powered by motion rather than a battery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Green to the Extreme | 7/31/2008 | See Source »

HEALTHIER BOARD Launched in June, Habitat's $55 skateboard deck uses sustainable wood, a vegetable-based finish and nontoxic glue

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Green to the Extreme | 7/31/2008 | See Source »

...equivalent of an average man running 40 to 50 miles a day) vs. 0.3 miles per day for inactive mice. While the exercise wheels of the activity-prone mice would turn all night, some of the sedentary mice devised ingenious ways to avoid activity. One stuffed wood shavings around the wheel and turned it into a bed; one used it as an, ahem, toilet; and one climbed on top of her wheel only to get a better look at the overhead sensors tracking her movements...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is There a Laziness Gene? | 7/30/2008 | See Source »

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