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New Green Range From Toy Company Blabla Out Soon
Handmade toy company Blabla has been recognized for their excellence in design and product through numerous awards throughout the years. Families who buy Blabla once usually become fans for life. The company is all set to unleash their new range of handmade toys, clothes and dolls at Masion & Objet in Paris. The show will run [...]
Continue reading...Win-Win for Green Cabbie Paton
30. August 2010
A taxi fleet owner in Scotland is due to get his second environmental award for 2010. His mission to make a green impact in the taxi industry is getting noticed and acknowledged. Colin Paton’s firm has already won a place on the prestigious Scottish Green List, and now that has been followed by a nomination for [...]
Continue reading...EPA’s New Fuel Economy Labels Open For Public Comment
30. August 2010
The US Environmental Protection Agency has released its new vehicle fuel economy labels which are proposed to replace the current vehicle labels starting with the 2012 model year. The new labels provide consumers with additional information and a comparative ranking for new cars, with a comparison bar (not unlike what is now provided on [...]
Continue reading...Sci-Fi Art From Discarded Ink Cartridges
29. August 2010
In an amazing an eye-catching artistic offering, artist faith Pearson has displayed the myriad possibilities that lie hidden in discarded ink cartridges. She was given the raw material by ‘I am B ink and media blog – who were curious to see if any kind of artistic expression would emanate through empty ink cartridges that were [...]
Continue reading...The Kindle and the Environment
29. August 2010
Here at EcoGeek we’ve been long-time supporters of e-book readers. The publishing industry (including books, newspapers and magazines) is a serious environmental threat with a huge carbon footprint and raw materials that result in the harvesting of some 125 million tress per year. So we were excited. But as the realities of ebooks set in, and [...]
Continue reading...New Green Courses Galore to Equip People for Green Jobs
28. August 2010
With the green movement gathering more momentum than it has ever had before, there are now educational courses that focus on green issues. The rise in environmental issues – at a time when President Obama has invested approximately $80 billion on renewable resources an in the building of two solar panel plants – has led several [...]
Continue reading...Italian Gas Stations to Have Hydrogen Fuel Pumps
27. August 2010
Euopean clean energy company, Acta, has announced their plans for creating a network of solar-powered hydrogen fueling stations throughout Italy. The new pumps will work by harnessing solar energy to produce hydrogen fuel from water through the process of electrolysis. Using hydrogen has several advantages over using batteries. It doesn’t require long recharges and it makes [...]
Continue reading...Concrete Bases Improve Wind Turbine Tower Efficiency
27. August 2010
Concrete is not often the greenest material choice, particularly since concrete production is one of the largest single sources of carbon emissions globally. But, for wind turbine towers, the use of concrete bases can provide a number of significant benefits, including reducing the amount of concrete needed for the footings for a tower by [...]
Continue reading...Sony Ericsson Elm Most Eco-Friendly Phone, Rates O2
26. August 2010
Sony Ericsson’s Elm is the most sustainable mobile handset on sale, according to O2. This reading was taken from the eco-rating system that had been set up by the mobile phone operator. The list that they put out has six manufacturers on it, with the conspicuous absence of RIM and Apple. The Elm, part of the Greenheart [...]
Continue reading...Small Diesel Pickup Truck from India Coming to US
26. August 2010
American automakers, as well as foreign manufacturers selling in the US have a few full-size pickup trucks with diesel engines, but for years a small pickup with a diesel engine has not been available. That is set to change as Indian car maker Mahindra & Majindra has received EPA approval to sell its small [...]
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