DIY Light Tube Lighting Alternative

Posted on April 25, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

Check out this cool recycled plastic bottle lighting hack that I found over at Lifehacker. It equates to a “Light Tube” alternative but is a very innovative reuse of trash to bring light into dark rooms during the day. I’m not sure how feasible it would be to utilize in most homes here in the [...]

Earth Hour Photos from Around the World

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

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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.

Earth Hour 2009 Vote: Earth Vs Global Warming

Posted on March 28, 2009 by Doug Gunzelmann .

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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 [...]

Greener Gadgets: Environmental Traffic Light

Posted on February 24, 2009 by Doug Gunzelmann .

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Hernando Barragan has entered his Social-environmental Station into this years Greener Gadgets Design Competition. The idea is to display current environmental conditions that are usually ignored or not well understood. Factors such as parts per million CO2 in the air will be as commonly understood as the temperature.

Greener Gadgets: Lightimus Solar Hourglass

Posted on February 23, 2009 by Doug Gunzelmann .

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The design of this solar powered LED hourglass is intended to provide sustainable light, remind us of our limited time on this planet, and the important role we play during out stay here. The Lightimus functions in a cyclical pattern like so many natural processes. During the day the lamp charges through the solar cells [...]

Blight: Solar Panel Blinds and Lights

Posted on February 13, 2009 by Doug Gunzelmann .

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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 [...]

Lightlane Concept Perpetual Bike Lane

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Doug Gunzelmann .

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I commute via bicycle nearly everyday. In the Boston area there are some bike lanes painted on the road. Now that is’s winter I find myself commuting in the dark, scary ordeal with Boston drivers. Lightlane could be your personal bike lane no matter where your ride.

Ironic Repurposed Oyule Lamps

Posted on September 20, 2008 by Doug Gunzelmann .

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Sergio Silva uses reclaimed incandescent light bulbs to create that which they were meant to replace, or to “send the bulbs back in time.” The Oyule lamps (sound it out) are gutted and filled with paraffin fuel, a magnet is also placed in the bottom of the bulb so that it will be secured [...]

The Spark Lamp, Increasing Energy Awareness

Posted on September 8, 2008 by Matt Embrey .

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The Spark Lamp by Beverly Ng, is a decorative modern solar lamp, but more importantly it is an energy monitoring system aimed at educating people about home energy consumption. It was designed to work in conjunction with a Swedish concept to deal with the energy crisis.

The Invisible Streetlight Concept

Posted on August 3, 2008 by Matt Embrey .

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The Invisible Streetlight, from the 2008 IDSA Awards, is a very beautiful concept. There’s not much info but they do explain that it is solar powered and requires very little material to make because instead of using a support pole, the light has a flexible branch that is wrapped around the branch of a street-side [...]