A.M. Greenlist: Green people

>> Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke said the band didn't fly to perform at NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien because the trip would have created "a carbon footprint equivalent to driving a car for a solid year." Radiohead recorded a live version in London to air on the show instead.

>> Jason Hill, son of a General Motors designer, is designing greener, sleeker cars after founding Long Beach-based firm Eleven. "With its low, three-wheeled stance and a shape akin to a raindrop, the Aptera prototype is five times more slippery in the wind than a Toyota Prius and 25 times more than a Hummer."

>> Wangari Muta Maathai, the founder of Kenya's Green Belt Movement and the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, spoke in L.A. about "simple things that can be done, such as recycling, planting trees, changing light bulbs and using public transportation."

>> USC professor Martin Kaplan praises Grand Avenue civic park plans for its potential to encourage civic engagement. "This place will be a stage, a setting, a platform for spectacle, an arena intended for every kind of public play and political performance that the city can muster."

>> With no shade, drinking water, or bathrooms at the Santa Ana station, Metrolink riders are tired of sweating it out. "Metrolink officials say the responsibility for making improvements ... rests with the city. But city officials say they share the concerns of Potter and others. The city has applied for funds from OCTA for the upgrades but won't know until sometime this summer whether it will get the money, officials said."

>> Peak water's coming fast, and cities have to learn to cope. Read about how Phoenix, London, and pretty much every major city in Australia are dealing with water shortages.

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Comments

[Ronnie]

I'm personally in love with the Aptera and am on their waiting list. There is a lot of good imformation about this car at http://apteraforum.com