Green technology will shape – and maybe save – our planet. Learn about the clean tech and green technologies that are going to help our environment.
We all know that it’s important not to throw any of our electronic equipment in the trash with our other junk – the toxic chemicals might end up contaminating our ground through our landfills – but My Green Electronics gives new ideas for how to reduce your energy usage, reuse your products, recycle your electronics, and rethink [...]
Read more →This cool new design, the Solar Cell Tree Charger (or PhotonSynthese in French), is a the newest and most stylish way for you to charge your iPod, cell phone, or other portable electronic devices. Created by Vivien Mueller Design, the miniature tree comes with 54 mini solar panels that, when placed next to a window, or even outside, [...]
Read more →If you happened to catch Apple‘s September “Let’s Rock” event on Tuesday, you might have heard CEO Steve Jobs talking about the steps that the company is taking to decrease the impact their products have on the environment. “We want to be just really environmentally sensitive with these products,” Jobs said, “We think these new Nanos are the cleanest, [...]
Read more →The newest enviro-wiki on the block is green.wikia.com, and started by none other than Wikipedia and Wikia founder Jimmy Wales. The goal of the site is to give people who are passionate and knowledgeable about environmental issues a place to educate and inform casual readers about the most important issues facing our world. Already, Wikia Green hosts a wide array of environmental discussion topics, ranging [...]
Read more →eBay, along with World Of Good, Inc, will be launching a new website tomorrow in order to sell fixed price products that will have “some positive effect on people or the planet”. The goal of the two organizations is to give shoppers the option to buy products that are in line with their values, especially [...]
Read more →A new service has launched for the greater Portland area called Green Renter that helps potential home renters find a place that matches their environmental needs, along with their housing needs. Their site matches up home or building owners that have taken steps to make their property more self-sustainable with the people who want to live in a place [...]
Read more →This week, technology website Always On has announced the award winners for their “Going Green” contest. Although the awards are given out to 100 private companies, they are divided up by the categories where the company is making the biggest difference. The nine categories are as follows: Automotive & Transportation, Biofuel & Agriculture, Energy Management & Efficiency, [...]
Read more →That’s right, the picture you’re looking at isn’t a kid’s magnifying glass, or even a bulky remote for your Blu-Ray player – it’s a new concept camera designed by Sony that takes pictures by kinetic energy. When you roll the wheel along any surface like a paintbrush roller, it stores up the energy produced by [...]
Read more →As you may already know, February 17, 2009 marks the end of the analog TV signal, which means that if you haven’t already switched over to digital TV (if your cable doesn’t run through a box before it hits your TV), you’re going to need to pick up a digital-to-analog converter box to keep watching TV. [...]
Read more →Dell‘s latest offering in their line of “Studio Project” personal computers is the Studio Hybrid that, as you may have guessed, is supposed to evoke thoughts of energy efficiency in the same way that a hybrid car does for fuel efficiency. The entire tower (if you can even call it that) is 80% smaller than its [...]
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