AirCar - runs on compressed air
One refueling with 340 l of air under pressure will cost approximately 2 USD and will assure autonomy for more than 1000 km at the speed 100 km/h. The price for such a car is estimating to be 17800 USD.
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Google Pours Massive Investment into Renewable Energy Research
Google aims to find a way to significantly reduce the cost of renewable energy generation to bring it more on par with the cost of coal.
more fromwww.naturalnews.com
What is Higher-order Thinking?
It is about engaging students at the highest levels of thinking to foster exciting learning environments where students become creators of new ideas, analysers of information and generators of knowledge.
more fromwww.kurwongbss.qld.edu.au
Powerhouse joins The Commons on Flickr
The Powerhouse Museum is the first museum in the world to release publicly-held historical photographs for access on Flickr.
more fromwww.powerhousemuseum.com
Apartment Therapy Re-Nest | How To: Make a One-Pot Indoor Herb Garden
Got container garden moved inside, and new plant projects going for the winter.
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Wired 7.11: This Is Your Brain on God
Michael Persinger has a vision - the Almighty isn't dead, he's an energy field. And your mind is an electromagnetic map to your soul.
more fromwww.wired.com
This one is worth a thousand words
An indigenous woman holds her child while trying to resist the advance of Amazonas state policemen who were expelling the woman and some 200 other members of the Landless Movement from a privately-owned tract of land on the outskirts of Manaus
more fromblogs.reuters.com
Save the Old Growth Forest! A Matter of National Defense! « GET DIRTY
This is an exceptional presentation, better than most TED Talks I’ve seen recently. If you only watch a bit of it, check out part six where he unveils his “Life Box,” a cardboard box seeded with the recipe for a forest.
more fromgetdirty.wordpress.com
The effects of trawling
Very sad photo - last time I order scallops
more fromwww.neatorama.com
If Life Gives You Methane, Make Methane Energy
If these methane reservoirs melt over the next 100 years, the gas released could re-create climate conditions that prevailed during a 2,500-year warming spell that began 14,000 years ago.
more fromdiscovermagazine.com
Tens of millions of birds disappearing across North America
CBC’s The National reports that tens of millions of birds are disappearing across North America.
more fromrawstory.com
At $1 per Watt, the iTunes of Solar Energy Has Arrived
A Silicon Valley start-up called Nanosolar shipped its first solar panels -- priced at $1 a watt. That's the price at which solar energy gets cheaper than coal. Curious that this story is not on every front page.
more fromwww.solveclimate.com
Focus on Forests
Rainforest Education Website for upper primary and above. The aim of this site is to tell you about some of the issues facing forests around the world today.
more fromwww.focusonforests.org
The Robert Bateman Get to Know Program - Home
The Robert Bateman Get to Know Program has been inspiring connections between children and the environment for nearly a decade.
more fromwww.gettoknow.ca
Energy Eaters - Ask an expert - The Lab - Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Gateway to Science
We all know that to reduce our carbon footprint we need to save energy. But is it better to buy a petrol electric car or install a solar hot water system?
more fromwww.abc.net.au
TakingITGlobal - Inspire. Inform. Involve.
TakingITGlobal.org is an online community that connects youth to find inspiration, access information, get involved, and take action in their local and global communities
more fromtakingitglobal.org
Guardian Unlimited | Comment is free | In this age of diamond saucepans, only a recession makes sense
Economic growth is a political sedative, snuffing out protest as it drives inequality. It is time we gave it up
more fromwww.guardian.co.uk
Things You Really Need to Learn by Stephen Downes
This is, in my view, what you need to learn in order to be successful. Moreover, it is something you can start to learn this year, no matter what grade you're in, no matter how old you are.
more fromwww.downes.ca
Paul Hawken
Paul Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, journalist, and author. Starting at age 20, he dedicated his life to sustainability and changing the relationship between business and the environment.
more fromwww.paulhawken.com
The Ultimate Resource Guide for Commuting by Bicycle
With the rise of oil prices and the growing ‘green’ movement, people everywhere are evaluating commuting to work by bicycle. And based on the response to our recent post “Choices: Bike or Drive?”, many of our readers are interested in commuting by
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