Environment
110-year-old Folk-Victorian home gets transformed into an energy neutral house
Renovating an old home is a demanding task, especially if you were aiming at remodeling a century old Victorian home along greener lines while at the same time preserving its historical legacy. Green Restoration expert Matt Grocoff accomplished just that to create an energy neutral home.
Silveira Green Samba, all electric personal watercraft with zero emissions
Silveira Green Samba is a dream comes true for those in search of an environmentally responsible way of riding a personal watercraft foregoing bigger gas powered PWC’s. The Samba XRS is a carbon fiber, ultra maneuverable, zero emission PWC, which according to Silveira Group is also the fastest personal watercrafts, commercially available.
New Yorkers to celebrate May 21 as ‘Bike to work day’ for healthy, clean planet
Martha Stewart’s Whole Living magazine has beaconed New Yorkers to pluck a page out of their busy lives to refresh their mind and body with expert advice and fresh ideas about the going green, eating well, staying fit and plenty more.
Stylish Potenza promises an eco-friendly city ride
Each day we come across new designs and technologies that promise to make commutation lot easier for us in the future. Designed by Nicolás A. Jara, Potenza an innovative four- wheeled vehicle too reassures us with the same.
Scientists pressure cooking micro-algae into bio-fuel for greener economy
The outlook for the bio-fuel market worldwide seems cheerfully optimistic with new ways to produce the eco-friendly fuel, regularly hitting the headlines. Several types of algae have been widely explored as a viable source for bio-fuel in the last few decades, however if this one becomes a success then we could soon have farmers growing microalgae ...
The Last resort: Sleek solar powered floating home
Mobile floating architecture has always been a viable option before us to counter space constraints due to shortfall in the availability of land. People have been using sustainable structures to live on the water in many parts of the world but they have too elementary in terms of design and construction. The Last Resort, is a solar powered concept mobile ...
‘Ugly’ Sprout Watch is really eco-friendly
Sprout Watch is through and through meant for green freaks whose environmental consciousness has long replaced luxurious aesthetics in terms of beauty while determining a purchase. This seemingly ugly timepiece, if I may call it so, is definitely an excellent creation that scores full marks on green quotient in terms of design and material.
Future Flower Highlights the Ills of Pollution
A large metallic flower, self-powering as it may be, does not really come across as the best choice to highlight the issues of pollution. In a way, it looks like it fell for the same ills it sought to combat. That said, the 14-meter high metallic flower is a part of the Widnes Waterfront environmental uplift program that seeks to ...
USA, Canada on Road to Tougher Fuel Efficiency Standards
The USA is on way to imposing tougher fuel efficiency standards for its vehicles, which will also be implemented by Canada for its vehicles. The Obama administration has asked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to get into action and regulate emissions from cars and other major polluters like power plants. EPA has finalized the rules along with the Department of ...
China Forced to use “Deodorant Guns” to Hide Stench of Landfills
With the growth of the Chinese capital, the 17 million people living in Beijing end up producing 18,000 tons of waste every single day, most of which goes to landfills. With just 4% of the waste being recycled, the dumps that surround the city are overflowing, and with that comes the stench and health and sanitation concerns that the city ...
