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The Bao group's all-carbon solar cell consists of a photoactive layer, which absorbs sunlight, sandwiched between two electrodes. (Photo: Mark Shwartz / Stanford University)
Solar Energy: Stanford scientists build the first all-carbon solar cell
Wake Forest University physics professor David Carroll works with graduate student Greg Smith on new FIPEL lighting technology.
Taking the buzz out of office lights | News Center | Wake Forest University
Candle Powered Space Heater Makes Heat from a Candle Flame - Alternative Energy dot Com
This is a simple ingenious device that harvests the normally lost thermal energy of a candle flame (or an electric light bulb). The multi-core steel and ceramic radiator absorbs and concentrates the thermal energy of the candle and converts it into dry radiant space heat.
Elevated Bike Lane System Proposed for London
Landscape architect Sam Martin proposes Skycycle , a separated, elevated system of bike lanes for London.
We couldn’t find the page you wanted. So instead, we found Carolyn , GOOD’s Creative Services Director. This pious, egg-eating creative will beat you in arm wrestling and probably cares more about beer than you do. Carolyn wants to travel the world in a hot air balloon, so book-up on your parachute valve technique, fellas. Check out what Carolyn’s been up to on GOOD lately
Bananas in Paris? Maybe, With This Stylish Greenhouse - Design
Click & Grow Smartpots
If your green thumb tends to be a bit brown, Click & Grow Smartpots ($60) can surely help you out.Check us out at: http://www.urbanhomestead.org The Dervaes Family on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/dervaes The Urban Homestead on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/urbanhomestead For more on the film: http://www.homegrownrevolution.com To purchase a copy for public screening: http://www.peddlerswagon.com/p-282-homegrown-revolution.aspx ~*~*~*~*~ This film features: Jules Dervaes, Justin Dervaes, Anais Dervaes and Jordanne Dervaes Homegrown Revolution is a short introduction to the homegrown project that has been called a new revolution in urban sustainability.
Homegrown Revolution (Award winning short-film 2009)- The Urban Homestead
So you've got all these great fruits and vegetables and now we're going to help you keep them at their freshest with these tips.
How to Store Vegetables & Fruit Without Plastic | Washington's Green Grocer
Can Urban Farming Go Corporate?
Farms have sprouted in cities across the country over the past several years as activists and idealists pour their sweat into gritty soil. Now Paul Lightfoot wants to take urban agriculture beyond the dirt-under-your-nails labor of love.
Toronto’s Eco-Roof Incentive Program is designed to promote the use of green and cool roofs on Toronto’s existing commercial, industrial and institutional buildings, and new commercial, industrial and institutional buildings with a gross floor area of less than of 2,000 m2. The program aims to help Toronto’s business community take action on climate change.
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How The Taste Of Tomatoes Went Bad (And Kept On Going) : The Salt
Notice how some of these tomatoes have unripe-looking tops? Those "green shoulders" are actually the keys to flavor. pocius / Flickr.comOften picked only several hours before arriving at his kitchen, four miles from the farm, the lettuce could not be more fresh, or local.
Hydroponic Produce Gains Fans and Flavor
Happy New Year! Unless you belong to a CSA or grow your own garden, produce can take up a huge chunk of your grocery budget, and throwing away food can also feel like throwing away money.
The Produce Worker's Guide to Storing 25 Common Fruits and Veggies
This week I stood on the freshly greened roof of the Toronto-Dominion Centre banking pavilion, surrounded by a field of creek sedge grass. Bounded on all sides by steel and concrete skyscrapers, the oasis was surreal and thrilling.