Archive for May, 2009

Great vid from The Green Thing

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Moosnight from Green Thing on Vimeo.

Giant rubber sea snakes

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Anaconda wave-power generator snakes into next stage of production
The device is said to be at the forefront of a new generation of wave-power machines that could slash renewables costs
Giant rubber sea snakes could harness the plentiful clean power off Britain’s coasts within five years, according to the inventors of a new type of wave-energy generator.
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What’s the Carbon Footprint of Your Toilet Paper?

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Tesco is charging ahead with its plans to slap a carbon label on all of its private label products to denote the amount of greenhouse gas emissions it takes to produce each item.
The U.K.-based retailer said on Friday it would include the labels on its Tesco-branded toilet paper and kitchen rolls beginning in late summer. [...]