Latest news from http://www.trextra.com http://www.trextra.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/sYKU6U-f9Ck/67-bear-incidents-new-jersey-last-year-hunt-on.php Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:36:32 -0500 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 yard, tipping trash cans, attacking pets, and possibly breaking in on a search for food calls for action. There is an environmental side to this story, too, as reported on NJ News 12 Interative and elsewhere and it not just a NJ issue. One fac...Read the full story on... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/03/67-bear-incidents-new-jersey-last-year-hunt-on.php?campaign=th_rss http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/sue-cischke-0310?src=rss Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:17:00 -0500 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. http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/sue-cischke-0310?src=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/ynLYLgT2Myo/book-review-john-grant-coopportunity.php Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:15:32 -0500 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' invites us all to "Join up for a sustainable, resilient, prosperous world." In his recent Change Makers interview John said, "I actually think green should be a bi-product of us living co-operativ...Read the full story on TreeHugger http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/03/book-review-john-grant-coopportunity.php?campaign=th_rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/Fuq20CabPFI/more-efficient-biomass-gasification-through-solar-concentrating-mirrors.php Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:10:00 -0500 photo: Alex Lang via flickr. Here's a new twist on biomass gasification, one which more or less merges it with solar thermal. Technology Review is highlighting the efforts of Colorado-based Sundrop Fuels to develop a system which uses the heat of the sun to vaporize biomass and turn it into syngas:...Read the full story on TreeHugger http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/03/more-efficient-biomass-gasification-through-solar-concentrating-mirrors.php?campaign=th_rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/qFX5ILHlmXQ/electric-assist-bike-fail-iwatani-fuel-cell-assisted-bike.php Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 -0500 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 category - unfortunate because an electric assist bike that requires no help from the grid is an attractive idea. But this one falls flat. In fact, the makers don't even like it. But there is one benefit to this terrible... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/03/electric-assist-bike-fail-iwatani-fuel-cell-assisted-bike.php?campaign=th_rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/Hwcsfetd1vY/zoo-explores-poop-power.php Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:47:37 -0500 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 seriously looking at getting into poop power. Elephant poop. And that's just one element of this innovative zoo's quest to slash its carbon emissions. More on Biogas and Poop Power A Dung Deal: Making...Read the full story on... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/03/zoo-explores-poop-power.php?campaign=th_rss http://www.ecofriend.org/entry/suspended-city-aims-to-bring-rio-de-janeiro-in-harmony-with-nature/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:05:29 -0500 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 waterfront of Rio de Janeiro and is to be completed in time for the 2016 Olympics. The structure uses a massive suspension system to lift an... http://www.ecofriend.org/entry/suspended-city-aims-to-bring-rio-de-janeiro-in-harmony-with-nature/ -22.72 -43.46 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/JIBSAPiTqvI/town-battles-supermarket-expansion.php Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:03:27 -0500 Image from Mail online 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 small local businesses in its way. Sheringham, a resort town of 7,500 people has held out for 14 years against Tesco. Instead it has butchers and bakers and fishmongers along its main road. Tesco applied for planning permission to build on the main street and met with opposition by... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/03/town-battles-supermarket-expansion.php?campaign=th_rss http://www.ecofriend.org/entry/h3ar-proposes-multipurpose-watertower-skyscraper-for-sudan/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:08:12 -0500 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 Polish firm H3AR Architect and Design have proposed a multipurpose Watertower skyscraper that can allow access to underground water through... http://www.ecofriend.org/entry/h3ar-proposes-multipurpose-watertower-skyscraper-for-sudan/ 15 30 http://www.ecofriend.org/entry/h3ar-proposes-multipurpose-watertower-skyscraper-for-sudan/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:08:12 -0500 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 Polish firm H3AR Architect and Design have proposed a multipurpose Watertower skyscraper that can allow access to underground water through... http://www.ecofriend.org/entry/h3ar-proposes-multipurpose-watertower-skyscraper-for-sudan/ 42.38 -71.1