Source: earthtechling.com Published: August 27, 2012 By Susan DeFreitas image via Community Rebuilds In Moab, Utah, interns from all over the world are gaining an education in people-powered, sustainable housing, while helping to put a green roof over the heads of...
Source: mnn.com Published: August 17, 2012 InnovationNewsDaily Staff Developed by an engineer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the system allows the panels to collect more solar energy without using additional electricity. Credit: Shutterstock A new,...
Source: auto.howstuffworks.com Published: August 23, 2012 by Karim Nice The Stirling engine is a heat engine that is vastly different from the internal-combustion engine in your car. Invented by Robert Stirling in 1816, the Stirling engine has the potential to be much...
Source: earthtechling.com Published: August 18, 2012 By Beth Buczynski Image via Gabriele Diamanti/Core 77 Without access to fresh, clean drinking water, millions of...
Source: youtube.com Published: August 8, 2012 Fluorescent lights are often seen as the brunt of an artificial working environment, but office workers around the world could soon have sunnier dispositions. Harnessing the power of the sun, Canadian researchers are...
Source: mnn.com Published: August 29, 2011 Karl Burkart A surprising aerodynamic innovation in wind turbine design called the ‘wind lens’ could triple the output of a typical wind turbine, making it less costly than nuclear power. Snapshot from video NOTE: Some major...
Source: siew.sg Published: July 5, 2012 When TED Senior Fellow Cesar Harada heard about the devastating effects of the BP Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, he quit his dream job and moved to New Orleans to...
Source: youtube Published: July 20, 2010 The San Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance serves children and families of San Francisco by promoting and supporting green schoolyards. We provide resources, training, and advocacy to school communities to help them create and...
Source: mnn.com Published: March 22, 2010 By Chris Baskind Water is precious and becoming more scarce. Try a rain barrel in your yard to use ‘free’ water for irrigation and limit what you run from the tap. A rain barrel not only provides you with a renewable source of...
