UNEP & TreeHugger Launch Blogging Contest for World Environment Day

Source: treehugger.com Published: February 7, 2013 © UNEP Chris Tackett ChrisTackett It is estimated that forty to fifty percent of the food produced each year goes to waste. Thankfully, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and TreeHugger are partnering to...

Solar Bus Stops Light the Way in Perris, California

Source: earthtechling.com Published: February 5, 2013 By Beth Buczynski Image via City of Perris/Solar Feeds With an abundance of sunshine, it’s no wonder that some of the most innovative and successful solar power installations are found in California. Recently, the...

The Voltmaker Charges Your Gadgets Off-Grid with Kinetic Energy

Source: inhabitat.com Published: January 30, 2013 by Inhabitat Staff Sick of your batteries dying at the very moment you need to make a call, flick on a flashlight, or find your position on a GPS when you are lost in the outdoors? Introducing the Voltmaker–...

Teen Convinces Gatorade to Remove Additive

  Source: good news network Published: January 30, 2013 By Good News Network             A 16-year-old from Mississippi fought one of the largest beverage companies — and won. The young vegan researched an ingredient in Gatorade to...

All-Bamboo Smartphone Concept Reinvents Simplicity

Source: earthtechling.com Published: January 28, 2013 By Beth Buczynski Tired of the same old plastic-sheathed smartphones? Wish you didn’t have to buy expensive cases and covers just to protect your investment? ADZero, billed as the ‘world’s first bamboo smartphone,’...

Spin Cell Cones

Source: inhabitat.com Published: January 29, 2013 by Charley Cameron Via Clean Technica When V3Solar released information about their Spin Cell photovoltaic cones last year, the details already looked remarkably impressive; they have a smaller physical footprint than...

Growing Up, Growing Food: A Teenage Farmer to Watch

Source: grist.org Published: October 12, 2012 By Darcy Smit Sara Dent Think you don’t regret all those high school afternoons wasted at the mall or the skate park? Just wait till you meet Sophia Vartanian, a Vancouver, B.C.-based urban farmer. At 16 years old, her...

Fiji Boat Made from Plastic Bottles

Source: ippinka.com Published: November 4, 2012 by Jerry Chang 600 littered plastic bottles were used by Tom Davies, a New Zealand native living in Fiji, to create this boat. It measures 4.5 metres long and 1.4 metres wide. All the 600ml bottles used are glued...