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Nissan is Licensing Fuel-Saving ECO Pedal to Other Automakers

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Nissan is Licensing Fuel-Saving ECO Pedal to Other Automakers

Image: Nissan Tactile Feedback FTW Nissan’s ECO Pedal is a great idea. We’ve known for a while that giving drivers some feedback on their fuel consumption helps them drive more efficiently (and more sanely!). The most obvious example is the LCD screen in the Toyota Prius, but there are other ways of providing that feedback. Ford has an instrument cluster that grows leaves to ‘reward’ you for effici… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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From Pure Water to Better Building Materials, Cleantech Open Awards Newest Wave of Green Thinkers

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on From Pure Water to Better Building Materials, Cleantech Open Awards Newest Wave of Green Thinkers

Image via Cleantech Open The Cleantech Open , one of the most prestigious events for start-ups in the industry, has announced the winners of this year’s competition. The winners earn the sort of recognition from venture capitalists that most start-ups only dream of. The winners this year highlight some of the best ideas of the year, and we are likely to see them in the marketplace in the near future. Check out who they are — from algae-based water treatment to super-light building materials… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Are Disposable eReaders In Our Future?

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Are Disposable eReaders In Our Future?

Image via University of Cincinnati Scientists at University of Cincinnati have figured out how to use a plain old sheet of paper as a surface for electrowetting, the technology behind e-paper such as used in e-readers and similar devices. It sounds like a dream come true because, as the researchers point out, it reduces device complexity and cost. However, it could be a huge concern since it may very well result in “disposable” one-time-use electronics. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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At Least 1.3 Million Sharks Were Killed by Industrial Fishing in 2008

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on At Least 1.3 Million Sharks Were Killed by Industrial Fishing in 2008

A little photoshop fun! Photo: egarc2 , Flickr, CC Many of Them From Endangered Species According to a new report by Oceana , an important ocean conservation organization, more than 1.3 million highly migratory sharks were caught in the Atlantic Ocean during 2008, without international fisheries management. The actual number is probably significantly higher than that, but many countries aren’t reporting shark catches or underreporting them, so it’s hard to know exactly how bad the… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Stunning Public Kindergarten At Neighborhood In Need In Bogota

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Stunning Public Kindergarten At Neighborhood In Need In Bogota

Photos: Rodrigo Davila (unless noted). Do you know how much of the so-called green or cool architecture is often for expensive hotels, government or office buildings? Well, in this case, it’s the complete opposite. Cleverly designed by Colombian architect Giancarlo Mazzanti in a modular way and surrounded by green, El Porvenir is a public kindergarten located in a poor area of Bogota, which will benefit the local community directly…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Koostik iPhone Stereo Dock Uses Zero Electricity (Video)

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Koostik iPhone Stereo Dock Uses Zero Electricity (Video)

Image via Koostik If you’re looking for an iPhone speaker dock that is energy efficient, you’ll be hard pressed to find something that uses less than the Koostik . It uses zero. Made entirely of solid wood, it amplifies the sound coming from the iPhone’s built-in speaker, giving you louder music without needing to plug anything in. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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EcoFactor Helps Customer Discover Botched Home Improvement Project

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on EcoFactor Helps Customer Discover Botched Home Improvement Project

Image via EcoFactor EcoFactor is an energy management software start-up that recently won a Cleantech Open award. It aggregates data abut your home’s energy use and gives a grade for each zone of the house. The grade reflects how sealed a building is and its energy efficiency levels. While the grade is based on the home, it of course reflects on the owner and we know there are some people who just have to be straight A students. Luckily, EcoFactor also likes straight A students. So when one efficiency-minded customer called in fro… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Is WiFi Killing Our Trees?

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Is WiFi Killing Our Trees?

Electrobonsai effect on trees : They move away from EMF sources. Image Credit Lloyd Alter The TreeHugger Team proved it three years ago: Trees do not like WiFi. Now other scientists are catching up. A recent Dutch study was quoted in PC World : The study exposed 20 ash trees to various radiation sources for a period of three months. Trees placed closest to the Wi-Fi radio demonstrated a “lead-like shine” on their leaves that… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Climate Science Rapid Response Team! Assemble!

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Climate Science Rapid Response Team! Assemble!

Photo: NASA Goddard Photo and Video , Flickr, CC The scene is set in a dark, foreboding world. A full 50% of the incoming Congressmen have made public comments asserting that global warming is not caused by man — if it’s even happening at all. Large swaths of the public continue to believe that humans have nothing to do with climate change. News outlets parrot information from sources that deny climate science. All seems to be lost. But fear not. Enter the

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Canadian Company Slashes Heating Bill by 91% with Simple Measures

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Canadian Company Slashes Heating Bill by 91% with Simple Measures

Photo: Green Manufacturer Far From Running Out of Low-Hanging Fruits I love green success-stories! This one comes from Cambridge, Ontario, and is about Paul Rak, the owner of VeriForm, a manufacturing company with about 60 employees. In 2006, his life changed after his daughter was born and he saw An Inconvenient Truth . This made him more aware of the environmental footprint of his business, and he decided to do something about it; after making a few simple and relatively inexpensive changes, Mr. Rak reduced VeriForm’s energy consumption dramatically, made his products more efficient and competi… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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