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After trying out all expensive means to filter water, researchers have resorted back to nature and are using its unique abilities to provide clean water to the masses. ‘Biosculptures’, as scientists call them, are living sculptures that use the…

A ‘Cap and Trade’ system means the industries specifically the coal-fired power plants that account the most for polluting our environment will have to pay certain amount for the emissions they make. This amount can be $50/tonne in 2020 for carbon..

Toshiba has gone ‘Green’ with its new Portege R500 laptop that the company claims can run 8-hours without a recharge. The secret to the amazing battery backup is the use of Solid State Drives rather than that energy eating HDDs. Solid State Drives…

Plextronics, a Pittsburgh based company is touting a world record for organic solar cells. Their new solar cells can convert up to 5.4% of sunlight into electricity.

That does not mean much when compared to a 40% efficiency achieved by solar…

A house that is powered entirely by the energy from the sun is on every environmentalist’s wish list. Teams from 20 universities are busy creating solar homes for the Department of Energy’s 2007 Solar Decathlon. All the houses will be on display for..

If the prevailing ailing environment pricks your conscience looking back to the injuries you have brought to it, and still have all heart to reduce your carbon footprint, you can kick off with a ‘green initiative’ any moment – ah! that even after…

In recent years ethanol is being seen as an alternate to natural petroleum reserves that will sooner or later get extinct. Ethanol holds the promise of a better organic fuel that does not harm the atmosphere as much as its counterparts.

Ethanol…

Earth’s nearest celestial neighbor delivers enough light when it’s shining at its full potential. During a full moon night about 10% of the light of the sun is reflected to our planet, which means we don’t need a streetlight in…

The inventor of the Free Play Wind up radio, Travor Baylis is back again and this time with a much better earth-friendly gadget. The device known as the Eco Media Player requires you to wind it up to play music, watch videos, listen to radio, view..

Technology has surely given us what we need to protect our Earth from disaster, but most of these technologies are affordable only by developed countries. So what about developing nations who also face the same problems but don’t have means to..