Bringing you your weekly positive Green related articles. Finally got some snow here in the midwest. Would be nice if it stayed for a while. How nature inspired technologies will pave the way for a green future Solar power generation based on the design of sunflowers PowerSkin debuts Power boosting skins for smartphones Ten most creative reuses of milk crates Global Green to Give 8 Cities in US Free Sustainability Consultations | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World NASA Study Says Air Pollution Controls Could Slow Climate Change and Boost Agriculture Yield | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World U.S. News - Ban on new mining near Grand Canyon finalized Apple extends iPhone and iPad recycling program to UK, France, and Germany | 9to5Mac | Apple Intelligence Collar Camera Offers Unique Glimpse of Life as a Grizzly Bear : TreeHugger Local, Home-grown and Farm-to-Table Eateries Sprouting in Nashville : TreeHugger Coolest Kindergarten Ever Is a Circular Tree House : TreeHugger Silver Ink Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Low-cost, Flexible Electronics : TreeHugger
Part 2 Top 6 New Electric Vehicles and Hybrid Cars Hitting the Streets in 2012 | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World VertiCrop Processes 10,000 Plants Every 3 Days Using Vertical Hydroponic Farming | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World Newly Observed Criegee Molecule Could Be the Key to Cooling Climate Change | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World Solar Panels & Heated Socks Aid First Adaptive Athlete To Ski To the South Pole | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World Concentrated solar technology to help make solar power affordable 10 eco friendly products that made debut at CES 2012 Apple’s cable supplier switching to greener, halogen-free power cables this year | 9to5Mac | Apple Intelligence Airplane To Make Global 'Green Flight' : Discovery News No More 12 Simple(ish) Ways To Quickly Reduce Global Warming Two-Thirds by 2050 : TreeHugger Electric Car Battery Prices on Track to Drop 70% by 2015, Says Energy Secretary : TreeHugger IKEA's Solar Efforts to Cover Nearly 85% of US Stores : TreeHugger
Part 3 Seven earth-friendly kiosks promoting the green cult What's Next: Eco friendly hybrid energy generating systems 1GW solar energy project to power Dubai Five eco friendly vehicles launched at Detroit Liquipel's Hydrophobic Nanocoating Makes Gadgets Completely Waterproof! | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World Bunaco Creates Striking Eco-Friendly Housewares From Strips of Beechwood | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World Zinc Battery Could Boost Renewables : Discovery News LED bulbs you could warm up to (video) | Green Tech - CNET News Scoring One for Clean Energy on College Campuses : TreeHugger CES 2012: OLED TVs, Transparent TVs and Home Energy Management from Samsung : TreeHugger Green Business is Good. Resilient Business is Better. : TreeHugger CES 2012: 3 Examples of Sony's Mantra, "Do More With Less" : TreeHugger
Part 4 Volvo Debuts Debuts XC60 Plug-in Hybrid at the Detroit Auto Show | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World EPA Announces Online Tool For Tracking Large Stationary Polluters, Power Plants Lead the Pack | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World MIT Scientists Find Way to Maximize Concentrated Solar Plant Efficacy by Emulating a Sunflower's Pattern | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World 200 Chinese Workers Erect a 30 Storey Prefabricated Hotel in Just 15 Days (VIDEO) | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World Seven concept all terrain vehicles that get powered by electricity Bracketron GreenZero Chargers save precious energy Cree shrinks light engines for cheaper LEDs | Green Tech - CNET News Fuel cell microgrids to get spark from renewable biogas | Green Tech - CNET News CES 2012: Cubify Brings 3D Printing To Your Livingroom, Set To Win Best of CES : TreeHugger Help the EPA Document the 'State of the Environment' : TreeHugger CES 2012: Monster Partners with People Power for Home Energy Use App for iPhone, Android : TreeHugger Mind-blowing Digital 3D Printing of Super-Green Houses is Happening Now : TreeHugger
