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Tech to Protect Our Oceans

Tech to Protect Our Oceans

The month of June marks World Environment Day, World Ocean Day, and Global Wind Day - three environmentally conscious days whose main purpose is to spread awareness of environmental issues taking place in today's world.  The Gulf oil spill is a huge reminder that now is the time to invest, inno

Posted bySteveon06.30.2010inSustainable Tech

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Blending sewage with garbage to produce fuel

Blending sewage with garbage to produce fuel

A new kind of waste treatment system has been developed by Viridis Waste Control LLC, that holds the potential to improve water quality, reduce landfill usage, and to provide a large supply of renewable fuel. The process is called Septage Bioreactor Landfill technology, and it does something that

Posted bySteveon02.1.2008inEnergy, Sustainable Tech

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Amazon's 'Kindle' is next step towards paperless culture

Amazon’s ‘Kindle’ is next step towards paperless culture

Earlier this week online giant Amazon.com released a digital reader called the Kindle, a device that has great potential to revolutionize the way we read. While ebook readers aren't new, Amazon's offering brings several new features to the table. Chief among the green features of this device are

Posted bySteveon11.25.2007inBooks, Simple Living, Sustainable Tech

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New aluminum alloy generates hydrogen on-demand

New aluminum alloy generates hydrogen on-demand

Jerry Woodall, an engineer from Purdue University, has developed a method that uses an aluminum alloy to extract hydrogen from water on contact. This process eliminates the need to transport or store hydrogen gas, 2 things that have been major obstacles to achieving the much anticipated hydrogen

Posted bySteveon05.20.2007inEnergy, Sustainable Tech, Transportation

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'Biorock' process grows coral reefs with electricity

‘Biorock’ process grows coral reefs with electricity

Global coral reefs are dying at an alarming rate; the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network estimates that more than a quarter of the world’s reefs have died in the past few decades and that at least another quarter will die within twenty years. However, a new technology called Biorock may hold

Posted bySteveon02.27.2007inSustainable Tech

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