Source: mnn.com Published: November 7, 2012 Compared to wind turbines, utilizing ‘kite surfing’ to harness wind power would yield more energy for much less money and could generate energy almost anywhere. This article no longer exists at the Source link above. It...
Source: mnn.com Published: February 27, 2009 Karl Burkart Kenaf, the carbon-sequestering monster plant, provides food, shelter and carbon credits. Photo: Stop-global-warming.org If someone were to tell you that they had a technology — a weed actually — that could...
Source: beforeitsnews.com Published: November 1, 2012 People gather around a generator to charge their phones on Wednesday afternoon, just south of the intersection of Avenue C and East 10th Street, part of a large area of southern Manhattan that remained without...
Source: mcclatchydc.com Published: October 31, 2012 In a program begun five years ago, Mexico City’s municipal government has given grants to 3,080 families to build gardens on their rooftops, sometimes sheltered by simple greenhouses to protect from nightly mountain...
Source: news.nationalgeographic.com Published: July 26, 2012 The Reichstag, Germany’s parliament building, was retrofitted in 1999 with a new dome that uses glass and mirrors to reflect daylight deep into the main chamber, reducing dependence on artificial...
Source: independent.co.uk Published: October 19, 2012 Steve Connor @SteveAConnor Is scientific breakthrough a milestone on the road to clean energy? Tim Harrison in the only lab known to be working on the technology A small British company has produced the first...
Source: earth911.com Published: October 20, 2012 You’ve got a sweet tooth you need to satisfy, but did you know that most of our favorite candies are wrapped in what has somehow become the unwanted stepchildren of waste management? Tossed in the trash or in a recycle...
Source: treehugger.com Published: October 24, 2012 Dezeen/via Kimberley Mok From biofuels to fish-free health supplements and interactive, energy-generating “cyber-gardens,” there are a lot of potential green uses for algae. On the design side, we’ve...
Source: earthtechling.com Published: October 18, 2012 By Susan DeFreitas image via Inhabitat / Cocoon Dream of a stay in one of those Free Spirit Tree Spheres in the treetops of Vancouver, B.C., but lacking in time to travel? Consider the Cocoon Tree, a...
Source: sustainablecitiescollective.com Published: October 19, 2012 Author Urban Times @urbantimes Pavegen Tiles in a Hallway A while back our Sci & Tech Correspondent Nathan Liu wrote a piece entitled “iPavement Connects People with...
