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Robbes wants to know 18 year old farmer 5 days ago
Im building a bioreactor at home for a small-scale biomass production of algae. Any tips for an 18 year old farmer?
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Robbes wants to know Im 18 and i want to do something! 3 months ago
Hi guys!
I've got some spare time during the days and im wondering if someone could give me a tip about what i can do at home to be "green". Talking about energy, cultivations and maybe bulding some sort of self sufficientness in my home. Im open for suggestions!!! and im ready to build! =Din Biomass Power Production Algae Fuels Offshore Wind Vertical Axis Wind Turbines Recycling Gardening Sustainable Homes and Communities
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Joshwolf wants to know Residential Algae! 5 months ago
How do you see algae being incorporated into your home?
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It would be cool to have a gas pump that goes form the point of fuel processing to the garage too
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Brits do not take every day actions to be more environmentally friendly
"According to new research from Future Friendly, 69 per cent of Brits would like to be more environmentally friendly - but still don’t do the little, everyday things that can help make a difference.
A quarter of UK homes still leave their appliances on standby (26 per cent) – in fact, almost half of children do not switch off at the mains (45 per cent). Just one fifth of the population rides a bike instead of uses a car (19 per cent), while only four in ten makes a conscious effort to eat local produce (39 per cent). Only 41 per cent of the nation chooses to buy environmentally friendly household products."
Source: http://www.waternewsportal.com/water_article10331.html
This really hits the nail on the head...I am sure it is not just the brits, but the stats will pretty much be the same for most nationalities...
Why begs the question as to why we find it so difficult even to follow simple ecofriendly actions that can make a difference? Is it because habits die hard?- View all 3 answers
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As addition to previous one http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/business-brains/corporate-responsibility-reporting-not-an-option/19874?tag=nl.e660 Corporate responsibility reporting not an option.
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Virafmehta posted a blog MSWM & ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS APPLICATIONS 4 days ago
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Arunpillai wants to discuss This Green Thing 4 months ago
Checking out at the supermarket recently, the young cashier suggested I should bring my own bags because plastic bags weren’t good for the environment. I apologized and explained, “We didn’t have this green thing back in my earlier days“.
The clerk responded, “That’s our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations“.
She was right about one thing–our generation didn’t have the green thing in “Our” day. So what did we have back then? After some reflection and soul-searching on “Our” day, here’s what I remembered we did have….
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Itsmenandhas wants to discuss All-In-One Table & Lets You Grow, Harvest and Eat 4 months ago
A design that lets you grow and harvest your dinner, right at the table - http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/plantable-table-trellis-hybrid-jailmake.html
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Arunpillai shared a picture The "Sun-Catcher" - A sculpture by Deedee Morrison 4 months ago
Recycled aluminum, colored lucite and solar panels were used to fabricate this powerful 15 ft. tall Sun-Catcher sculpture for Sculpture360: Season IV in the City of Clearwater, Florida. The solar panel installed on the top panel of the sun totem - captures the energy of the sun during the day and emits its dramatic stored light at night. The Sun-Catcher is thus, a visual display of the power and energy that’s available every day from a single solar panel’s relationship with the sun.
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Arunpillai wants to discuss 13-Year-Old Makes Solar Power Breakthrough by Harnessing the Fibonacci Sequence 4 months ago
Aidan's exploration in the woods uncovered a mystery of science and he designed a fascinating tree solar collector as a result of his discoveries. After studying how trees branch in a very specific way, Aidan Dwyer created a solar cell tree that produces 20-50% more power than a uniform array of photovoltaic panels.
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Itsmenandhas shared a picture Save Electricity - right from kitchen.... 5 months ago
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The R2B2 is a wonderful green kitchen appliance concept designed by Christoph Thetard and showcased at the recent Milan Furniture Fair. It uses a sustainable human powered flywheel to drive the spinning blade that allows you to blend, process and grind your food. Very Flintstone-ish, and eco-friendly!
http://www.designsojourn.com/the-r2b2-human-powered-kitchen-appliance-concept/- 1 person added this post to their reference
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Arunpillai wants to discuss Man Builds Fairy Tale Home for His Family – For Only £3,000 6 months ago
Simon Dale is a family man in Wales, the western part of Great Britain. His interest in self-sustainability and an ecological awareness led him to dig out and build his own home—one of the loveliest, warmest, most inviting dwellings you could ever imagine. And it cost him only £3,000
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the house is so beautiful!! and very natural! i liked the stair/ramp ..
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The Santa Fe Science Café for Young Thinkers presents Graydon Anderson, a chemist, discussing "What Is Clean Coal And Why Do We Need It?" (Part 1/4).
