Bringing you your weekly positive Green related articles. Happy Easter to all who celebrate! Honda unveils Japan's first hydrogen station powered by the sun Furukawa Battery plans for fuel cells powered by salt water Kyocera unveils solar power unit with Li-Ion battery system for storage What's Next: Eco friendly fibers for the eco conscious fashion world Meet the RE:VOLT, Chevy's Next-Generation Green Vehicle | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Capitol Building To Generate Clean Energy Via Hot Air Turbines In House Chamber | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building U.S. News - End of coal power plants? EPA proposes new rules Boost Nutrition With These Food Pairings - Natural Health - MOTHER EARTH NEWS Organic Baby Foods Could End Child Obesity, Diabetes and Junk Food Cravings : TreeHugger '80s TV Icons Paint Picture of Coal's Dirty Deeds : TreeHugger Planning A Single-Issue Vote For This Fall May Be The Best Thing You Can Do For Earth Day : TreeHugger iZen's Bamboo Keyboard for iPad Takes the Plastic Out of Electronics : TreeHugger
Part 2 Steampunk Video Chair is made from everything recycled Zero Rally 2012: Emission free cars race on exclusive green corridor Geothermal energy could generate 3 million megawatts power in US alone Scientists use CO2 and electricity to produce alternative fuel NYC Will Replace Taxis With New Driverless Google Cabs | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building SAVortex Brings Digital Brushless Technology to the Washroom | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building LED Handlebars Illuminate Bike Safety : Discovery News US Sets New Carbon Standard for Power Plants : Discovery News Indian Man Single-Handedly Plants a 1,360 Acre Forest : TreeHugger Cleveland Indians Score Another Green Hit With Innovative Helix Turbine, A Baseball First : TreeHugger Scotland Now Gets 1/3 of Its Power from Renewable Sources : TreeHugger Living Planter Chandelier Combines Lighting with Cacti : TreeHugger
Part 3 Nokero N220 Solar Bulb: Illuminating the dark corners of the globe with green energy Cooking up Energy: Waste gases from fried chicken offer clean power The world 'Muckbusters' help in converting food waste to usable, clean electricity ICC Unveils 2012 International Green Construction Code | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Solar Impulse Sun-Powered Plane Will Attempt to Fly from Switzerland to Morocco | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Solar Panels Go 3D : Discovery News Nuclear Plants Could Fuel Hydrogen Future : Discovery News General Motors to Stop Funding Climate Change-Denying Think Tank Heartland Institute : TreeHugger Organic Family Farmers Appeal District Court's Dismissal of Monsanto Lawsuit : TreeHugger Home Lighting Concept Powered by Plumbing : TreeHugger Beautiful Interactive Animated Wind Map of the U.S. : TreeHugger
Part 4 50 megawatt tranche, soon to start for Baja solar power plant E+ Green Home as a solution to South Korea's polluting structures New wastewater treatment system could generate electricity too Scientists aim to create insect cyborgs that can power themselves perpetually Obama to Expedite Approval for Great Lakes Wind Farms | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Ford to Use "Build-to-Order" Sales Model for the 2012 Focus Electric | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Microbe helps convert solar power to liquid fuel | Cutting Edge - CNET News Fantastic gadgets that make fitness fun | Mobile - CNET News 42 Flowers You Can Eat : TreeHugger Canada Kills The Penny : TreeHugger Be a Good Little Bunny and Watch Out for Excessive Easter Egg Packaging : TreeHugger Young Americans Do Care About the Environment : TreeHugger
Part 5 IKEA unveils solar energy system for its Portland store Abu Dhabi's $600m solar power plant to generate 100MW of electricity Vo Trong Nghia demonstrates versatility of eco friendly bamboo California beet farmers to construct a massive bio refinery for producing ethanol Illuminating Eco-Lamps Made From Quirky Recycled Trash by Luis Teixeira | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building EPA Introduces Carbon Limits on New Power Plants | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Altaeros balloon boosts wind turbine power | Cutting Edge - CNET News Lightweight wing harvests offshore wind | Cutting Edge - CNET News Farming the Wind Teaches Us About the Future of Energy : TreeHugger Safer Biking With Glow-in-the-Dark LED Handlebars : TreeHugger Inflatable High Altitude Wind Turbine May Produce Double the Power at Half the Cost : TreeHugger Wind Energy Today: A Look at Wind Energy Projects Around The World : TreeHugger
