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#grid Resilience & National Security.

Jun 06 2018 12:40 PM | eds in Green Living

President, ordered Energy Secretary, . . . to halt the shutdown of ailing coal, and nuclear power plants, . . . that were needed to maintain the nation’s: . . . . . . energy mix, . . . . . . grid resilience, and . . . . . . national security. 6-6-2018...

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Follow The Money: $2.2 Trillion For #energy

May 26 2018 12:45 PM | eds in Green Living

Frost & Sullivan’s, analysis of . . . 2018 Global Power Industry Outlook, says . . . Solar, to grow past Wind Energy. The report also predicts that . . . $2.2 trillion will be invested in new energy capacity through 2021, with . . . $600...

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Puerto Rico: Bottom Up #microgrids

May 25 2018 04:25 PM | eds in Green Living

Last September, Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico, . . . destroying most of the island’s energy infrastructure. Puerto Ricans then had to endure the . . . largest and longest blackout in US history. A bottom up network of distributed microgrid...

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#health:

Apr 18 2018 01:10 AM | eds in Green Living

"GP at Hand" . . . The cellphone app, . . . shaking up London's healthcare, . . . produced by, Ali Parsa's, . . . "Babylon Health." https://www.youtube....h?v=zpULEOSqSEA

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#rubbish

Mar 01 2018 03:45 PM | eds in Green Living

Stop! . . . Think about what your doing?

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#air-Purifying Bicycles

Jun 30 2017 10:10 PM | eds in Green Living

Biking in Beijing, which is polluted by smog, isn’t healthy, . . . so people are less inclined . . . to ditch their cars, and . . . opt for a bicycle. https://www.youtube....h?v=v0GubSCzcsM Roosegaarde envisions a bike that can . . . . . . inhale dirty...

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Financial Lifecycle

Jun 09 2012 11:55 PM | eds in Green Living

The "financial life cycle" is a guide through which you can effectively determine your current financial stage. It's a strategy for effectively manoeuvering through each stage of life. Source: financial-lifecycle

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Farm Pods

Sep 08 2013 03:20 AM | eds in Green Living

Famgro Farms, grows organic produce, . . . . . . more efficiently, . . . . . . more quickly, . . . . . . with no pesticides, and . . . . . . within urban areas, . . . by making farm units that are each . . . . . . about the size of a Prius, . . . . . ....

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How To Donate Or Recycle My Old Computers

Feb 03 2012 12:35 PM | Hayden in Green Living

Find a Local ProgramEcoSquid EcoSquid is a web search platform that helps consumers identify the best options to resell, recycle, or donate new and used electronics. EcoSquid enables consumers to find opportunities to earn cash for electronics that ha...

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Nasa’S Best Air-Filtering Houseplants

Sep 22 2016 01:25 AM | eds in Green Living

NASA's most effective plants for filtering the air of, . . . toxic agents, and . . . converting carbon dioxide to oxygen. 9-21-2016 Source: NASA’s Best Air-Filtering Houseplants

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3D Printed Houses

Apr 07 2014 03:55 PM | eds in Green Living

10 houses appear in Shanghai, China, . . . built in under one day, . . . Cost USD$4,800.-. WinSun's 150(L) x 10(W) x 6.6(H) m gigantic 3D printer, . . . is capable of printing entire building within hours. The 'ink' it used is based o...

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Not Just Any Plane – It’S A Solar Ship !

Feb 09 2012 12:00 AM | E3 wise in Green Living

The phone began ringing just after 1 AM January 13, 2010. My husband rolled over and looked at the caller ID. It’s Marcy he said, as he pressed the answer button and held the phone up so we both could hear at the same time. Guys, I need your help, w...

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Space Garbage Collector

Dec 13 2016 12:15 AM | eds in Green Living

Around 100 million pieces of trash, . . . cast off from satellites, and rockets, . . . are circulating in space, . . . causing hundreds of potentially dangerous collisions each year. Now Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), . . . blasted into or...

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Pollution: Old Gas Stations Leaking

May 06 2012 01:20 PM | eds in Green Living

Toxic gas leaks from gas stations contaminating water in Israel.
The contamination is toxic, “carcinogenic and potentially harmful to the
. . . . . . central nervous system,
. . . . . . immune system and
. . . . . . might reduce fertility.”

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Mana = “Mother Administered Nutritive Aid”

Nov 21 2012 07:10 PM | eds in Green Living

Just 3 servings of MANA a day can save the life of a starving child. . . . A fortified peanut paste that’s been carefully formulated . . . to provide all of a child’s basic nutritional needs. Source: mananutrition

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100% Biodegradable Bottle As Benign As An Orang...

May 12 2012 02:40 PM | eds in Green Living

For people who don’t quite get how destructive our material and
. . . waste stream has become to the planet,
. . . can discard their waste without wondering how many years,
. . . it will languish in a landfill, generating gas and
. . . leaching chemicals into the environment.

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World's Largest Sculpture

Dec 04 2012 03:20 PM | eds in Green Living

410,000 Oil Barrels, will make up the Worlds Largest Sculpture. . . . The 492-foot-tall, . . . $340 million structure, . . . taking over 30 months to build, and . . . located 100 miles from Abu Dhabi Source: 410,000 oil barrels Christo

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Florida’S Stimulus Success

Aug 16 2012 04:55 PM | eds in Green Living

- $17.6 million ENERGY STAR rebates helped to fund new appliances. - $26 million HVAC and geothermal systems purchased - $10 million Solar for Schools Grant 19 projects completed and 71 in process. - $39.39 million supplemented Stat...

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#solar Still: Clean's Water

May 07 2018 04:10 PM | eds in Green Living

Access to clean water, . . . is one of the world's most pressing problems, but, a team of University at Buffalo researchers has a device that uses, . . . black, carbon-dipped paper to produce fresh water. With a solar still the size of a mini frid...

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$9 Dollar Cardboard Bicycle

Jul 26 2012 08:15 PM | eds in Green Living

"You can't build a bicycle out of cardboard," Engineers told him. . . . But he did it anyway. Source: liveleak greenprophet

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Step By Step Tutorials With Instructions

Jan 09 2015 03:00 PM | eds in Green Living

Step by step tutorials with instructions, . . . for making your own things, rather than buying. 01-09-2015 Source: Step by step tutorials with instructions

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Plastics To Oil.

Mar 19 2012 12:00 AM | Shortpoet-GTD in Green Living

Dancing smilie icon goes here_________. "Only 7 percent of plastic waste in the United States is recycled each year, :wacko: according to the Environmental Protection Agency. A startup company in Niagara Falls says it can increase that amount and...

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#plastic Water Bottles

Feb 22 2018 02:45 PM | eds in Green Living

64% of bottled water sold in the US, . . . comes from municipal supplies, and can cost . . . 2,000 times more than what we pay for at the tap, and . . . 4 times more than what we pay for gasoline!. Municipalities pay upwards of . . . $100 mil...

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India’S Last #electrified Village

May 06 2018 01:00 PM | eds in Green Living

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, made it official, . . . tweeting that Leisang in Manipur had become “powered and empowered,” . . . as the last village in India to be electrified. “That night, none of us, including the children, slept due to...

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Hospital’S: "mycarolinas Tracker" App

Nov 04 2015 09:55 PM | eds in Green Living

For wearables, and health trackers to clinically matter, . . . they have to integrate with the physician facing electronic heath record. Carolina HealthCare System's, "MyCarolinas Tracker" app, . . . has direct integration with more than:...

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