Environment

Chicago’s O’Hare Airport has them. And at Vancouver International Airport, the Fairmont Vancouver Airport has them. Now Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has bee-hives as well. The project is a partnership between the Port of Seattle and the non-profit Common Acre group and the long term goal is to promote hardy bee populations in the region. The →

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Goats getting gardening jobs at O’Hare Airport

05/08/13

As early as a month from now, a herd of about 25 goats – along with a shepherd – will arrive at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport and be put to work munching unwanted vegetation (i.e. weeds) from up to 120 acres of airport-owned land that is difficult to get to with traditional landscaping equipment. O’Hare already →

Jet fuel made from pot? It could happen.

04/23/13

We know pot can get you high, but can it also help airplanes fly? A biofuel company in Washington thinks so. The Evergreen State recently legalized the personal use of marijuana and officials are hammering out the rules for governing how commercial growers will farm and sell the cannabis to be sold in-state. Washington pot →

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Greetings from soggy Sea-Tac Airport

11/20/12

It’s been raining – a lot; more than usual – in Seattle, and places that sometimes leak a little are leaking are lot. Including the ceiling in the North Satellite Terminal at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, where someone got creative in marking off the spots where water was dripping onto the floor. The first time I →

Drinking in airports

11/11/12

It’s irritating – and expensive – to have to dump a perfectly good, sealed container of bottled water before entering an airport security checkpoint only to pay an inflated price for a fresh bottle on the other side. To avoid that scenario, many travelers take along an empty, wide-mouthed bottle and fill it up at →

Sheep, goats and bees at airports

09/15/12

Earlier this week, I wrote about Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport’s week-long pilot project to employ 100 sheep (plus a few goats) to munch on invasive vegetation on airport property. ATL’s program comes on the heels of SFO’s 8-year long use of goats to keep weeds at bay and a short-lived experiment a few years back →

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