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Solar and renewable energy news [SolarAccess.com]
Alternative Transportation News
news source - Rocky Mountain Institute
Alternative transportation is one of the quickest avenues to bring about
peace in the world and create a cleaner environment. Most automobile
engines are only 15% efficient while fuel cells are up to 80% efficient.
Bicycles are the most efficient! Instead of relying on a
petroleum based economy and the tremendous amount of human life, military
spending and environmental damage it takes to support it... make a choice
that WILL make a difference NOW!
The Dymax Emergency Shelter
The Buckminster Fuller Institute has successfully sponsored an emergency
shelter pilot project, which placed 20 Dymax Emergency Shelters in the
hands of International Medical Corps (IMC) for supply shelters for use
as medical clinics in the Iraqi border region.
Build Homes out of Trash
Imagine... living in a home that cost you nothing to heat or cool -
Imagine... building this home yourself - Imagine... growing your own
vegetables year round in this home - Imagine... no utility bills - Imagine...
easily available "limitless natural resources" to build this
type of home - Imagine... a more earth friendly civilization - Imagine...EARTHSHIPS
Offshore Wind: The Future Has Arrived. Are We Ready?
by Greg
Watson
Turkey
Guts And Almost All Other Waste Converted Into Barrels Of Oil
A new technology can change almost anything into oil. Sound too good
to be true? Read on...
(Source: Discover.com)
GreenBiz.com - The Resource Center for the Environment and Business
Tidal
Energy Turbine
The world's first offshore tidal energy turbine was lauched off the
Devon coast. The single 11 metre-long rotor blade has the potential
of producing 300 kilowatts of electricity and will be a prototype for
further tidal turbines. There is no apparent danger to fish as the blades
rotate slowly - about 20 revolutions per minute. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/2992996.stm
(Source: BBC)
Retail
and Fashion Industry Targeted by UNEP to Promote 'Cool' Green Lifestyles
The United Nations Environment Program is working on a new initiative
dubbed "shopping for a better world," which aims to influence
the $7 trillion global retail industry.
http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=24872
(Source: Greenbiz.com)
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