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Arunpillai wants to discuss Eating locally is no longer such a longshot in the Pacific NW 5 months ago
For purists who want to go the whole way with the original 100-mile challenge (to eat only that food which is grown within a 100 mile radius), the diet can still be a mind-boggling exercise: At the Herbfarm restaurant's annual 100-mile dinner, chefs gather their own seawater to evaporate into salt; grind elk horn into an ancient baking-powder substitute, and obtain rennet for cheese-making from the stomachs of young calves.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw/2016669475_pacificpfootfood13.html?cmpid=2628in Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry Sustainable Homes and Communities
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Kyzyl wants to discuss Is sustainability science really a science? 5 months ago
Is sustainability science really a science? - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111123133628.htm?utm_source=feedburner
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Kyzyl wants to discuss Cleantech and biodiversity on the menu for Paris Pollutec Expo | SmartPlanet 6 months ago
PARIS — Eco-technology expo comes to Paris to showcase and discuss latest in environmental practices in France and beyond. - http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/global-observer/cleantech-and-biodiversity-on-the-menu-for-paris-pollutec-expo/730?tag=nl.e660
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Kyzyl wants to discuss IBD Distribution :PROVIDES ECO FRIENDLY INVISIBLE.AC/DAIKIN AIR CONDITIONING SOLUTION Ealing, London 6 months ago
IBD Distribution : Ealing, London - http://www.ibd-distribution.com/ealing.html
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Arunpillai shared a video New Net Zero Energy Design - at UC Davis 6 months ago
Based on its sustainable design, UC Davis' new net zero energy community is designed to generate as much energy as it consumes. West Village could change how future developments are built across the world.
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Ps21 posted a blog Sustainable Future in Development Countries (Latin America, Africa and Asia). 6 months ago
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Divyajeychandren shared a picture Pupa: Green Habitat inside Bloomberg Media's London HQ 6 months ago
Providing employees with a new recreational space to take a break from their workday, this space is not only different structurally, but the entire thing is made from bits of reclaimed cardboard and pallets from Bloomberg’s own trash bin.
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Arunpillai shared a video Energy - 2035 6 months ago
By 2035, we will need on third more the energy than we use today. The question is - where will this extra energy come from?
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Arunpillai shared a video The Energy Farmer 7 months ago
A dairy farm in Wales that is powered by waste...
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Arunpillai posted a blog Solar is à la mode 7 months ago
I have been a big fan of solar power ever since I heard about it as as a kid in class 6 or 7. We were taught that we could generate electricity with the light of the sun, which being a never-ending resource was referred to as a “renewable” source of energy. I found it quite fascinating that sunlight could be so ‘powerful’ even as I had no idea how electricity was generated conventionally. And neither did I have any idea over the years it took me to reach the information age to understand the challenges – posed by technology…
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May be this information gives an answer: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/01/0114_050114_solarplastic.html (2005).http://www.gmagazine.com.au/news/1193/scientists-develop-spray-solar-panels (2009). http://www.gizmag.com/thin-film-turns-windows-into-solar-panels/16058/ (2010).http://www.pcworld.com/article/203998/sprayon_solar_cell_technology_powers_the_future.html (2010).http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/02/spray-on-solar-panels-using-cigs.html (2011). http://www.gizmag.com/quantum-dot-solar-cell-efficiency-record/19922/ (2011). "The process is still in the works – thus far, the prototypes that have been developed can only convert 1% of the sunlight that hits the cell into electricity. The goal conversion is 10%, so there is still quite a way to go. “If it works, I think you could see it being used in three to five years,” explains Korgel http://inhabitat.com/spray-on-solar-cells-energize-almost-any-surface/ And then ask yourself, how much nano production even as semi-product costs and how much time will be need to pass from the lab to industry, which will use rare earth material and transform them to nano stages.
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Arunpillai shared a picture Solar Concentrator 7 months ago
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have successfully created a sophisticated, yet affordable, method to turn ordinary glass into a high-tech solar concentrator. The technology, which uses glass coated with light-capturing dyes to collect and channel photons otherwise lost from a solar panel's surface, could eventually enable an office building to draw energy from its tinted windows as well as its roof.
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Arunpillai shared a video Dave Strenski, on the use of renewable energy to spearheaded his hometown’s transformation 7 months ago
Dave Strenski - founder of SolarYpsi.org which was started six years ago by a group of volunteers to design, install, and educate the public about renewable energy and energy conservation - talks of seeing hope where others saw none, seeing opportunity where others saw a recession. Inspiring Stuff!
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