01 Dec
2015
Ride a wind turbine in this crazy wind farm amusement park
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency | NETHERLANDS
Published by : Ecotechtube
If you’ve ever wanted to see the views from atop a wind turbine, your wish may soon come true. The Dutch renewable energy company Qurrent just unveiled plans to transform a wind farm into the “world’s first sustainable theme park.” Designed in collaboration with Jora Entertainment, the park will be packed with adrenaline-pumping rides from the world’s tallest spiraling water slide to an incredibly fast attraction on a turbine blade booster.While Qurrent’s…
30 Nov
2015
Tianjin, China's 4th largest city, will get 1,000 EV fleet for car-sharing
Green Transportation & Logistics | CHINA
Published by : Ecotechtube
China is so vast and so populous that there are multiple cities of 10+ million population that most people outside of the country have probably never heard about. One of those is Tianjin, with over 15 million inhabitants in its municipal area, making it the fourth largest city after Shanghai, Beijing, and Guangzhou. It might be flying a bit under the radar on the international stage, but it is doing some interesting things to try to combat China's terrible…
30 Nov
2015
This groundbreaking 3D-printed building can be powered by a car
Green Building Materials, Construction & Design | UNITED STATES
Published by : Ecotechtube
World-renowned architecture firm SOM just unveiled an off-grid 3D-printed building with built-in solar panels that can be powered, in part, by a car. The highly energy-efficient structure is called AMIE, and it makes getting mainstream society off the grid seem ever more feasible. The building is comprised of a series of printed C-shaped sections, and bi-directional energy flow makes it possible for the 3D-printed structure and a hybrid car to keep each other…
28 Nov
2015
Onyx Solar BiPV Skylights, Canopies & Brise Soleil
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency | SPAIN
Published by : Ecotechtube
Onyx Solar develops building integrated photovoltaic solutions that are used for the replacement of conventional construction materials from different parts of the building’s exterior such as skylights, facades, windows, curtain walls and/or roofs.The innovative concept that Onyx Solar brings to the market - Transparent Solar Glass - offers the possibility to add photovoltaic properties to any building envelope from a flexible, customized and aesthetic…
28 Nov
2015
A green-roofed Hobbit home anyone can build in just 3 days
Green Building Materials, Construction & Design | UNITED STATES
Published by : Ecotechtube
Can you imagine living in a 400-square-foot tiny home that is eco-friendly and energy-efficient, yet boasts all the amenities of a conventional house? Magic Green Homes fabricates such structures using prefabricated vaulted panels and covers them with soil, creating flexible green-roofed living spaces with a Tolkienesque charm. And the kicker? They're so easy to construct, just about anyone can build one.The Green Magic Homes are composed of prefabricated…
28 Nov
2015
Out of step: marching for climate justice versus taking action
Others | FRANCE
Published by : Care 2 Trade
Marc Hudson, University of ManchesterThis weekend, tens of thousands (perhaps hundreds of thousands) of people in cities around the world will take to the streets to protest against governments' inaction on climate change.Past experience suggests media coverage will be largely sympathetic, if cursory, and (many) politicians will say that they hope the Paris climate summit that begins immediately afterwards represents a turning point. We have been here before.…
27 Nov
2015
Electric Bus Adoption Is Taking Off In China
Green Transportation & Logistics | CHINA
Published by : Ecotechtube
Here at CleanTechnica, we frequently cover electric buses, as they often displace diesel and hybrid diesel buses that are typically major generators of particulate matter (PM) emissions in cities. Lots of pollution where we have the most people is not ideal, so this conversion process is extremely important. The electrification of mass transit is an even larger opportunity in developing nations, as emissions…
27 Nov
2015
Las Vegas Going Green in Deal to Run City With Only Clean Power
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency | UNITED STATES
Published by : Ecotechtube
Las Vegas is going green. The city is planning to run municipal buildings, fire stations, parks, streetlights and other facilities exclusively with clean power, under a deal announced Tuesday with theBerkshire Hathaway Inc.-owned utility NV Energy Inc. The agreement doesn’t cover the famously bright casinos on the Las Vegas Strip.The city’s shift is a sign that renewable energy is becoming competitive with electricity generated from fossil fuels. It comes…
27 Nov
2015
Paris climate summit primer: what are greenhouse gases?
