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LG Solar Powered Ebook Prototype Gets Revealed

LG Solar Powered Ebook Prototype Gets Revealed

LG has just announced their newest e-Book reader, a 6-inch solar powered unit that features it's own device sized solar panel. The "Solar Cell e-Book" helps provide an extra boost to the units battery with as little as ... Read >
So why aren’t those silly looking light bulbs selling like hotcakes?

So why aren’t those silly looking light bulbs selling like hotcakes?

One of the cornerstones of the whole “Save the earth from ourselves” movement has been the idea of “individual involvement”. While we wait for government and big business to get off of their collective ... Read >
Google Earth offering up climate change tool and video channel

Google Earth offering up climate change tool and video channel

We all know that Google is solidly behind environmental issues and are always looking for ways to lower the company’s ‘footprint’. Well just in time for the big U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen ... Read >
Large group of world investors call for a global climate change treaty

Large group of world investors call for a global climate change treaty

When it comes to any major change in our society it takes a combined efforts to make that change. Governments can only mandate so much, individuals can only do something within their own scope ... Read >
The White House shows off its green thumb

The White House shows off its green thumb

One of the things that Michelle Obama wanted to do once she got to the White House was to provide an example to the American people that having a garden which you could use ... Read >
1,700 miles of floating garbage – our garbage

1,700 miles of floating garbage – our garbage

We live in a throw-away society. Don’t want it anymore throw it away – anywhere. Finished that bottle of water just toss the bottle to the curb after all no-one gives a shit anyway. ... Read >
Ease your conscience – the Kindle is greener than books

Ease your conscience – the Kindle is greener than books

While most people might not think so it turns out, according to the Cleantech Group, that the Amazon Kindle may end up being more environmentally friendly than paper books. After examining all the ... Read >
Please don’t smoke the walls

Please don’t smoke the walls

It is absolutely amazing the diversity of materials we are using these days as building materials for our homes and business. As we move further into a world looking for sustainability and ways not ... Read >
Naturmobil Car Runs On One Horsepower, Quite Literally

Naturmobil Car Runs On One Horsepower, Quite Literally

Naturmobile is an eco-friendly concept car that probably isn't going to be made with any source of mass production, but it was goofy enough that I couldn't pass it up. After all, the car is powered by ... Read >
Bike sharing is a growing idea coming to Boston

Bike sharing is a growing idea coming to Boston

Bike sharing is a concept that has taken strong hold in Europe and in Montreal, Canada, on this side of the ocean. The idea being that located around the city are bike racks with ... Read >
Nissan Leaf Gets 367MPG, Even Though It Doesn’t Use Gas, Yeah We’re Confused Too

Nissan Leaf Gets 367MPG, Even Though It Doesn’t Use Gas, Yeah We’re Confused Too

Last week the Chevy Volt shook up the auto industry by announcing a traveling consumption of 230MPG. That number has skyrocketed the car, which will be released in 2010 past the Toyota Prius and other hybrid vehicles ... Read >
Lamborghini Goes Hybrid. Eco-Friendly Gallardo Set For 2015 Release

Lamborghini Goes Hybrid. Eco-Friendly Gallardo Set For 2015 Release

When I typically think of hybrids I usually come up with names like "Prius" and "Volt" not "Gallardo" as in the Lamborghini Gallardo, but that's exactly what the companies CEO Stephan Winkelmann has promised, with a relatively close ... Read >
Nissan goes green, launches “Leaf” electric car

Nissan goes green, launches “Leaf” electric car

Nissan unveiled its much anticipated electric car on Sunday, naming the new hatchback the rather uninspiring name of "Leaf." The Leaf runs 100 miles (161km) on a single charge, has zero-emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases and ... Read >
Better energy use could save US $1.2 trillion

Better energy use could save US $1.2 trillion

McKinsey & Company have recently released a new report with a detailed analysis of the potential savings the United States in non-transportation areas. Research has found that if the annual non-transportation consumption was ... Read >
Homeless teens set out to change New York rooftops

Homeless teens set out to change New York rooftops

One of the hot topics in the whole ‘green’ movement is the idea of turning city rooftops into living green spaces with everything from gardens growing vegetables to small parks. In New York this ... Read >
Going green with your business card, and I do mean green

Going green with your business card, and I do mean green

As much as we like to think that things like business cards are no longer important in our digital world the fact is that they are still a very valuable tool for anyone in ... Read >
Using solar? Fine, but you have to pay us either way

Using solar? Fine, but you have to pay us either way

Xcel Energy in Denver, Texas, doesn’t care if you decide to go solar because they plan on charging you anyway claiming that it’s not fair that customers with solar panels on their homes could ... Read >
Very cool Toyota, too bad the flowers are only temporary

Very cool Toyota, too bad the flowers are only temporary

How can you tell when technology has become totally mainstream? Well when a major marketing campaign centered around something totally different targets the growing  number of people who live online regardless of where ... Read >
The art of being green and recyclable

The art of being green and recyclable

Everyone is all hot to trot these days about repurposing, recycling, re-using just about anything that won’t biodegrade in your hands while you look at it. While a lot of the stuff we see ... Read >
The world’s dirtiest coastal ecosystem? – bet you guess wrong

The world’s dirtiest coastal ecosystem? – bet you guess wrong

Of all the world’s vast coastal ecosystems there are probably many that come to mind long before the true winner of this distinction. After all there’s the Mekong delta and all it’s sludge filled ... Read >
Seasteading – the next living space frontier

Seasteading – the next living space frontier

As land becomes more valuable, as well as more vulnerable to sometimes chaotic weather changes future thinkers are looking for new places for man to start calling home. As much as there are those ... Read >
Need to fill up your hydrogen powered car? Pull up to the port-o-johnny

Need to fill up your hydrogen powered car? Pull up to the port-o-johnny

As we look for different way to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels to power out automobiles hydrogen has been suggested as an excellent source of vehicle power. The big problem with that though ... Read >