Climate Change
Glowing tress replace glowing lamps
The golden glow of street lights could soon be replaced by the green fluorescence of tree leaves. Scientists from the Academia Sinica and the National Cheng Kung University in Taipei and Tainan have implanted glowing, sea urchin shaped gold nanoparticles, [...]
New step for green lighting thanks to OLED technology
Technology moves forward really fast. And, luckily, it does too green lighting technology. Recently LED technology, a much more efficient lighting and displaying device than conventional ones has come up strongly. But parallel, a LED based technology has been developed [...]
Apart Silvestris, a green hotel in Argentina
"It’s cost-effective to do things with environmental responsibility," says Alfredo Leali, owner of Apart Silvestris, in Mar de las Pampas, Buenos Aires province, Argentina. He wants to emphasize the fact that working in a sustainable manner may also be economically [...]
Topia Inn, a green vision come true
Caryn Heilman and Nana Simopoulos have designed and built the Topia Inn, a small hotel not far from New York and Boston, that minimizes its environmental impact and introduces its guests into a green experience. From powering itself with solar [...]
The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act and the environment – Part I
In February 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was passed by the Congress, and signed into law by President Barack Obama. Its main goal is to spur economic activity and growth, creating and saving jobs. Recovery funds are around [...]
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. [...]
The US Open gets greener
As part of a series of green initiatives taken by the United States Tennis Association (USTA), the tennis championship US Open has become more ecological. Some of the actions they have taken include recycling balls and ball containers, acquiring wind [...]
