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Futures So Bright…

Great shot eh?!

The new PS20 solar tower at the Solucar Platform in Sanlucar la Mayor, southern Spain, seen on Sept. 23, 2009.

PS20, one of the most powerful commercial solar tower in the world, consists of a solar field made up of 1,255 mirrored heliostats aimed at the tower, producing steam which is [...]

The Giving Tree

So, I’m a little late in bringing this up, but recently, there was news around a new type of synthetic tree that will capture CO2 and let humans sequester it where ever we find the space. Many people wrote about this magical “tree” that will cheerfully sit in parks around the world (or tucked away in [...]

Eco Film – ‘FOOD, INC.’

It’s hard to sit though a documentary about how our food is made with a box of popcorn and nachos sitting in your lap, trust me, but somehow ‘Food, Inc.’, released July 09′ has managed to strike a well-balanced chord that’s easy to swallow.  After ‘Super Size Me’ made “what’s-wrong-with-our-food-documentaries” cool;  production wallets have opened on [...]

Bio-gas Goes Fast

Lately, Audi has been doing really big things with clean diesel engines.  Similarly, a German auto-nerd has just set a world record for the fastest car driven by bio-gas using… an Audi sedan.  This story over at autoblog.com tells a little more as to how Jürgen Hohenester, a German race car drive, tweaked his Audi to [...]

CA Gives Good Crop

The future is sprouting in Los Angeles!  Believed to be the worlds first energy-neutral Greenhouse, this $50 million facility has all it needs to push the industry forward.  If you feel inspired after reading, then DIY with an apartment friendly greehouse or take it to the streets with your local Guerilla Gardeners.  [...]

Bamboo Tech

Who would have thought the latest rage in tech is a super old school wood?  Actually, it’s technically a grass.  After being tapped for thousands of uses over hundreds of years (including recently as an earth-friendly building material), Bamboo is popping up in consumer technology.  Not only is it super strong, but it is the fastest [...]

Healthy, Sexy, Air.

Well, almost…

Alen Paralda Air Purifier

This handsome fixture also happens to be the air purifier of choice for green do-gooders.  In a nutshell, it is the only air purifier that meets Energy Star efficiency standards, uses the advanced HEPA filtration system and here’s the kicker; is also RoHS compliant giving it a green designation.  [...]

Sustainable Storage

Blue Planet Warehouse

McLaren Construction has teamed with visionary developer Gazeley (think Beijing’s ”Water Cube”) to acheive a superior benchmark in their respective fields.  With last months completion of the Blue Planet Eco-Warehouse in the UK’s Chatterly Valley; they have propelled the industry into the future of sustainable design.  And by future I mean:  solar wall, underfloor heating, ETFE lighting and an on-site micro bio-fuel [...]

What A Wireless World…

Dreams really do come true. 

In this case, it comes in the form of bonafide Wireless Electricity.  Based on the century-ish old concept of Electromagnetic Induction, there are currently several companies on the cusp of bringing this life changing technology to the masses (or at least to techies).  Aside from ridding us of [...]