Articles tagged “Eco-Innovation”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

The Surprising Way I Spent My Las Vegas Vacation By Julia Austin IN Travel & Outdoors Jun 22 2011 It’s pretty hard to avoid having an all around unhealthy, overly indulgent stay in Las Vegas. The entire Strip, with its smoke-filled casinos lacking any hint of natural sunlight and fast-food courts around every corner, lends itself to that “I wasn’t very good to my body” feeling. That’s why I was amazed to come back from my recent trek into the city of sin feeling rested, cleaner and, yes, thinner! + READ MORE

Genius Design Stores Bicycles Underground By NaturallySavvy.com IN Tech & Transport Jan 30 2011 Imagine a storage system that safely stows your bicycle underground. + READ MORE

Myth Busters, Visionaries, and Scientists Unite For Bioneers By Leah Lamb IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 19 2010 Bioneers is the leading environmental conference in the world, naming the environment as the mother of all issues. + READ MORE

Should We Be Sending Our E-Waste to China? Adam Minter Thinks So (Interview) By Leah Lamb IN Tech & Transport Aug 24 2010 Activists & legislation says we shouldn't be sending our e-waste to China. Meet Adam Minter, who says there no place better on the planet to send e-waste. + READ MORE

Roz Savage Has a Plan to Save the World, One Eco Hero at a Time (Interview) By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors May 11 2010 Roz Savage doesn't stop at being the inspiration, she empowers others to take the eco hero baton. + READ MORE

Biomass Cookstoves Kill 1.6 Million People Per Year, But They Dont' Have To By Virginia Sole-Smith IN Travel & Outdoors May 2 2010 Traditional cookstoves aren't just bad for the environment; they're also responsible for 1.6 million deaths each year. Here's how you can help. + READ MORE

Mississippi Cheesecake Inspires the World's First Green Standards For Shipping By Sara Novak IN Tech & Transport Apr 18 2010 It begs to be questioned how one small bakery in eastern Mississippi was able to convince the largest shipping company in the world to establish its first ever Eco Responsible Packaging Program. It all started when Jubilations bakery approached their UPS account executive with a problem. + READ MORE

Nine-Year-Old Accidentally Discovers a New Species of Human Ancestor By Tolly Moseley IN Travel & Outdoors Apr 9 2010 Have you ever spied a suspicious-looking rock sticking out of the ground and thought, "is that a fossil?" That's exactly what happened Wednesday, when a 9-year-old fossil hunter wandered from his dad's watch -- and inadvertently opened up a new chapter of human's evolutionary history. + READ MORE

Inkjet-Inspired Gadget 'Prints' New Skin Cells Over Burns By Collin Dunn IN Food & Health Apr 9 2010 Researchers at Wake Forest University have rigged up a device that can spray new skin cells onto burn victims. Really. Inspired by the standard inkjet printer, the device quickly protects and helps heal a burn wound. The procedure could supplant skin grafts as the standard treatment for burn victims. The researchers have mounted the device on a frame so that it can be wheeled directly over a patient in a hospital bed. A laser takes a reading of the wound's shape and size, so that the precise amount of skin cells can be applied exactly where they're needed. + READ MORE

Conservation Farming, Not Witchcraft, Increases Zambian Farmer's Crop Yield By Mat McDermott IN Food & Health Apr 8 2010 Ecologically sustainable Conservation Farming methods have allowed Zambian farmer Elleman Mumba to increase crop yields and decrease labor. So much so that some people initially thought it had to be witchcraft. + READ MORE

Game Changing Idea? Tiny Solar Pebble to Power Africa By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Tech & Transport Apr 7 2010 Every so often there comes about a concept design that has potential to make big changes for a community or demographic. It's rare, and even rarer to see those designs come to fruition. However, the Solar Pebble hopes to be just such a design. + READ MORE

Meet Melissa Sterry Founder of Design Innovation Initiative New Frontiers By Leonora Oppenheim IN Work & Connect Mar 31 2010 How do we bring sustainable solutions into the mainstream? Melissa Sterry believes designers and engineers hold the key to innovation. She has set up the New Frontiers initiative to promote innovation through design education in the UK. + READ MORE

Shoosh Photography: Independent Artistry and Sustainable Jewelry At Their Best By Rachel Cernansky IN Fashion & Beauty Mar 23 2010 Jewelry made from hand-picked photographs placed on reclaimed wood. Take nature with you everywhere you go. + READ MORE

Get The Most Out Of Your Clothes Dryer: Make Paper Out of Laundry Lint By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Home & Garden Feb 22 2010 While many of us instinctively know the eco-merits of line drying our clothes, for many reasons we still use clothes dryers most of the time. Do I? + READ MORE

Teaching Art and Sustainability: Local Artist Leads Fashion Workshop, Salvaged Materials Only By Rachel Cernansky IN Fashion & Beauty Feb 11 2010 An art workshop at a local school recently taught kids to make new items from found materials. First they gathered, then they created -- making at least one clothing, jewelry, and accessory item each. From credit card bracelets to dresses fit for a runway, they figured out how to be creative -- and stylish. + READ MORE

Forest Guard Sets Up Solar Powered Warning System for Forest Fires By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Tech & Transport Jan 29 2010 One small group of young 10- to 12-year-olds are proving that the next generation of sustainable thinkers are capable of some very savvy innovation. + READ MORE

Get Your Geek On, Help Scientists With iDoScience By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Work & Connect Jan 25 2010 Do you have a passion for science? Are you a citizen scientist wanting to connect with other people as engaged as you, and connect with professional scientists about projects? iDoScience is the new resource that will help make that happen, blending citizen science, social media, and education into one helpful website. + READ MORE

How Recycling Will Help Pay for a Wedding By Tolly Moseley IN Work & Connect Jan 17 2010 Invitations. Cake. Dress. And cans? How one couple is funding their summer wedding, one recycled aluminum can at a time. + READ MORE

Cows to Kilowatts: Turning Slaughterhouse Pollution into Cheap Cooking Fuel By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Tech & Transport Dec 22 2009 Dr. Joseph Adelegan, an engineer from Nigeria with a passion for envrionmental technology, wanted to draw attnetion to the problem of slaugherhouse waste as a significant source of pollution for both water supplies and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as a source for the spread of disease. So he created a brand new, innovative way to deal with the problem. + READ MORE

Do It Yourself Instructions Motherlode: Appropedia Wiki By Derek Markham IN Tech & Transport Oct 19 2009 For truly sustainable change, our technology needs to not only provide a solution, but it needs to be appropriate - appropriate to the environmental, economic, and cultural situation. Appropedia provides a wealth of information on appropriate technology to use and share. + READ MORE