China, Brazil, and the U.S. All Unveil New Climate Goals

Source: grist.org Published: June 30, 2015 By John Light Three of the world’s biggest polluters — China, Brazil, and the U.S. — all announced new strategies to tackle climate change today. China unveiled its long-awaited pledge for the U.N. climate talks to be held in...

Landfill Harmonic

Source: landfillharmonicmovie.com Published: June 30, 2015 Landfill harmonic follows the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, a paraguayan musical youth group of kids that live next to one of South America’s largest landfills. This unlikely orchestra plays music from...

Landfill Harmonic Trailer

Source: landfillharmonicmovie.com Published: June 4, 2015 Landfill harmonic follows the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, a paraguayan musical youth group of kids that live next to one of South America’s largest landfills. This unlikely orchestra plays music from...

World’s Thinnest Light Bulb Created from Graphene

Source: livescience.com Published: June 15, 2015 When a current was run through strips of graphene that were placed across a trench of silicon, the result was light emission. (Image: © Young Duck Kim/Columbia Engineering) By Jesse Emspak Graphene, a form of carbon...

Stretchy ‘Origami Batteries’ Could Power Smart Clothing

Source: mnn.com Published: June 16, 2015 The bendable and foldable batteries created by engineers at Arizona State University. (Photo: Arizona State University/Vimeo)  Even while sewn into a stretchy wristband, the folded batteries could power a device. Charles Q....

Old City Buses to Be Reborn as Homeless Shelters in Hawaii

Source: inhabitat.com Published: June 16, 2015 Images © Group 70 International by Charley Cameron Honolulu has come under fire in the past year for inadequately addressing homelessness on the island of Oahu; with police officers citing the homeless for a variety of...

Amazon to Build Large 80-MW Solar Farm in Virginia

Source: treehugger.com Published: June 16, 2015 Megan Treacy Fresh off Greenpeace’s report card last month that showed Amazon lagging far behind other tech companies when it comes to renewable energy generation and transparency about how it plans to meet energy...

Charger Ends Vampire Power Draw and Helps Prevent Home Fires

Source: inhabitat.com Published: June 9, 2015   Devices left plugged in draw power. by Asmo Saloranta After his fiancee’s home was burned to the ground by a mobile phone charger that was left plugged in, Finland-based Asmo Saloranta decided to create a charger...