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Fighting Energy Vampires with ‘Leeches’

Fighting Energy Vampires with ‘Leeches’

There are all manner of fancy gadgets out there to help folks reduce their vampire power consumption, but the simplest solution for plug-in chargers is to just unplug them from the wall -- but even that can be a bit of a pain.

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Artists, Record Companies, and Concert Venues Launch the Green Music Group

Artists, Record Companies, and Concert Venues Launch the Green Music Group

Dave Matthews Band, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow among the founding artists working in a new coalition with record companies and concert venues to lessen the environmental impact of the music industry.

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Earth Hour Photos from Around the World

Earth Hour Photos from Around the World

This is a little bit late but I was on vacation for a week and didn't see this great collection of before/during Earth Hour photos from around the world until today.

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Earth Hour 2009 Vote: Earth Vs Global Warming

Earth Hour 2009 Vote: Earth Vs Global Warming

Earth hour traces its origin back to Sydney Australia in 2007 (Earth Hour already happened there by the time you read this!) when businesses and residents turned off their lights for one hour to make a statement about energy use and global warming. Today is your chance to vote for Earth by [...]

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Power Shift 2009 Economic and Climate Crisis Summit

Power Shift 2009 Economic and Climate Crisis Summit

Coming up in the last weekend in February in Washington DC you can join tens of thousands of like minded individuals meeting to discuss, listen, and learn about the economic and climate crisis we face and how to reclaim our future.

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Blight: Solar Panel Blinds and Lights

Blight: Solar Panel Blinds and Lights

The solar panel Venetian blind design by Vincent Gerkens is a green technology that captures solar energy during the day and gives it back at night. Blight is entered into this years Greener Gadgets Design Competition and melds the old with the new. At the end of the month greenUPGRADER will be visiting the Greener [...]

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Recycle Your Steam with the Osmos Eco-Grower

Recycle Your Steam with the Osmos Eco-Grower

Jonathan Banton of the UK designed this contraption, which sits atop your cooking veggies or pasta, and captures the water vapor and steam produced to hydrate the growing plants.

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Ready to Put Some E. Coli in Your Tank?

Ready to Put Some E. Coli in Your Tank?

Around the world, scientists are working on new kinds of biofuels that could help reduce our reliance on oil- and coal-based energy. The latest development comes out of UCLA’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, where a team led by professor James Liao has come up with a way to convert E. coli bacterium into [...]

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Coffee as Biofuel: Good to the Last Drop

Coffee as Biofuel: Good to the Last Drop

Ah, that first cup of coffee in the morning. It really gets you moving. And soon, it could get your car moving, too.

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Reuse Heat, Save the Planet

Reuse Heat, Save the Planet

Electric and mechanical power produce heat. That heat, according to research from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), could be a ready source of energy — enough to cut U.S. carbon dioxide emissions by 60% by 2030.

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