Monday, June 22, 2009 - 8:59am
The Sahara Desert gets a lot of sun. In fact, it gets so much that if a mere 0.3% of its area was used for a solar plant, it could power all of Europe. So it only makes sense that...
environment stories
Monday, June 15, 2009 - 9:16am
A supermarket in England is setting up a high-tech parking lot that'll generate energy from cars driving on it. The free juice will power the cash registers and lights inside the store. The system will work via a series of...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 9:04am
Taiwan's new solar stadium is absolutely incredible. Not only does it look downright-beautiful, but it's a marvel of eco-engineering: it's 100% solar powered. The 50,000 seat arena is covered in 8,844 solar panels that'll provide lighting for the track and...
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 - 10:01am
Traditional wind turbines are designed for wide-open areas that get a lot of wind, which is great for the Kansas plains but less great for, well, almost everywhere else. The Optiwind Compact Wind Accelerating Turbine, however, is more more adaptable....
Monday, April 20, 2009 - 12:04pm
There's a lot of surface area on this planet that's ripe for solar panels. It's flat, it's got nothing blocking it from the sun, and it lets panels float on it. Yep, its the oceans. But big storms can screw...
Friday, March 13, 2009 - 12:48pm
Solar power seems like a great solution to our energy crisis, but large panels are so expensive that they seem best suited for large companies looking to "green" up their headquarters. But what about apartment dwellers looking to get in...
Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 11:18am
Here's something that we're excited to see being used in real life rather than just sitting on a designers hard drive: BigBelly. BigBelly is a public trashcan that can hold tons more trash than a normal trash can because it...
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - 12:29pm
Looking to live a more environmentally friendly lifestyle? Well, one quick way to do that is to begin composting. If you live in a rural area, this is as easy as setting up a compost pile in your yard. But...
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 10:58am
Energy is all around us every day. The tricky part is harnessing all that energy to be put to more useful tasks. For example, walking around uses energy, energy that we're just letting go. But Dr. Cedrick Ngalande doesn't like...
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 8:24am
Recycling requires a good amount of organization. Since every material needs to be separated, you can't just toss all of your recyclables into one big bag. No, that's not what Mother Earth requires. She demands that cans be separate from...
