A tiny PC using only 4 to 6 Watts has hit the market, with a built in wireless networking feature and able to run Windows XP. It can be powered from a solar panel (via a battery ideally) and is only slightly larger than a set of keys.

The Q Drum eases the task of fetching water for peoples in developing nations. Climate change has required a countless number of people all around the world to travel greater distances to retrieve water for everyday use. The Q Drum allows a child to pull the full capacity of 50 liters of water over flat terrain with comparative ease.

According to the EPA, many lands tracked by the agency, such as large Superfund sites, and mining sites offer thousands of acres of land, and may be situated in areas where the presence of wind and solar structures are less likely to be met with aesthetic, and therefore political, opposition.

Eco-Libris blog interviews Bill Roth, the author of the new book "On Empty (Out of Time)", which readers have described as "America's final "wake-up call"" and "A must read if you want freedom from high pump prices!"

This MIT innovation uses an unconventional method for generating electricity from wind...
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Using Digital Footprints and Hidden Data to Empower Reflective Consumption

After several unofficial debuts of the ravenously anticipated Volt, GM has officially taken the wraps off the final Volt production car.
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The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - aka DARPA - has set its Big Brother eye on “clean coal” for airplane fuel. It’s unveiling a program to demonstrate both the economical, and environmentally friendly, conversion of coal-to-liquid (CTL) fuels.

You did your homework and bought an energy-efficient refrigerator.
It has the Energy Star rating, so you’re thinking that you might save some money on the electric bill and help to green your house by purchasing it.
You might be wrong.
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...the company claims that their 100cm prototype (V100) could produce up to 15% of the energy consumed in an average Swedish home and it can be directly plugged in to supply the power. Their V200 model (198cm) could produce up to 50% or a household’s needs and the silent rotation means that it won’t be a disturbing presence in a residential setting.