Monthly Archives: November 2009
Batteries made from seaweed
Batteries are a great invention, very practical. But unfortunately they can also be quite polluting. Their operation is based on chemical components, which, if released from the metal casing that surrounds them, can pollute a lot. Fortunately, the scientific community [...]
The US and India agreed on climate change and clean energy initiatives
US president Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh signed a number of agreements to work together on climate change and energy security. This is great news, being the US the second largest carbon-emitter, and India the fourth. The [...]
The Revolution Door: creating energy from revolving doors
The design firm Fluxxlab has developed a fantastic innovation: a system through which revolving doors can generate electricity. Jennifer Broutin and Carmen Trudell, partners of Fluxxlab, have called it the Revolution Door. Here’s a video by GOOD: The door has [...]
Patagonia’s environmental actions in numbers
The outdoor clothing company Patagonia is known for its environmental initiatives. In founder Yvon Chouinard’s book ‘Let my people go surfing’, the basics of the company’s green philosophy are described. Now we’ll analyze how these ideals are applied in reality. [...]
A project to recycle diapers, in the UK
Each baby generates approximately one ton of waste only from the diapers he or she uses. That’s a lot of trash that goes straight to landfills (between 5,000 and 6,000 diapers), and takes nearly 500 years to decompose. Very few [...]
The Carbon Economy is Taken Seriously
On November 17-18 The Economist hosted a networking and informative conference in Washington DC entitled: ‘The Carbon Economy: New Opportunities for Green Business’. There was a diverse panel of speakers from business (both current leaders and entrepreneurs presenting their start-ups), [...]
Interactive simulation models help environmental decision-making
Picture yourself as a politician, or a decision-maker, who, among other things, needs to address climate change. The day may come when you need to decide how much to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. How can you decide on this wisely [...]
The M2M Partnership seeks to lower methane emissions
The Methane to Markets Partnership is an international initiative that works to investigate and foster cost-effective methods to avoid methane leaks, and to use it as a clean energy source. This task is an important one. Why? Because methane accounts [...]
Deforestation of the Amazon at its lowest level in 20 years
The Brazilian government announced last week that the number of deforested trees in the Amazon over the past year is less than the amounts recorded in the last 20 years. This year, the deforested area was 45% smaller than [...]
The US and China to work together in clean energy initiatives
US president Barack Obama’s visit to China is proving to be worth its carbon footprint… Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao have already established a deal to share information on renewable energy. Now they’ve announced some great plans on clean [...]
Starbucks’ Environmental Stewardship
Starbucks is one of the largest coffee companies around. It is a tremendously popular store, growing and expanding to more and more countries at an impressive rate. It’s been a few years since they’ve been working on their environmental impact. [...]
Plan B: Geo-engineering
There are many reports ready for the Conference on Climate Change that will be held in December of this year in Copenhagen, Denmark. It’s a great opportunity for humanity to rethink its way of living in relationship with nature and [...]
