Source: goodnewsnetwork.org Published: January 2, 2014 By Good News Network Before you kick your dying Christmas tree to the curb, consider this: Members of the conservation group Trout Unlimited would love to turn that tree into fish habitat. On three Saturdays in...
Source: treehugger.com Published: December 27, 2013 CC BY 2.0 Anthony Quintano Margaret Badore This morning, The Times Square Alliance and New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announced that Citi Bikes will be used to light up the New...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: December 26, 2013 Scientists have figured out how to make biofuels with everything from algae to bacteria poop, and now they are turning to grass. A new European research project called GrassMargins seeks to discover a new perennial...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: February 18, 2013 by Inhabitat Staff Image via Wikicommons users Nicolas Zea P. and Loyna You see them popping up in your garden, and soon the dandelion may also parked in your driveway. Dutch biotech firm KeyGene has plans to use the...
Source: seeker.com Published: September 19, 2012 The weatherproof sphere is designed to rotate and follow the sun across the sky. Credit: Andre Rawlemon ANALYSIS: Solar Panels Light Up the NFL It looks like a giant, glass marble. But this globe is no game. It’s a...
Source: nbcnews.com Published: December 17, 2013 This concentrated goo of algae can be converted into a bio-crude in less than an hour, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory The day when planes, trucks and cars are commonly...
Source: npowerpeg.com Published: December 13, 2013 This charger harvests kinetic energy to generate electricity, and is perfect for outdoors enthusiasts who don’t typically have access to electrical outlets and who want to eliminate the need for batteries. The PEG is...
Source: dezeen.com Published: December 2, 2013 A layer of grasses, herbs and flowers blankets the roof of this hump-shaped house near Reims, France, by architect Patrick Nadeau (+ slideshow). Named La Maison-vague, which translates as Wave House, Patrick Nadeau‘s...
Source: earthtechling.com Published: August 15, 2012 Here’s the thing about cities: they’re awesome in many ways, but in other ways they suck. For instance, lots of people living close together usually means access to decent public transportation and smaller, more...
