Soccer Field Lights Powered by Kids’ Pounding Feet

Source: treehugger.com Published: October 8, 2014 © Pavegen Megan Treacy A new project helps give kids a safe place to play soccer in a Rio de Janeiro favela by using kinetic-energy harvesting tiles to produce electricity for keeping the lights on. Pavegen, a company...

London’s Red Phone Boxes Go Green

Source: go-green.ae Published: October 3, 2014   Although passers-by can use these solarboxes for free, adverts will be broadcast as they wait for the device to charge. London’s red telephone boxes of yore are largely disused, although recent initiatives have...

EXHIBIT – Grab and Do’s at the Eco-Center – 2013 – 2016

Grab and Do’s is designed for Eco-Center visitors! Here we show several ways we can reuse manmade surplus and renewable resources to create useful items, gifts, works of art, and beautiful wrapping. Thanks to our restaurant partners on Valencia and Mission Streets...

Divers Are Restoring California’s Kelp Forests

Source: mnn.com Published: September 25, 2014 When it’s healthy, kelp grows like a forest on the ocean floor. (Photo: NatalieJean/Shutterstock) Devereaux Bell Many people around the world like to eat urchin. The Japanese, as well as most Americans, know it as...

Urban Beehive

Source: superpunch.net Published: November 5, 2011 The urban beehive is a concept for keeping bees at home. The beehive is designed to allow us a glimpse into the fascinating world of these industrious creatures and to harvest the honey that they produce. The design...

SUMMER CAMP – LEAF Academy – 2016

Visit a fantastic student blog documenting their experiences and learning at LEAF student vlog. Enroll Here The LEAF Academy program is for middle school kids ages 10–13 in the San Francisco Bay Area with teachers from Presidio Hill School, Edison Charter School...