Transfusing sustainability into one of the most polluting industries in the world is what was seen at the Recycle and Redesign Fashion Show at the USU’s Eccles Conference Center recently. The industry I am referring here is the textile industry…
Whatever Floats Your Boat, the charitable event observed at the Festival City marina in Dubai, featured thirty rafts and boats made from recycled plastic bottles, can and paper vying each other. The eco-event, which in fact turned out to be a…
After much anticipation, finally a new solar parking lot opened its doors at the heart of Isla Vista yesterday. Located at 881 Embarcadero del Mar, the parking lot with 45 parking spaces has been built incorporating several eco-friendly features. The.
Two Toyota Highlander fuel cell hybrid vehicles — advanced (FCHV-adv) recently finished a 331-mile round trip drive between Torrance and San Diego, California. The surplus fuel in the tanks suggested that the SUVs could have easily crossed the…
Wood recycling is nothing new, but applying it to create artistic objects sure deserves attention. Mitch Fry, a Scottsdale resident, along with his son did just the same in making an 8-foot diameter, 900-pound sphere from recycled wood. The duo has…
Dedicating it to Brad Pitt’s Make It Right foundation, the Graft Lab proposes a string of single-family houses at the Lower Ninth Ward, New Orleans, LA, USA. Dubbed as Shotgun, the duplexes will include solar panels, water collectors, a geothermal..
A massive structure composed of filigree central columns will keep Londoners informed on weather, Olympic race results and spectator numbers at the Olympic Park. The Cloud, devised by by an international team of architects, artists and engineers,…
Konarka Technologies, Inc., a company that develops and commercializes Konarka Power Plastic, a material that converts light to energy, today announced that it has collaborated with Arch Aluminum & Glass Co. to launch the first curtain wall pilot…
Golf, a game symbolic with status and class is proving to sour things up for the environment. According to a research conducted by the Danish Golf Association, golf balls are becoming a major litter problem as it takes nearly 100 to 1,000 years for…
More than one in six people worldwide – 894 million – don’t have access to safe freshwater. It sets diarrheal deaths in motion, 88 per cent of which are attributable to the scarcity of safe drinking water and the lack of sanitation facilities. Just…