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Adam Williams in Autos 700 days ago
The CLEVER – Compact Low Emissions Vehicle for Urban Transport — was hatched at the Technical University of Berlin for lean, green, science-fiction-turned-hot-reality commuting to work. It is a one-seater that can do 100 KPH (62 MPH), and for a range of around 200 kilometers (~ 125 miles) while emitting less than 60 g/km of… Read More…
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West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency conceived India’s first solar-powered housing project: Rabi Rashmi Abasan, located in New Town, Kolkata (Calcutta). Bengal DCL engineered and managed the plan. SunTech India is responsible for 26 photovoltaic systems using 464 units of Conergy C125W solar modules. The modules draw 2 kilowatts of power for each of the… Read More…
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Ikea is going plastic bagless. Last year the Swedish king of oh-so-cool home economy — by various definitions — committed to cut from 70 million bags to 35 million. It passed its goal, reaching a current 92 percent reduction. Now the goal is to use no plastic bags. Source: Greenbang
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VerTerra has made doing the disposable dishes a flip of the wrist — and not into the trash can bound for the landfill. We Heart World has given the VerTerra compostable dishware the thumbs-up approval. We Heart World says: With Verterra dinnerware, you can: Microwave them Use them in the oven Re-Use them (even though… Read More…
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The Q Drum, developed in South Africa, is aiding water transportation for those in poorer nations with distances to trek just to gain this most basic resource. The design allows relatively easy towing of 50 liters of water across reasonably flat terrains. Sources: Green Upgrader Image: Q Drum
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Max Lindberg in Fun / Offbeat 721 days ago
A vegetarian woman was driving along a German highway and came upon a truckload of pigs headed for a sausage factory. She told officers she was so traumatized by the site of the poor little animals going to slaughter, that she momentarily lost control of her car and sideswiped another truck, filled with pigs. Apparently,… Read More…
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More advancements out of the yea-for-sun! department. What follows is a line from the description of the the Snippy e-paper reader as put out at the Greener Gadgets Design Competition 2008: “Snippy is an ultraportable handheld electronic viewer for textual and graphic information which harvests operating energy from the sun and transparently links to other… Read More…
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The “Wash Up” is a conceptual design that overlaps water needs. After clothes are washed, the water is held in a reservoir for use in the toilet, reducing water usage. It also is a space-saver in smaller living conditions. Source: TechEBlog and GadgetLite
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Shirley Siluk Gregory in Lifestyle 731 days ago
Attention, all car-loving anti-cyclists who claim two-wheelers are making streets less safe: a recent study has found that the more bicycles there are on the roads, the less likely cyclists are to be injured by accidents. “It’s a virtuous cycle,” said Julie Hatfield, an injury expert from Australia’s University of New South Wales. “The likelihood that… Read More…
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Kelli Best-Oliver in Fun / Offbeat 741 days ago
British artist Susie MacMurray used 1,400 inside-out rubber gloves to craft her one-of-a-kind wedding dress. Guess she has a preternatural fear of dishpan hands.
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Jennifer Lance in Lifestyle 742 days ago
Looking for an eco-friendly end to your life? Forget a pine coffin, weave your own final resting place from willows. UK based Musgrove Willows is offering a course where you weave your own coffin, which doubles as a “blanket box” while you wait to die. Except for the fact I want to be cremated, I… Read More…
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Timothy B. Hurst in Lifestyle 867 days ago
Short video and interview with Amory Lovins. I’m so jealous of that guy. He grows bananas…in Aspen! Running time: 2:46 Best quote: “We do have a national energy policy – it’s basically to keep wasting lots of energy; import it at whatever price, by whatever means necessary; keep stealing from our kids and keep screwing… Read More…
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Jeff McIntire-Strasburg in Fun / Offbeat 871 days ago
Tomorrow’s Earth Day, and in addition to the normal festivities that go with the occasion, it’s also your last chance to enter Huddler’s “Win a Bag with Cool Green Stuff” contest. The folks at Huddler have told us that “Because the winners are selected based on quality, not quantity of content, it’s still a completely… Read More…
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mcmilker in Lifestyle 878 days ago
Parducci Wine Cellars announces the company’s conversion to 100% solar and wind power becoming the nation’s first carbon neutral winery.
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New books for greening your pet give loads of tips for ensuring that man’s best friend goes green too!
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Gavin Hudson in Action & Activism 884 days ago
Springtime has arrived in the northern hemisphere. To the hippest of energy hipsters, that means cold shower season is here! I took my first cold shower of 2008 today after a run and found it refreshing and invigorating. Of course, showering cold isn’t only for greenies and energy genies. Roanne Weisman writes about some of… Read More…
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In yet another sad commentary on today’s generation of children, researchers in the U.K. report that 25 percent of British children between the ages of 8 and 10 have never played outside without an adult close by. Meanwhile, in the U.S., too many children find nature boring unless it’s on TV. Hey, spring’s here: time… Read More…
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Clayton B. Cornell in Lifestyle 904 days ago
This picture was taken 50 miles up a desert canyon in the middle of nowhere in the Chilean Andes, underscoring that when there’s a will, there’s a way. I’m writing this in a city in United States where it’s difficult to recycle paper. In the town where I went to high school, you still can’t… Read More…
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Testing eight washed and eight unwashed hair samples, the University of Missouri’s Lakshmi Pandrangi and Glenn Morrison found that, on average, unwashed hair absorbs around seven times as much ozone as freshly washed hair. “Ozone is probably reacting with components of hair oil,” says Morrison. Read Green Option: Shampoo Skipping Source: New Scientist Photo: shaaditimes.com
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[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/N2OgsOUwPrw" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] The US Government’s ENERGY STAR program makes another move into online media with the launch of its first video podcast. Hosted by Tom Kraeutler of “The Money Pit” radio show, this cast walks viewers through the “ENERGY STAR @ Home” online tool, and provides tips for (you guessed it)… Read More…
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A UK company, By Nature, announces that they will start selling “sexy ethical lingerie”…made of wood!
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[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/tn9RiAfYEao" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] Here’s part 2 of Brian Liloia’s documentary “Life with Thomas” from the Dancing Rabbit ecovillage in NW Missouri. Part 1 is available here.
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[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/TUWNNMiYdN0" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] You may remember NW Missouri’s Dancing Rabbit from Morgan Spurlock’s 30 Days television series. Resident Brian Liloia is the village videographer, and part one of “Life with Thomas” (shown above) is a part of his DRTV series. Enjoy…!
