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One look at the park built by Satchel’s Pizza in Gainesville, Florida, and it seems more like a regular street side collection of swings and slides built by construction workers for their kids in the developing world. Recycling is as important as…

With massive solar power plants mushrooming up in various corners of the world, it isn’t surprising to see one more such eco-power plant come up just outside Las Vegas. Developed by BrightSource Energy, it is a 1200 MW solar thermal power facility…

A solar heater sounds in sync with its name and function but when I pen the words “solar ice-maker,” it sounds a bit unrealistic. Goes against the general notion that the sun’s power would melt ice, not freeze water. However, a team of engineering stud

The concept of cooling has been known to mankind for ages, but the thought of corrugated galvanized iron sheets and sisal sack fabric to create a cooling system to cool camel milk created in Somalia is outstanding! It’s a very uncomplicated and…

The concept of a green gym is not new, but having more and more gymnasiums adopting this technique certainly is a pleasant surprise. We humans are always trying to figure out interesting ways to utilize renewable energy, and this gave rise to…

Here’s a good way to get that wooden furniture you’ve always wanted without a guilty conscience. The very aptly named “Rising from Ashes: Furniture from Lost Trees” was recently unveiled at the Morton Arboretum and will be on display through…

The only reason why I stop my kids from venturing out in the sun for some fun-filled action is the harshness of UV rays. Sun is considered next to god, at least for eco-folks, as everything can be powered with its ever-available, unrestricted energy….

Allow the breeze to take you on a smooth ride on a lazy Sunday morning. I am not penning any poetic lines and I seriously mean what I just wrote. “Brisa” is the Spanish word for “breeze,” and fitted with a seat and wheels it becomes Seat Brisa, a…

A car concept that keeps the environment at the forefront and has the best interest at its core for urban life is how Streamlife can be described. It is a concept that is custom-made for urban areas with its special defense mechanism working against incr

The eco-friendly LoCO2PC from Akhter Computers is the first British computer to achieve the Energy Star 4.0 qualification. It also uses the low energy high power Intel Core 2 Duo processor range which runs up to 3GHZ. The LCD built screen along with the