Archive for the 'Misc.' Category

Apr 22 2009

Greenopolis : Earn Rewards for Being Green

Published by jehaine under Misc., green fun

Greenopolis is an interactive website dedicated to eco-friendly living. It rewards members for being green. The site is run by waste management and has loads of interesting Features.Greenopolis members earn points for performing green activities, as well as , for environmental learning. The points are then used the determine badge levels. When a badge level [...]

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Jan 16 2009

Smoking Hot Green Fashion, from Cigarette Butts

New Chilean fashion designer,  Alexandra Guerro, has managed to create beautiful and functional high fashion clothing, at a price accessible to average people.  This in itself, can be a challenge for up and coming designers, but when you consider the fact that  the yarn used to create her fashions is recycled from discarded cigarette butts, it is truely [...]

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Jan 07 2009

Energy Efficient Large Screen Televisions : If You Just Have to Have that New Big Screen Televison

Yes, there are energy efficient big screen televisions available, and I have done a lot of the homework for you.
  This seemed a perfect time to investigate the options available in big screen TVs  and their energy consumption. By now, most of us are well aware that most of the new flat screen televisions are energy hogs. [...]

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Dec 29 2008

Times Square is Going Green for the New Year

Published by jehaine under CO2, Green Technology, Misc.

It will be a green New New Year’s Eve, in New York this year.  The big red Coca Cola sign, which has been an iconic part of Times Square, since 1932, is going green. The sign will now be lit by wind power, and will be powered by this green energy, in time for the [...]

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Dec 27 2008

Clonaid is Trying to Go Mainstream, with Discount Cloning

Published by jehaine under Controversy, Misc.

This morning on the sixth anniversary of the birth of the first human clone ,”Baby Eve”,  an annoucement was released.  Dr. Brigette Boisselier, head of the company, which the Clonaid project is a part, was quoted on the newswire this morning as saying , “As of now, the Clonaid and Stemaid teams are ready to [...]

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Dec 23 2008

Increase in American Organic Cotton Farming

Published by jehaine under Misc., Organics

This morning, the Organic Trade Association  announced the results of research on the prevalence of organic cotton farming, in the U.S. The results showed a significant increase in the farming of organic cotton, a 9% increase was reported over last years figures, which themselves were higher than the preceding year. Greater public demand for ”green” cotton, [...]

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Dec 18 2008

New Uses for Old Tires: An Innovative American Company is Finding Solutions

New Uses for Old Tires: An Innovative American Company is Finding Solutions
Today, New Jersey based green technology company,  B Green Innovations Inc., a producer of products made from 100% recycled tires, has announced that they are ready to apply for 3 more patents. These applications are in addition to the company’s recent patent application for [...]

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