Resource Recovery & Environment Management | FRANCE
Published by : Care 2 Trade
Céline Toubin, Université de Lille 1Among the many things that are changing the Earth’s climate, an increase in the concentration of greenhouse gases (GHGs) can be singled out as the primary culprit. The issue of how to reduce them will of course be at the heart of the discussions at the upcoming COP21 in Paris, the aim of which is to keep global warming below 2°C.How do greenhouse gases actually work? They absorb the infrared radiation emitted by the Earth’s…
26 Nov
2015
Solar Roof Tiles are the Future of Eco Homes and Friends to Home Budget
Green Building Materials, Construction & Design | UNITED STATES
Published by : Ecotechtube
Solar roof tiles are new invention that can help a lot in saving energy and lowering the electricity bills. The solar energy is what can provide so much for your home heat without too many costs. There are many alternative energy solutions that are more and more attractive lately but solar energy is maybe something that is endless and easiest one.Having a warm home and water is a big problem that needs a serious solution. With the great earth pollution and…
26 Nov
2015
Shrinking Antarctic glaciers could make Adélie penguins unlikely winners of climate change
Resource Recovery & Environment Management | ANTARCTICA
Published by : Ecotechtube
Penguin numbers exploded in East Antarctica at the end of the last ice age, according to research published today in BMC Evolutionary Biology. Despite their image as cold-loving creatures, the increase in Adélie penguin numbers seems to be closely linked to shrinking glaciers, raising the possibility the these penguins could be winners from current climate change.Adélie penguins are one of only two penguin species that live on the Antarctic continent.…
26 Nov
2015
Massive road and rail projects could be Africa’s greatest environmental challenge
Resource Recovery & Environment Management | CONGO
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Bill Laurance, James Cook UniversityAfrica’s natural environments and spectacular wildlife are about to face their biggest challenge ever. In a paper published today in Current Biology, my colleagues and I assess the dramatic environmental changes that will be driven by an infrastructure-expansion scheme so sweeping in scope, it is dwarfing anything the Earth’s biggest continent has ever been forced to endure.People, food and miningAfrica’s population is exploding…
25 Nov
2015
India is focused on energy and poverty, but it can still sign a global climate deal
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency | INDIA
Published by : Care 2 Trade
Ben Parr, University of Melbourne and Don Henry, University of MelbourneWhy would a country with a third of its population living in poverty support a global agreement at the Paris climate talks? With per capita greenhouse emissions of about a tenth of many developing countries, why wouldn’t India just argue that it should be exempt from climate deals while it focuses on bringing electricity, food and jobs to its hundreds of millions of poor?In short, because…
24 Nov
2015
Feeding 'Godzilla': as Indonesia burns, its government moves to increase forest destruction
Resource Recovery & Environment Management | INDONESIA
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Bill Laurance, James Cook UniversityIn the midst of its worst fire crisis in living memory, the Indonesian government is taking a leap backward on forest protection. The recently signed Council of Palm Oil Producing Nations between Indonesia and Malaysia, signed at the weekend in Kuala Lumpur, will attempt to wind back palm oil companies' pledges to end deforestation.This is despite Indonesia’s efforts to end fires and palm oil cultivation on peatlands.If…
24 Nov
2015
Biodegradable plastics not breaking down in ocean, UN report says
Resource Recovery & Environment Management | CANADA
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A new report says it could take two or three years for some biodegradable plastics to disintegrate. 'Once it’s in the sea it’s just going to stay there for an extremely long period of time,' said Peter Kershaw, one of the report's authors. (Edward Conde, Flickr cc) A new report from the United Nations says plastics labelled biodegradable rarely disintegrate in the ocean because they require industrial composters and prolonged exposure to…
23 Nov
2015
8 Green innovations at Greenbuild 2015
Green Building Materials, Construction & Design | UNITED STATES
Published by : Care 2 Trade
The world’s largest green building event kicked off with a bang last week at the heart of our nation’s capital. While Greenbuild always features plenty of education sessions, talks, and tours, our favorite event will always be the trade show expo that, as always, was brimming with the newest innovations in sustainable design. We set off to explore the very best the trade show had to offer, from the world’s first Cradle to Cradle-certified solar panels to a…
23 Nov
2015
James Cameron wants you to fight global warming by changing what you eat
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency | UNITED STATES
Published by : Care 2 Trade
There are few films more environmentally infused than the highest grossing one in history, “Avatar” — in which a highly militarized mining company seeks to exploit the resources of the rich forest world of Pandora. But less known is how the film’s director, James Cameron, has also used some of the money made from “Avatar” to champion an array of green causes, even as he’s also using clean energy to power the film’s three planned sequels. “We put in a 1 megawatt…
20 Nov
2015
Timeline: UN climate negotiations
Resource Recovery & Environment Management | FRANCE
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Marc Hudson, University of Manchester1988 marked the first mainstream call for climate action from scientists. It’s been a bumpy ride over nearly 30 years to the upcoming UN climate summit in Paris.To navigate the timeline below, hover your mouse on the right and click on the arrow to move forward (and on the left to move back).Marc Hudson, PhD Candidate, Sustainable Consumption Institute, University of ManchesterThis article was originally published on The…
20 Nov
2015
The envelope, please: BuildingGreen's top 10 green picks for 2016
Eco Products & Services | UNITED STATES
Published by : Care 2 Trade
Every year the people at BuildingGreen choose their top ten products for the coming year and unveil them at the Greenbuild conference, and every year I write about them and try to make them sound sexy and exciting. It's hard; what am I supposed to do with a product like HoneyWell Solstice,"a liquid blowing agent for polyurethane foam based on hydrofluoroolefin (HFO) technology, replaces HFC-245fa, and has a 100-year GWP of only 1"? All I could think of was…
19 Nov
2015
Prepare for rising seas, warns Environment Commissioner
Others | NEW ZEALAND
Published by : Care 2 Trade
Thursday, 19 November 2015, 1:09 pmPress Release: Parliamentary Commissioner For The EnvironmentPrepare for rising seas, warns Environment CommissionerNew Zealand needs to better prepare for the impacts of a rising sea on its coastal towns and cities, warns the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment.In a major new report released today, Dr Jan Wright called for an overhaul of the way New Zealand is preparing for sea level rise.“Homes, businesses…