Public Transit Users 3 Times More Likely to Meet Fitness Guidelines

A new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia suggests taking public transit may help you keep fit. The study, published in the Journal of Public Health Policy, finds that people who take public transit are three times more likely than those who don’t to meet the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada’s suggested daily minimum of physical activity.

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India Shows its Dedication to the Renewable Energy

India is one of the most rapidly growing economics in the whole world. And definitely it requires a lot of energy to maintain all of its factories. So the recent news are really great. India joined the International Renewable Energy Agency last week, becoming the largest energy consumer in the recently launched organization.

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Kamal Meattle: How to Grow Your Own Fresh Air

TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Conference and its lectures has been around for some time, and became the inspiration for the people, who wants to think outside the box. TED Conference website contains hundreds of videos from lectures; and we’ve found one that all of the Treenexers should find interesting.

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The Age of Stupid

We have already had a quick glance on The Age of Stupid on the previous post, and now it’s time for a more thorough look.

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The Maldives Choose to Become Carbon-neutral in a Decade

The president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, had unveiled a plan to make his country carbon-neutral within a decade. The announcement comes only days after scientists issued stern new warnings that rising seas caused by climate change could engulf the Maldives and other low-lying nations this century.

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Three Top Greenest Cars of the Year

Another interesting news from “green” cars field. Few days ago the three finalists for the World Green Car of the Year were announced. The Honda FCX Clarity, the Mitsubishi iMiEV and the Toyota iQ were picked as the top contenders.

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The Best of the Greenest from Geneva Motor Show

Geneva Motor Show this year was quite different not just because of the worldwide financial crisis which had strongly touched car industry. The exhibition was also full of green car models. Our colleagues at Inhabitat have selected their favorites, but here at Treenex we also have some favorite green cars from the very same exhibition

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Electricity 2.0 or tweet every watt you use

Few days ago winners of “Greener Gadgets’09″ were announced. And the winner was “Tweet-a-watt”, gadget which observes energy you use and tweet amount of energy that you use.

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