http://susty.com Sustainable + Sexy Living Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:08:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://susty.com/algae-biofuel-breakthrough-pentagon-jet-fighters-airplanes-alternative-energy-renewable/ http://susty.com/algae-biofuel-breakthrough-pentagon-jet-fighters-airplanes-alternative-energy-renewable/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:21:05 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=8882 http://susty.com/algae-biofuel-breakthrough-pentagon-jet-fighters-airplanes-alternative-energy-renewable/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/recycle-a-bicycle-15th-birthday-celebration-celeb-signed-bike-auction/ http://susty.com/recycle-a-bicycle-15th-birthday-celebration-celeb-signed-bike-auction/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:36:10 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=8519 A Benefit Auction Featuring the NY400 Batavus Bicycles and Bike-themed Art! Happy 15th Birthday Recycle-A-Bicycle!! With only 200 of its kind in the world, only twelve orange NY400 Batavus Bicycles will be available to the public. Lucky for you, it will be at this party! These bikes have also been endorsed and signed by cycling advocates like David Byrne, Janet Sadik-Kahn, Camiel Eurlings, Matthew Modine, Graham Hill from Planet Green, Bike Snob, Elmo from Sesame Street & more!]]> http://susty.com/recycle-a-bicycle-15th-birthday-celebration-celeb-signed-bike-auction/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/whole-foods-plastic-utensils-wrapped-plastic-packaging-waste-litter-photo/ http://susty.com/whole-foods-plastic-utensils-wrapped-plastic-packaging-waste-litter-photo/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:37:18 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=8408 http://susty.com/whole-foods-plastic-utensils-wrapped-plastic-packaging-waste-litter-photo/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/whole-foods-plastic-number-five-recycling-batteries-hazardous-waste-photo/ http://susty.com/whole-foods-plastic-number-five-recycling-batteries-hazardous-waste-photo/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:33:21 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=8392 See the nifty bin and the bummer sign shutting down the battery recycling program (but with a url to where you can go now) after the jump.]]> http://susty.com/whole-foods-plastic-number-five-recycling-batteries-hazardous-waste-photo/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/recycle-the-city-how-to-recycle-waste-while-moving-in-nyc-disposable-litter/ http://susty.com/recycle-the-city-how-to-recycle-waste-while-moving-in-nyc-disposable-litter/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:11:23 +0000 by Team Susty, Global http://susty.com/?p=8396 "disposable" equals litter and aspires to redefine the community’s understanding of waste.]]> http://susty.com/recycle-the-city-how-to-recycle-waste-while-moving-in-nyc-disposable-litter/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/press-release-cook-inlet-beluga-whale-to-gain-habitat-protection/ http://susty.com/press-release-cook-inlet-beluga-whale-to-gain-habitat-protection/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:36:57 +0000 by Team Susty, Global http://susty.com/?p=8239 Cook Inlet beluga whale in Alaska by proposing to designate more than 3,000 square miles of the imperiled whale’s habitat for protection. The overdue proposal comes after a 2007 petition by various local and national groups to NMFS to list the beluga under the ESA, and on the heels of a formal notice of intent to sue by the Center for Biological Diversity.]]> http://susty.com/press-release-cook-inlet-beluga-whale-to-gain-habitat-protection/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/obama-going-to-copenhagen-climate-talks-cop15-u-s-official-signed-kyoto-protocol/ http://susty.com/obama-going-to-copenhagen-climate-talks-cop15-u-s-official-signed-kyoto-protocol/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:26:57 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=8060 U.S. official signed the Kyoto Protocol? If you don't already know, find out who after the jump.]]> http://susty.com/obama-going-to-copenhagen-climate-talks-cop15-u-s-official-signed-kyoto-protocol/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/world-according-to-americans-map-cartoon-humor-drawing-political-satire-culture/ http://susty.com/world-according-to-americans-map-cartoon-humor-drawing-political-satire-culture/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:59:54 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=8095 http://susty.com/world-according-to-americans-map-cartoon-humor-drawing-political-satire-culture/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/ny400-batavus-bikes-recycle-a-bicycle-auction-bright-orange-frame-dutch-manufacturing-wheelsspokes-pedals-holland-nyc-usa-netherlands-henry-hudson-400-years-celebration-transportation/ http://susty.com/ny400-batavus-bikes-recycle-a-bicycle-auction-bright-orange-frame-dutch-manufacturing-wheelsspokes-pedals-holland-nyc-usa-netherlands-henry-hudson-400-years-celebration-transportation/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:39:33 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=8548 NY400 Fleet of Dutch bikes will be officially handed over to Recycle-A-Bicycle to further promote bicycle use as a sustainable way of transportation in New York City. Twelve of those bright orange Batavus bikes will be auctioned off on December 14th to raise funds for Recycle-A-Bicycle's educational programming of the NY400 bikes.]]> http://susty.com/ny400-batavus-bikes-recycle-a-bicycle-auction-bright-orange-frame-dutch-manufacturing-wheelsspokes-pedals-holland-nyc-usa-netherlands-henry-hudson-400-years-celebration-transportation/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/tropical-deforestation-basics-problem-solution-get-your-fix-environment-eco-friendly-green-design/ http://susty.com/tropical-deforestation-basics-problem-solution-get-your-fix-environment-eco-friendly-green-design/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:24:11 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=7862 How to Save Tropical Rainforests Research reveals that logging is the largest single factor leading to tropical deforestation, as the cutting and road building associated with the timber industry opens avenues into rainforests. This initiates a chain of destruction that can include more logging, mining, slash-and-burn clearing for cattle grazing and conversion for chemical-intensive industrial agriculture. Most of the resultant products are exported to northern industrialized countries.]]> http://susty.com/tropical-deforestation-basics-problem-solution-get-your-fix-environment-eco-friendly-green-design/feed/ 0