Philippa Martin-King
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Switzerland, Vaud, Lausanne
Topics of interest brand imaging | energy | global warming | innovation | music | responsibility | skiing | technology
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Don't play around with the environment!
That's the new tagline for the Swiss e-recycling campaign which calls on people to take back their electric and electronic toys, devices and economic bulbs to resellers and specialised ...
Pedalling uphill - energy saving measures
A ski school in the French speaking Swiss resort of Torgon has developed an original way of getting the kids up the baby slope. Using a home made construction that ...
Cut down on your TV consumption
California has just voted by 5 to 0 to cut down on the State's TV electricity consumption. The California Energy Commission, based on a study by PG&E, the ...
Smart meter plans threatened?
It seems that the British plans to install smart meters is threatened by consumer fears. Householders are worried that employees of utility companies could use the data to spy on ...
Harvesting energy from other devices to power up
At CES 2010, RCA was showing a prototype of a handheld energy-harvesting battery designed to convert energy transmitted in a Wi-Fi signal into DC power, according to a report in ...
2010 - year of the electric car and a little food for thought
The 2010 Detroit and LA motor shows have a concentration of electric cars. These are either hybrid, where they are differentiated into two categories of "mild" and "full" - with the ...
Cleantech - Top ten green universities in US and top 10 countries
A long while back, I mentioned the LED lighting in the city of Ann Arbour in one of my pulses. It's no surprise then to find that Ann Arbour ...
Ringing bells - a state of urgency
Bells are going to be rung throughout the world on Sunday, 13 December. In middle ages, the church bell was rung to warn villagers of imminent danger. Next Sunday at ...
Mandatory energy efficient HDTV screens for California
There's a new move towards energy efficiency in California. This time, the State's energy commissioners have voted beyond the federal government’s voluntary Energy Star standard for home ...
Robot electric taxis
According to Der Spiegel a new European Union-funded project will see the introduction of driverless Taxis at Heathrow, "cyber cars" in Rome and an automatic bus in Castellón, Spain ...
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