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May 12th, 2008

50 More For Kohl

Last Monday, Kohl Corporation, a company of department stores based in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, had announced their plans of expanding their solar program. They are looking at plans of using solar power to more of their stores. In fact, Kohl has announced that they would like to bring the current number up to over 50 […]

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April 29th, 2008

Summer Is Solar Roof Conversion For Macy’s

The sun is totally at its brightest during the summer season and many people are taking advantage of this time to convert their homes or businesses to go solar. One of the newest converts is a store and this is the famous Macy’s. Just recently, the company has mounted and installed a solar roof at […]

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April 26th, 2008

Cleaning Up On Earth Day

The world celebrated Earth Day yesterday and as part of recognizing that event, a number of students from elementary school Immaculate Conception in Canada went out to the Black Oak Heritage Park to clean up. They did not only help pick up the pieces of trash that could be found at the place but they […]

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April 19th, 2008

Meet Woodshell

Hi world. Meet Woodshell. No. Woodshell is not my pet. No. He is not made up of wood entirely but yes, he has quite a huge amount of parts made from wood. And yes and no. He is a kind of shell but he is not your usual kind of shell. You know. Like those […]

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April 18th, 2008

e-Cycling

What is e-cycling?
Well, according to a news report, e-Cycling is recycling. However, instead of the usual stuff that is recycled, e-Cycling is focused on the recycling of electronic devices and gadgets.
In Norfolk, people there are readying all their electronic stuff that they do not want anymore. They would be sending these to the e-Cycling event […]

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April 3rd, 2008

Solar Tech Makes Its Way to Mexico

Public schools need all the help they can get. And thanks to a student project from the University of North Texas, 12 public schools in Zacatecas, Mexico would be able to use their computers with the help of the sun.
The student project from UNT was created by a team of engineering students. They started building […]

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April 2nd, 2008

Swiss Solar Car Driver Arrives In Malaysia

Remember Louis Palmer? The Swiss guy who drives around the world in a car that gets its power from the sun?
Well, he has been through quite a number of countries already and just a couple of days ago, he has made his way to Malaysia. And yes, when he is in his car, he travels […]

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April 1st, 2008

Recycle Those Cellphones

Did you know that around 80% of your mobile phone is actually recyclable? Well, now you know. But you never did get around to recycling your old and unwanted mobile phone now, have you?
The US Environmental Protection Administration had mentioned that only 20% of the total mobile phones produced have gone through recycling. Now the […]

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March 31st, 2008

US Energy Gives Grant To 12 Cities

They are now known as Solar America Cities and they are twelve in all. Each one of them have been selected and they will receive grant funding from the federal government. Technical help would also be given to these cities so that they would be able to properly set up solar technologies.
Last Friday, Samuel Bodman, […]

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March 25th, 2008

Teaching Energy Conservation

With the help of a $5000 grant given to two teachers by PG&E, students would be able to learn more about solar energy and how to conserve energy. These two teachers (who teach science, by the way) are Mike and Lynn Skutches and they have cooked up a campaign which would be put into action […]

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