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Archive for June 2007

June 30th, 2007

Learning About The Community Furniture Project

For three years and counting, the Community Furniture Project, a charity group founded in 2004, has been reusing furniture as well as other household items. The group collects all pieces of furniture which have been donated or already discarded. They also collect other stuff like household items as well as electrical appliances.
After collecting such stuff, […]

By Noel -- 1 comment

June 29th, 2007

Volvo’s Environmental Moves

Volvo is known as a car maker that provides the auto industry with vehicles that hold tons of the best safety features one could create. However, this is not the only thing that Volvo is working on.
If you would remember, the brand has also added an aim: to help out in making the environment greener […]

By Noel -- 0 comments

June 28th, 2007

Use Lesser This Energy This Summer

Although we love the sun and we love summer, we sometimes do get too much heat that it becomes bothersome. Because of this, I tend to use up a greater amount of energy so I could cool down. I know this is one concern which has been bugging me at the start of the summer […]

By Noel -- 2 comments

June 27th, 2007

Unity Opto’s LED Street Lights Get Power From Sun

In Taiwan, the LED Lighting tradeshow became the avenue for Unity Opto Technology to show off one of their newest creations. This new one comes as LED street lamps that get its power from the sun.
At the tradeshow, Unity Opto brought with them a prototype of their creation. And they proudly displayed such and even […]

By Noel -- 4 comments

June 26th, 2007

The Electric Dirt Bike

I know some of you have been raring to take on the thrill of riding a dirt bike. However, because of the high prices of gasoline, you would rather spend that much on your car’s fuel. But if you are going to use this Mude Electric Dirt Bike from ZAP!, I’m sure you would be […]

By Noel -- 1 comment

June 25th, 2007

Recycling At Home

I’ve been looking for some additional tips on recycling and I came across these really cool ones from recyclenow. I thought I’d share them with you.

Take out to containers - one for recyclables and one for those that really need to be thrown away.
A shopping list would help you buy what you only would be […]

By Noel -- 1 comment

June 23rd, 2007

The 1st Campus To Use Solar Power

It has yet to be confirmed and done but it seems like the Santa Cruz High School may be the very first in the US to become the campus to get its power from the sun. At present, the school’s trustees are still working out projects, including a photovoltaic project, as to how this would […]

By Noel -- 0 comments

June 22nd, 2007

Solar Power’s Help To The Ronald McDonald Home

In East Austin, the Ronald McDonald House is currently undergoing some changes and some fixing up. And as part of the whole set of changes that the house is going to experience, it would be coming now be made to convert the sun’s energy into usable power. Now this change is actually going to make […]

By Noel -- 1 comment

June 21st, 2007

More Earth-Friendly News From Google

We know that Google is our favorite search engine. But did you know that it has a philanthropic arm? Yup, it goes by the name of Google.org and I learned something interesting about it recently.
You see, Google.org has already informed the public about its RechargeIT initiative. This is a plan wherein they are going to […]

By Noel -- 0 comments

June 20th, 2007

Ann Arbor University’s Answer To Harmful Gas Emissions

How do you help save the environment? If you purchase a hybrid vehicle, it might be too expensive at the moment. But you see, there is an answer to helping save the environment while still enjoying the luxury of having a vehicle.
The Ann Arbor University is using buses and other vehicles. But unlike most vehicles, […]

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