Part 6 Honda's fuel cell car can supply household electricity for up to six days Solar Impulse to attempt a 48 hour journey to Morocco Microbes and genetic engineering team up to offer a green hope Solar skins for a greener and aesthetic architecture Zipcar Adds the Chevy Volt to its Chicago Fleet | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Blind Man Test-Drives Google's Amazing Self-Driving Car | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Accordion-shaped solar tower captures more light | Cutting Edge - CNET News BMW and Toyota come together, right now, over batteries -- Engadget Oil & Gas Industry Could Cut US Methane Emissions One-Third Though Efficiency Improvements : TreeHugger Congress, Please Don't Cut Funding for Bike and Pedestrian Programs : TreeHugger 7 Ways Technology Will Provide Water for the World : TreeHugger 10 Standing Desks To Help You get Thinner, Live Longer : TreeHugger
Part 7 Synthetic accelerator speeds up biofuel production Human memory based solution to enhance power from wind turbines Electricity genration and water heating simultaneously by 'Virtu', a hybrid solar panel Swatch to create a hydrogen and oxygen fueled automobile Chevy Volt's Twin, the Opel Ampera, Racks Up 7,000 Orders | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Cambridge Engineers Use LEGO Bricks to Grow Synthetic Bone | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Bacteria converts carbon dioxide into liquid fuel | ExtremeTech MIT stacks solar panels like pancakes, increases their power output by up to 20x | ExtremeTech 10 Fairtrade, Organic, and Vegan Sources For Easter Chocolate : TreeHugger Winter Coat Turns into a Sleeping Bag for the Homeless : TreeHugger 5 Easy Flowers to Start from Seed in Your Garden : TreeHugger From Shoe Shining to Skin Smoothing: 7 Uses for Overripe Bananas : TreeHugger
Part 8 This is how green one can be with cardboard Opel's hybrid Ampera wins International Monte Carlo Rally by defeating Roadster Volvo's Mean Green to attempt world speed record Qantas to fly first biofuel-assisted trip down under Researchers devise a new process to mass produce graphene nanosheets Scientists Create Artificial Plastic Skin That Bleeds And Heals Itself | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Denmark Announces Plans to Produce 100% of its Energy From Renewable Sources By 2050 | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Waste-burning Fuel Cell Could Power a Hydrogen Future Activists Defend Germany's Massive Renewable Energy Growth : TreeHugger Annual Sales of Electric Bicycles to Surpass 47 Million by 2018 : TreeHugger] Recycled Wind Turbine Blades Make This Dutch Playground Fun : TreeHugger Does it Make Sense To Use Photovoltaics To Heat Water? : TreeHugger
Part 9 Solar Cooker is a solution for emergency O Economic hydrogen production is possible using nuclear plants Bizzarrini Veleno biohydrogen powered supercar for the year 2030 Green Wings: Pine tree wood chip-based biofuel passes test as jet fuel First Offshore Wind Energy Turbine Project Approved in Virginia | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building 9 Fun Things You Can Do During Earth Hour 2012! | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Ortner + Ortner Pavilion in Germany is Wrapped in Thin-Film Solar Panels | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building New App Lets Smartphone Users Spy on Penguins Anytime, Anywhere : TreeHugger Switching From an SUV to a Prius Saves 430 Gallons of Gas a Year : TreeHugger $4.7 Million to Advance Solar in Tanzania : TreeHugger Home Energy Management Systems: Great for Busting Teenage Parties : TreeHugger
Part 10 Fungus from Amazon could eat away toxic plastic problem with ease Ford Fiesta ECOnetic: The most fuel efficient car goes into production Low emission Vito Euro 5 taxi will cost less to London cabbies Biomimetics: A strong light organic material that promises a ton of eco features The Big Question: Will cold fusion really end world $14.2 million to be invested in developing lightweight material for advanced vehicles James Cameron Completes Historic Dive Into Deepest Point on the Planet, Mariana Trench | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Smile Squared Launches a One-for-One Eco-Friendly Bamboo Toothbrush | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Yale Students Discover Rare Plastic-Eating Fungus in the Ecuadorian Rainforest | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building New Botanical Research Institute of Texas Campus is a LEED Platinum Green Think Tank | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Gooey Brown Liquor Could Replace Expensive Rare Metals in Batteries : TreeHugger Make Food for Struggling Monarch Butterflies With 3 Recipes Using Your Leftovers : TreeHugger
Part 11 Africa Terrestrial ecosystems could absorb greater carbon dioxide emissions in future California to get 200 EV charging stations Ferrari's V12 driven vehicles to combine green technology Alain Gilles' Nomad Solar-Powered Portable Lamp is Much Safer Than Kerosene | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building California to Get New Network of EV Charging Stations | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building
I liked this one- Activists Defend Germany's Massive Renewable Energy Growth : TreeHugger (may visit Germany soon this gives me some good questions to ask).
