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Archive for June 2007

June 7th, 2007

Sun Gives Power To Earth Garden Mag’s Workplace

Earth Garden Magazine does not only use the sun to power up their workplace. The magazine can also save up any excess power which they could use during days when the sun decides not to shine. And this is done through their solar power system which comes with a 1500 watt grid. Nice one.
To have […]

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June 6th, 2007

WiFi Gets Powered by Sun

I know. This seems to be old news but I just found this quite interesting after my internet connection at home seems to be slowing down every so often. Anyhow, this new solar powered WiFi kit is created by Meraki.
Although there are already other products like this one, Meraki is saying that they are going […]

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June 5th, 2007

Happy Earth Day!

Well, did you know that today, June 5, has been celebrated by the whole world as the World Environment Day? Yep. That is so true. It begun in 1974 when the United Nations did declare that that date would be the day for the Earth.
“World Environmental Day is a celebration that was approved over 30 […]

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June 4th, 2007

CEA Recognizers Movers & Shakers For The Environment

In Canada, the Canadian Environment Awards (CEA) had a grand event which was held at the Montreal Science Center. And it was a night where the organization recognized the top players, movers, and shakers for the environment.
Paula Prociuk Blacklock is the managing director for the group and she affirms, “For the past six years, the […]

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June 3rd, 2007

Solar Crockpot Cooking

There’s a post by Julie ( a fellow b5media blogger at declutterit.com) about crackpot cooking this summer. I was thinking, we did a post before about solar hotdog cooking. Some might ask if you can actually do crackpot cooking using solar power.
Yes, you can actually do solar crockpot cooking! […]

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June 2nd, 2007

Razorlight And The Song Powered By The Sun

This is not a new song that talks about solar power. This is actually about a song that has been recorded with the help of solar power.
It was Johnny Borrell, the front guy for Razorlight, who was given the chance to record a song that was powered by the sun. And according to this guy, […]

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June 1st, 2007

Solar Power Plant In South Korea To Be Built By Hyosung

In South Korea, Hyosung Corporation has just announced that they have just been chosen as the company which would be building a solar power plant for the Korea Western Power Co. They would be building the power plant in Miryang which is located in the southwestern area of the country.
According to the company, they would […]

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