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Workshop on Social Energy Metering

Posted on October 13, 2009 | 847 Views
Vlad Trifa is holding a workshop on Social Energy Metering, "how the Web 2.0 and social networks can be leveraged to develop future energy efficient smart environments". The free ...
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MyEex.com, personal carbon exchange

Posted on July 15, 2009 | 851 Views
Interesting proposition at myemissionsexchange.com , a marketplace for personnal emissions:  MyEmissionsExchange or MyEex (pronounced "my-eeks") is a personal carbon exchange that lets you earn money for reducing your carbon footprint ...
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Meet Gunter Pauli, relentless advocate of biomimetism

Posted on July 10, 2009 | 846 Views
 Nature has a solution to most problems, we just don't know about them. Gunter Pauli, from the "Zero Emissions Research Initiative" gives a vibrant speech about how nature provides ...
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John Thackara on what design can do to fight global warming

Posted on July 10, 2009 | 810 Views | 2 Comments
John Thackara, who is director of Doors of Perception, gives a provocative talk about the role of design in finding solutions to the ecological crisis. After inviting us to avoid ...
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Urine powered devices in 6 months?

Posted on July 10, 2009 | 1336 Views | 1 Comment
This looks a bit too good to be true, one cow giving enough power for 19 houses! Urine-powered cars, homes and personal electronic devices could be available in six months ...
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Home Energy Monitoring by Google

Posted on February 19, 2009 | 1508 Views
Google wants to capture the world's information, and now reach for the house to monitor the energy consumption and help us lower our bills. Welcome Google.org Energy Information ...
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ECO-ICONIC products coming our way

Posted on May 6, 2008 | 2101 Views
TrendWatching thinks that we're entering the eco-iconic era, where people buy green products because it brings them more points on the social ladder. That's a pretty powerful driver ...
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Qurrent wins Picnic Green Challenge

Posted on October 3, 2007 | 1808 Views
The Picnic conference has organized a green challenge with a 500'000 euros price to launch a new ecological project. Several hundreds of submissions were received, and an electricity optimization ...
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Sony runs Walkman off sugar-based bio battery

Posted on September 2, 2007 | 2010 Views | 2 Comments
Sony, one of the world's largest battery makers, said it had succeeded in creating a battery that produces electricity by breaking down sugar. The bio cell, which measures 39 ...
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No electricity, no modern civilization

Posted on August 30, 2007 | 1566 Views | 2 Comments
Electricity is a given for us, but let's not forget that some people still don't have access to electricity. This first person account from an american citizen who ...