Come 2009 and we hope to look forward to more eco-friendly vehicles hitting the road. Toyota Motors is also keeping a green vehicle under wraps. The buzz is that the car maker is working on a car that will run on sun’s energy only. Going by The Nikkei’s reports, it is known that the company is working on an electric vehicle that will get some of its power from solar cells equipped on the vehicle, and that can be recharged with electricity generated from solar panels on the roofs of homes. The newspaper also claimed that Toyota is toying with the idea of a vehicle totally powered by solar cells. Although there is no official word from the auto maker about this green-rumor, we can only wait for the leader in green technology to fulfill such green expectations in the near future.
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Even before the CES 2009 opens up, the blogosphere is buzzing with the news about the stuff that will be seen at the exhibition. Today it’s the Univenture that is come under light as it is going to launch its new retail line of UniKeep solutions at the most awaited consumer fair. This award winning inventor and manufacturer of a robust line of eco-friendly packaging, media and document storage, presentation and direct mail products has come up with a green solution for disc packaging and storage. The eco-friendly UniKeep line is crafted out of 100% recyclable polypropylene, plant-based, and recycled content materials. Consumers can also watch out for the Enviro Disc Wallet that is manufactured of up to 85% recycled content. Easy on environment, the company also claims that these products will be easy on user’s wallets too.
In an attempt to keep up with the green trend of recycling cell phones, Nokia India gears up to enlighten 87% of ignorant Indians about the importance of recycling e-waste. A survey by Nokia bought this fact to light that the awareness quotient was the lowest in India. As a part of this project, the company will set up recycling bins set up across Nokia Priority Dealers and Nokia Care Centers where mobile phone users can dispose their used handsets and accessories such as charges and handsets, regardless of the brand. What’s alarming is the fact that in India, on an average a person owns about five phones but only 3 per cent of the users recycled their old phones. However with such take-back campaigns, the company aims to educate Indian consumers that 100 percent of the materials in the phones can be recovered and used to make new products or generate energy. Commencing from January 1st 2009, many of the Indians who intend to do their bit for the earth, including myself, can make the best of such a green campaign.
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Contributing for the wellbeing of humans as well as earth is the best way to kick start 2009! A cancer charity from a small town in South West England has come up with a platform where residents can recycle their mobiles and at the same time raise funds for cancer awareness. World Cancer Research Fund has teamed up with ShP solutions, specialists in mobile phone recycling, to raise £3.50 for every cell phone recycled. Every mobile phone recycled WCRF UK will be helping to fund innovative scientific research into cancer prevention as well as an extensive national education program. All you got to do is donate that unwanted mobile phone and hit two birds with one stone!
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And here’s some green stuff for the eco-fashionistas who wouldn’t want to trade in their haute couture lifestyle to soothe their eco-conscious. Salvatore Ferragamo has unveiled a new line of handbags for the spring. Aptly named, Eco-Ferragamo, the line consists of environmentally friendly bags. These eco-handbags are dyed using tannins derived from tree bark. Crafted out of such metal free colored leather, the bags are lined with handwoven hemp too. Though green at heart, these biodegradable and water resistant, uber chic fashion bags don glamorous shades of tobacco brown, lemon yellow, and grapefruit pink. For $1,190 to $1,890, dangle one on your shoulder to prove that green stands for high-end fashion too.
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Witnessing many highs and lows though the 2008, our globe can look forward to a greener 2009. Sky-rocketing gasoline prices and alarming CO2 levels in our atmosphere has pushed many airliners to experiment with alternative fuel options. One such successful airline has recently completed a two-hour flight in New Zealand. One engine of a Boeing 747-400 airplane was powered by a 50-50 blend of oil from jatropha plants and standard A1 jet fuel. Air New Zealand intends to wear the crown of world’s most environmentally sustainable airline by pursuing such eco-friendly flights options.
Red is the new green for the New Year……at Times Square at least. Coca-Cola Company’s green move has aided a green tinge to the red bill board at this iconic location. The company agreed to pay a 10 percent premium on its bill to select clean, renewable wind power to light up the billboard located at 47th and Broadway. Following the cola giant, the sponsors of all 29 neighboring billboards on three buildings around Times Square agreed to do the same. This green leap will lead to a reduction of about 2,056 tons of carbon dioxide per year. With the bike-powered lights and the wind powered billboards, Times Square is slated to ring in 2009 in clean green style.
I sincerely don’t promote talking on the cell phone while driving but if you really have to answer that call then hands free is the safer alternative. But again you need to be alert to keep the batteries in your hands free juiced up. And if you want to avoid this stress then the Nextar NXBT-001 and/or the NXBT-002 are the optimum alternatives. Both have one thing in common and that is they are run on solar energy. The NXBT-001 is capable of 250 hours of standby time and 10 hours of talk time while the 002 can last 150 hours of standby time and 6 hours of yakking.
A Korean car maker is waiting to zoom in U.S. territory with its electric vehicles as well as zinc air-fuel cell battery for such gas-free vehicles. The company, Leo Motors, primarily intends to focus on EV components for hybrid-electric vehicles like the Toyota Prius. It also claims to be in authority of several technological breakthroughs that will enhance the performance of the highest-end EVs, including super cars such as the Tesla Roadster. One of such breakthroughs is a zinc air-fuel cell, or ZAFC, battery, which the company aims to commercialize by late 2009.
Though it isn’t that time of the year when talking about air-conditioning will make my readers comfortable, I couldn’t give this news a miss. Renowned piano maker, Steinway & Sons cools or heats up their plant at Queens with solar panels. At the cost of $870,000, this alternative energy system will help to keep the factory cool. This move is to cool air will be helpful to dehumidify the hammers and other small moving parts that can be affected by changes in the moisture in the air. The fitted mirrored solar panels are automated and can twist to follow the path of the sun.
