The Car of the Future

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From the Magazine: Issue 21

The Car of the Future

April/May 2008

Featured in this issue:

Yes, the auto industry is ripe for revolution - but what will the car of the future look like? What's under the hood? Who will make it? And when will that clean machine (silently) roar? One expert surveys the scene.

By Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran

By Tom Scocca

Oftentimes, the journey is the ultimate goal. But with these seven regions in transition, the story is in the hot spots themselves

The Car of the Future (Coming sooner than you think)

By Mark Spellun

Spectrum:

Where do the leading candidates stand of environmental issues?

By Ben Whitford

By Bob Ekstein

By Tobin Hack

By T.H.

By Eric Demby

By Susan Cosier

How Will You Celebrate Earth Day 2008?

Lizz Winstead comes clean as a McDonald's french fry predator. Yup, she's lovin' it.

By Lizz Winstead

Current:

Side effects may include coral demise, beach erosion, and biodiversity loss

By Victoria Schlesinger

Birds that navigate vast distances are especially vulnerable to climate change

By Sarah Parsons

Why is smog worse in the summer?

Dot-com meets green in Sun Microsystems' Blackbox

By Dan Fost

By Steven Kotler

By Helen Kaiao Chang

Solar energy on the rise

Better battery technology will make eco cars road-ready

By Victoria Schlesinger

Solar Plane & Beyond LEDs

Bill McKibben takes stuffporn (that stack of unwanted catalogs in your mailbox) to task

By Bill McKibben

Living:

10 questions for the man who would make a killer opening act if Mother Nature were playing live at your local arena

A volunteer vacation in Guatemala lets you have fun while helping the country rebuild

By Jennifer Block

If you're one of the seven million tourists visiting South Beach this year, it's best to tread lightly. Here's how.

By Andrew Paine Bradbury

More locally minded than locavore and more fundamental than organic, foraging is the next - and most natural - food frontier

By Jen Murphy

By Jessica Tzerman

Dan Barber elevates ingredients like asparagus, peas, and farm-fresh eggs into a spectacular spring dish

By Dan Barber

By Heather Wagner

Architect Walter Brooks' self-described "little house of light" delivers big ideas for living simply and sustainably

By Amber Bravo

Investment pieces to enliven a room or patio

By Heather Wagner

Artful Nesting Tables

By Ki Nassauer & Sue Whitney

Annemarie Conte makes grass-fed cheese - and a royal mess - in her kitchen

By Annemarie Conte

Top eco clothiers share what they like about the latest crop of earth-friendly fabrics

By Zoe Cormier

New music, film, and reading for the envirophile

By Tobin Hack

Green Gear:

Eternal Spring

Picks for making the most out of the spring season - rain or shine

By Jessica Tzerman

Plenty Labs:

We sampled a cartful of boxes to find the tastiest and most nutritious

By Mia Owen

By Stacey Stapleton

Three-tiered solutions to dry cleaning

By Lori Bongiorno

Karaoke can be fun - but try being the resident crooner to a pair of farm animals

By Doug Dine

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