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    Tafoni encourages living in Houseboats to benefit environment

    Posted on January 19, 2010 by shvveta

    The Tafoni Floating Home is a conceptual project from designer Joanna Borek-Clement. As we all know general boathouses often make a person feel homesick since they aren’t really comfortable as far as their design is concerned. In Tafoni Floating Home, … Continue reading3 →

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    Study suggests that China and US rank very low on climate protection performance

    Posted on December 15, 2009 by shvveta

    According to the recent study compiled by Germanwatch, a think tank, and the Climate Action Network (CAN), an alliance of environment pressure groups, the annual Climate Change Performance Index ranks countries based on their climate protection performance, comparing 57 industrialised … Continue reading3 →

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    Tata Indicom Launches Cellphones that can Remotely Operate Irrigation Pumps via SMS in India

    Posted on November 26, 2009 by madhuri

    The launch of new Tata Indicom cellphones which can remotely operate irrigation pumps via sms is very good news for Indian farmers. Anyone who has travelled within India probably must have noticed vast farmlands stretching to the horizon dotted with … Continue reading3 →

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    GoodGuide Launches iPhone App That Scans Green Products

    Posted on November 25, 2009 by madhuri

    Eco-conscious consumers can now scan products with their iPhone to add green products to their shopping carts. GoodGuide has created a iPhone application which can scan and read bar codes of the various products. It has become so easy, just … Continue reading3 →

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    Dallas Project in Texas uses renewable sources of energy in its architecture

    Posted on November 12, 2009 by shvveta

    With the environment degradation constantly happening, it is essential we come up with smart architectural solutions that harvest regenerative power of the environments and buildings’ natural systems. A new project which consists of a full city block in Dallas, Texas … Continue reading3 →

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    KLM Schedules First Bio-fuel Passenger Test Flight

    Posted on November 9, 2009 by madhuri

    KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will take an important sustainable aviation initiative by test flying a passenger flight partly on bio-fuel on 23 rd November. It will become first ever airlines in the world to fly a Boeing 747 on 50% … Continue reading3 →

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    Futuristic Recyclable Paper Laptop Design

    Posted on November 4, 2009 by madhuri

    Computer and modern technology is becoming highly indispensible and there is constant innovation with new improved gadgets and accessories replacing the old. Thus disposing off old electronic gadgets becomes very difficult as most parts are non-biodegradable and extremely harmful to … Continue reading3 →

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    Cool Eco Friendly Bus Shelter

    Posted on November 2, 2009 by madhuri

    If you took a look at this bright yellow bus shelter, it would remind you of the yellow school buses which still ply in many cities. Well, the Bus Shelter design hasn’t just been inspired by the school bus and … Continue reading3 →

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    Recycled art – Green ideas from young students to help environment

    Posted on April 29, 2009 by deepa

    We’ve been harping about serious green products and technology since some time now. Allow me to bring your attention to something lighter yet greener. Sixty five students of the Ocean View Elementary School put up an exhibition of robots, different … Continue reading3 →

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    Recycle gadgets for a cleaner environment

    Posted on April 10, 2009 by deepa

    Most of us are aware of the 3Rs (Reduce, Recycle and Reuse) but how many of us actually put this green motto in practice? When it comes to gadgets, being environmentally responsible isn’t the norm. And it’s not an easy … Continue reading3 →

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