Part 5 Greenlet permits remote control of power consumption IBM's new lithium air battery could give 500 mile range to electric cars NYCTech Campus: A massive eco friendly tech hub in NYC Eco Wave Power develops devices to generate power from waves Sweden Announces Plans for 700 Megawatt Wind Farm in The Baltic Sea | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World 7 Hottest New Hybrids & Electric Cars at the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World Powerskin's SolarCharge still believes in the sun -- Engadget SolLight Solicharger-SP Solar Charger/Speaker Case Review CES 2012: Eton's Rukus Boombox Uses Solar To Keep Your Music Blaring : TreeHugger San Antonio Utility Negotiating Another 400MW of Solar in Next 5 Years : TreeHugger CES 2012: Yep, There Are Still Gadgets Made of Bamboo Sneaking In to CES : TreeHugger CES 2012: Nanosys Redefining "Colorful" In Computer Screens with QDEF Display Technology : TreeHugger
Part 6 Tata Technologies Showcases Futuristic eMO Micro Electric Vehicle at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World World's Largest Driverless Personal Transportion System to Break Ground in India | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World PHOTOS: Toyota Finally Reveals Its NS4 Plug-in Hybrid Concept at the Detroit Auto Show | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World UK Green Lights First Phase of High Speed Rail | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World SolarKindle: A solar powered case for Kindle 4 Eco friendly Volvo XC60 Plug-in Hybrid Concept Car announced CES 2012: iPhone Cases Made of World's First Certified Compostable Elastomer : TreeHugger Wyoming to Get North America's Biggest Wind Farm (3000 MW) : TreeHugger Highlights from the 2012 Detroit Auto Show : TreeHugger The Prius C is Coming to U.S. this Spring, Priced Below $19,000 : TreeHugger Police Cars Installing Solar to Save Battery Life : TreeHugger ASU to Install 1MW of SunPower's Innovative New Solar Tracker : TreeHugger
Part 7 Eco friendly concept Mobile Restaurant gets powered by renewable energy Is Google looking to revive the ailing planet with investments in clean energy? AIRE concept mask produces electricity from wearer's breath World Rwanda's poo powered prisons | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World Volkswagen's Brand New Chattanooga Plant Awarded LEED Platinum | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World Rwanda's poo powered prisons | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World Volkswagen's Brand New Chattanooga Plant Awarded LEED Platinum | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World CES 2012: Use Your iPhone to Manage Electronics, And More Energy-Saving Tools : TreeHugger CES 2012: Hybrid Solar Chargers from Revolve Offer Reliable Backup Battery Power : TreeHugger Beetle Infested Pine Wood Is Used to Make Awesome iPhone and iPad Cases : TreeHugger CES 2012: SolarFocus Debutes A Solar Powered Kindle Case : TreeHugger CES 2012: Brunton Launches Extra Rugged Solar-Power iPhone Case : TreeHugger CES 2012: Wine Holders Made From Trash Convert Into Lamps : TreeHugger
Part 8 Ford to Recycle 2 Million Plastic Bottles Converting them into REPREVE's Car Fabric | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World Top 7 Green Gadgets To Debut at This Week’s 2012 CES | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World Solar power could boost to 33.4 gigawatts in India by 2022 IKEA swaps wooden shipping pallets for cardboard ones to save money Spiderman silk is stronger than steel, could replace plastics CES 2012: GoalZero Brings Yeti-Sized Solar Power to Adventurers : TreeHugger BC Farmer Saved From Jail By Voters : TreeHugger Solar Brings Internet Connectivity to Haitian Schools : TreeHugger Germany Installs More Solar Panels in December 2011 Than US Did All Year : TreeHugger Dubai's Huge 1 GW Solar Power Project Will Take 18 Years To Build : TreeHugger Fuel Cell Prototype Uses Live Cockroach To Generate Electricity, Powering Remote Sensor & Transmitter : TreeHugger Toyota Yaris Hybrid Preview : TreeHugger
Part 9 Toyota Unveils NS4 Plug-in Hybrid Concept, Possible Global Production in 2015 : TreeHugger CES 2012: CEA Donates $75,000 to Local Las Vegas Sustainability Organizations : TreeHugger BP's Gulf Ad Campaign is "Propaganda", Locals Say : TreeHugger Giant Tortoise Species May Not Be So Extinct After All : TreeHugger U.S. is Now First Nation to Limit Catch Size for All Fish : TreeHugger Energy News Recap: 2.4 GW Seawater Pumped Hydro Project; China Ups Wind Power Target to 1000 GW : TreeHugger Ford Unveils New 2013 Fusion Hybrid (lithium-ion, 47 MPG) and Plug-In Fusion Energi (100+ MPGe) : TreeHugger What is the Greenest Insulation? The Case for Mineral Wool : TreeHugger