March 10, 2010
Dog wounded in New Jersey black bear attack. Image credit:News 12, video.
Without getting into what constitutes an officially recorded bear "invasion" or attack "incident," all would agree that black bears frequently in the...
Ford's VP of Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering on meeting CAFE standards through "weight loss reduction", on other industries "stepping up" to the carbon challenge, and on the Ford Fusion Hybrid "customer satisfaction campaign" that was not a recall.
We're excited to welcome British author and green marketing guru John Grant back to the top of our reading list. His latest offering 'Co-opportunity'...
photo: Alex Lang via flickr.
Here's a new twist on biomass gasification, one which more or less merges it with solar thermal....
Photo via Tech On
When it comes to innovation in the greener electronics sector, there are ideas that are smart, but haven't quite found their mojo when it comes to the finished design or prototype. And then there are just flat out bad ideas. This bike falls into that second...
Image credit: 10:10 Campaign/Michele Turton
Paignton Zoo in the UK has already hit the headlines for exploring vertical farming to feed its animals. Now the zoo will be recycling the nutrients from that animal feed to power itself. That's right, Paignton zoo is...
Eco Factor: Sustainable architecture designed to have minimal impact on the environment.
Designed by Coolie Calihan and Charles Johnson, the Cidade Suspensa (Suspended City in Brazilian Portuguese), aims to refine urban architecture and bring it in harmony with nature and the environment. The site of this proposal is located on the dense urban...
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There can hardly be a town without Tesco in Britain. The supermarket controls 30% of the business in the country and has stores everywhere. As it expands relentlessly it often wipes out...
Eco Factor: Sustainable skyscraper to be made using natural materials.
The shortage of water and land has resulted in a political unrest in Sudan for decades. However, the recent discovery of the world’s tenth largest underground lake in the region by scientists from Boston University can end the conflict if the lake is managed correctly. Designers at...
Eco Factor: Life-preserver keeps the user warm using solar energy.
A Taiwanese student has developed a high-tech life preserver that looks like an ordinary plastic life preserver but has been designed to be charged using solar energy to keep its user warm even in freezing water. Dubbed LIFEON, the life preserver features a chlorophyll solar cell...
