Articles by Jess Zimmerman

Jess Zimmerman was the editor of Grist List.

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This app helps you pat yourself on the back for helping the environment

Handprinter lets you measure your "carbon handprint," the net amount of good you do for the planet.

Jess Zimmerman Technology
Ultimate bike cupholder can carry a gallon of beer

The Growler City Bicycle has a gallon-sized beer holder built right into the frame.

Jess Zimmerman Cities
New York City gets public solar-powered cellphone chargers

Street Charge stations will be offering up precious joules to drained phones at 25 locations in the next three months.

Jess Zimmerman Technology
Here’s what it’s like to ride on a subway with the doors open

What's worse -- a transit system that shuts down all the time because of malfunctions, or one that just powers through?

Jess Zimmerman Cities