Like rollover minutes or selling surplus solar power back to the utility, Nissan is soon letting electric car drivers sell unused power left in their car batteries back to the grid, or use it to power their home. Nissan, a leading EV maker with their popular LEAF, agreed on this game-changing deal with Spanish utility […]
Good news for those of you whose phone is always running low on juice, leaving you running around looking for your charger and a place to use it. Dutch-based furniture giant IKEA has announced it will soon be incorporating a wireless charger into a line of furniture called Home Spot. The Qi wireless technology, to be built into a […]
We’ve seen how coffee cups can turn into trees, but here’s another way coffee shop waste can be used as a resource. Bio-bean, a new London-based company, is upcycling coffee grounds into biofuel, which can help power buildings and fuel cars while reducing waste. Fresh off the mill @Bio_Bean_UK – biomass pellets made from waste […]
SolarCity has announced a $750 million fund to help defray the costs of solar panel installation in residential homes in 14 states and the District of Columbia. Following Apple’s recent partnership with First Solar, Google has committed $300 million to the new fund—its largest renewable energy investment to date. Google has contributed a little less than half […]
With Americans driving less and more cities encouraging people to bike, the humble cargo bike has quietly gained traction in the U.S. Parents are pedaling their kids to school in front-loading “bakfiets” (or “box bike” in Dutch), and food vendors are zipping through traffic to deliver coffee and other goodies. Cargo bikes are like eco-friendly SUVs for many families. Photo Credit: […]
Green building has entered an exciting new realm. Archiblox, an Australian architecture firm, has unveiled the world’s first carbon-positive prefabricated home. The Archi+ Carbon Positive House, currently on display in Melbourne’s City Square, is so efficient it can put energy back on the grid. A photo posted by ArchiBlox (@archiblox) on Feb 12, 2015 at 1:31pm PST How is that […]
The green energy news continues to pour out of Apple headquarters. Apple has invested big in solar farms, working on shrinking its global footprint as much as possible. Photo credit: Apple Apple boasts that all its data centers are now powered by green, renewable energy. It’s just added two more projects to the list. The company […]
Ask anyone who eats organic food why they do it and they’ll likely have a list of reasons: it’s better for your body, better for the planet and arguably better tasting. And now, they’ll have a new list to recite: the top 10 most organic cities in America. Campbell Soup Company unveiled a new line of […]
Father and son beekeepers from Bryon Bay, Australia—Stuart and Cedar Anderson—boast that they have created “a revolutionary beehive invention allowing you to harvest honey without opening the hive and with minimal disturbance to the bees.” They say, “Flow is the most significant invention in beekeeping since 1852.” And, apparently Stuart and Cedar Anderson are far from […]
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