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Zero-Carbon Cities - Abu Dhabi to Create Sustainable City
On May 8, 2007, The Masdar Initiative officially launched the world’s first attempt to create a zero-waste, zero-carbon sustainable city in Abu Dhabi, UAE (’Masdar’ is the Arabic word for ‘Resource’). The project plans are undertaken by Foster and Partners, who indicate that the project is “a new 6 million square meter sustainable development that uses the traditional planning principals of a walled city, together with existing technologies, to achieve a zero carbon and zero waste co…
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Next years Olympic games in Beijing China will feature greenery incorporated, environmentally-sustainable footpaths for the millions that will walk the Olympic Forest Park - the multimillion-dollar, 680-hectare space built for the Olympic Games. Score one for the environment but if you're planning …
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Grass Concrete - The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Alternative Footpath Paving System
Hybrid Technologies is greening standard vehicles by ripping out their powertrains and replacing them with electric components. Their pimped out lithium-ion powered Mini Cooper, which was taken for a test drive around NYC by Popular Mechanics, is one example. You can buy your own conversion kit for …
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Hack My Mini Cooper - $25k Gets You Hybrid Green
The Malignant Mole Bikini lets you know when you've had too much sun. It gives you a visual warning - malignant looking moles appear all over the fabric of the bikini. Some people just use sunscreen, but maybe this is what some sun worshippers need to remind them of the dangers of excessive sun.
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Malignant Mole Bikini
Semiconductor giant, Intel Corporation, is working to eliminate lead in its microprocessors. This is an environmental strategy that will be implemented in its new product line of chips scheduled to be produced later this year. Alloys, such as tin, silver, and copper will replace the lead/tin solder …
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Eco Semiconductors - Intel Gets the Lead Out of Chips
It will take two years, but Germany's Volkswagen (VW) plans to offer a hybrid version for all its models. Martin Winterkorn, CEO of VW, has confirmed that the company is currently working on a small hybrid that will be introduced into the marketplace “fairly quickly.”
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Volkswagen to Offer A Hybrid Version of Every Model by 2010
Patrick Blanc is a French botanist and lanscaping and gardening expert.
After many years of research and testing around the world, Blanc has created, developed and copyrighted the Vertical Garden, an amazing way to build vertical gardens without any soil.
These vertical gardens are self-sustained…
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Vertical Gardens
Imagine a plane that will fly just like a bird: "no turbines or propellers, no flaps or rudders interrupting the smooth surface of the plane's flattened body as it emits barely a whisper as it sweeps past." Funded by NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts, the plane (as envisioned by a group of resea…
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Fly Like A Bird - NASA's Latest Flight Project (VIDEO)
Charging gadgets is not only an inconvenience, it's a drain on our resources and environment. Various solar chargers have been around for a while now, but they're either bulky and awkward or too expensive to be practical. Luckily, there may be an improved option for getting off the grid and into the…
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Motorola Patents Solar Cell Underneath Phone LCD
Scientists at Purdue University are developing an environmentally friendly technology called homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI), which will reduce greenhouse emissions commonly associated with combustion engines. HCCI technology can be applied to both diesel and gasoline engines, will in…
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HCCI – Ignition Technology to Reduce Emissions in Diesel and Gas Engines
The Stealth is perhaps the first macho looking eco motorcycle... The bike is powered by lithium ion batteries, which propel the bike with horsepower equivalent to a 500 cc bike. The only two kickers: the top speed is just 50 mph and the bike makes no noise. While a silent ride could be a positive fe…
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The Stealth - Macho Electric Motorcycle for Eco Warriors (VIDEO)
England's Pli Design brings us the Reee Chair, made from recycled Playstation 2 casings. The frame is made from powdercoated steel for strength and durability. The Ree uses 2.3kg of used plastic, and is also designed for disassembly and further recycling, repair or refurbished. The Reee is schedul…
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Recycled Furniture - Chairs Made From Playstation consoles
Next time your wandering around the jungle and you can't get a signal for your phone, it could be because there is no wind or it's dark.
Motorola, Inc. announced that it has deployed a wind and solar power system to operate in Nambibia
Motorola is offering increased voice and data service coverage…
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Wind Powered Cell Phones - Motorola Goes Green in the Jungle
The Lighthouse is an innovative green skyscraper that will soon be constructed in Dubai. It promises not to be your typical skyscraper: For energy, it will have "three enormous 225 kilowatt wind turbines (29 meters in diameter), and 4000 photovoltaic panels on the south facing façade."
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The Lighthouse - Green Skyscraper Combines Wind Turbines and Solar Panels (GALLERY)
Our friends at ecogeek point us to the Windscraper, designed by David Fisher. The Windscraper is a self powered building where each floor spins independently in the sky. The result is that Windscraper can power itself along with 10 other similarly sized buildings. BONUS: The more dizzy you get, the …
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