Monthly Archives: June 2010
Remembering Jacques Cousteau
Today, June 11th would be Jacques Cousteau’s 100th birthday. An undiscussed conservationist he was the voice of the ocean and brought to the world via “The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau”, his television show in the 60s and 70s, images [...]
Red buses in London will turn green in 2012
There is no bus in the world as famous as London’s. Since the 1960s the UK’s capital has been going its own way by designing its own vehicle specially for the city use rather than using the bus manufacturers’ standard [...]
Power Wellies
The British telecommunications company Orange, in collaboration with the renewable-energy group GotWind, developed a new kind of footwear: a pair of Wellington boots that have the ability to convert heat from your feet into electricity. These Power Wellies were created [...]
Nature’s effect
A recent study corroborates that to feel more alive we need to spend more time outdoors, in nature. We usually drink a cup of coffee or a can of Coke when we need a little energy boost, but the truth [...]
Positive changes to be made from oil spill disaster
President of the U.S., Barack Obama is using the BP oil spill as a clear example that it it time to embrace a clean energy future. The dependance on fossil fuels must end, and the only way to achieve all [...]
Green Stadium
We are all expectant of the FIFA 2010 World Cup tournament to be played in South Africa, each one of us cheering for our own team. But there is one more reason for us to pay special attention to this [...]
World Environment Day 2010
Every year on June 5th since 1972 we celebrate the World Environment Day (WED). This year it is to be hosted in Kigali, Rwanda, and aims to be the biggest, most widely celebrated, global day for positive environmental action. The [...]
CocaCola thinks green
It makes a big difference when big and respected companies such as Coca-Cola make a commitment to conserve energy and fight climate changes. People that might have been skeptic about eco-friendly lifestyles can not ignore the fact that if a [...]
Cardboard: a source for fuel
The paperboard mill, International Paper, in Iowa, produces one million tons of recycled paper each year. But not all cardboard and paper can be recycled, 5% of the material is unusable. This number may sound like a small percentage, but [...]
Water power: generating energy from oceans
A new breakthrough in renewable energy consists of splitting seawater into Hydrogen and Oxygen, the hydrogen can then be stored to be used later for electricity generation. How does this work? Researchers at the University of California are working on [...]
Green Weddings
When we host a get-together at our place it’s easy to notice how much garbage is produced and the amount of stuff that has to be thrown away afterwards. But we don’t always take this into consideration when we go [...]
