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Here comes this interesting environment-friendly house looking like a pod. Designed by inventor/ builder Aidan Quinn, the pod is fitted with solar panels on its roof. The panels heat the water. It also has a wind turbine that is used to generate…

Acute water crisis has forced the authorities in India’s Andaman Islands to fall back on the wells dug by the Japanese forces during the world War II.

After the 2004 tsunami, tourism is back with a bang in the islands. But while the demand got…

Marriott International — the US-based hotel chain — seems to be serious about its commitment to environmental stewardship. This is revealed by its recent announcement that it is on track for meeting its greenhouse gas emission-reduction goal by nearly..

Now, microbial fuel cell gets a new graphite brush anode, the use of which more than doubles the power output of fuel cells compared to the earlier electrode-generations. This new graphite brush anode is developed by the Penn State…

A new fuel-latent plastic has been developed that has been derived from fatty acids of plant. It can subsequently be broken down into a diesel-like liquid fuel that can be used in generators.

This plant-derived fuel-latent plastic has been…

Be it tree sap or flat soda pop, virtually anything sugary can lead to future’s longer-lasting batteries! Taking cues from all living things that use sugar as fuel, Minteer and her colleagues have adapted enzymes from nature, capable of stripping charges.

Paris, the land of food and art and wine lovers will soon wake up to find itself a love land for environment-conscious people and bikers. The day after Bastille Day, i.e. on July 15, Paris will be flooded with thousands of low-cost rental bikes!…

Green Exchange, a shopping center to be opened in Chicago, early in 2008 will be the first environment-friendly shopping center in the U.S. and hence a socially conscious business. With its going green, the Consolidated Printing – that has been using.

The abundantly available energy source across the world – the sun – seems to be the best alternative to its non-renewable counterparts. Here is an inspiring new way of tapping solar energy.

It is through the use of ‘solar ponds’. Solar ponds can…

Following the footsteps of the fitness club types in Hong Kong, who are trying to generate a bit of renewable energy, inventor Lucien Gambarota now – apart from converting those cardio into voltage — is showing off some more innovative power-saving…