One of the first-prize winners of our TreeHugger/Popular Science/Instructables Go Green contest, this gadgetry wizard shows you how to rig up your bicycle to create a human-powered generator. His instructions are fairly detailed and incredibly involved?… Power Your TV, Cell Phone, or Laptop by Pedaling
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Solar power has plenty of applications for remote regions where the electricity grid is distant and the sun shines bright. The latest, comes from two-year-old startup Solis Energy, which is using solar generators to power Wi-Fi routers located, well, just about anywhere.
The Orlando, Fla.-based company makes solar generators and solar power supplies that power devices where electricity from the grid is unavailable. This makes it possible, for example, to power WiFi hotspots in remote locations or in regions hit by natural disasters. Solis is starting to pitch these portable solar generators to municipal Wi-Fi projects.
Seems like the Bush Administration and their “LOVE” of Oil is getting in the way of progress once again. Way to f-ck up other countries, our country and our environment President MonkeyFace…
The EPA ? seemingly defying both common sense and safety concerns ? recently issued an analysis concluding that the risks to human health and the environment posed by oil refinery emissions were low enough to warrant no further regulations…
For full details on the Contests, please see each link or Earth2Tech did a great job of summarizing each one (including prizes) at Moneymaker: Green Video.
Watch Summer Rayne Oakes on CNN’s Young People Who Rock live video here.
Oakes fills the viewers in on some of her current ventures, including The Ethical Fashion Show, the youth climate change movement, Power Shift 07, and the Be Carbon Neutral Campaign.
Summer Rayne Oakes for the Be Carbon Neutral Campaign
shot by Steve Brickles.
AP – As the nation’s coal-fired power plants work to create cleaner skies, they’ll likely fill up landfills with millions more tons of potentially harmful ash.
Not that the U.N. really has so much (or any) real power, but it’s another start.
AP – It’s the business end of climate change: ensuring that the $20 trillion the world will spend on energy over the next two decades is as environmentally friendly as possible.
If not donating unwanted electronics for reuse, drop off your unwanted or broken electronics for recycling. Only the following items will be accepted:
computers & laptops
- monitors
- printers & scanners (desktop only)
- keyboards & mice
- TVs
- VCRs & DVD players
- cell phones
Other kinds of electronics won’t be accepted. Only NYC residents (no businesses allowed*) may drop off material (limit five pieces per vehicle). The first 100 people to drop off electronics will receive a $5 Best Buy gift card.
All dropped off items will be recycled through contracted vendors and all data on hard drives will be destroyed; no scavenging will be permitted and no tax-deduction receipts will be given out.
While safe to use, electronics contain hazardous materials, such as lead, mercury, arsenic, and cadmium. Recycling your unwanted electronic equipment keeps these hazardous materials out of the waste stream and the environment.
MANHATTAN
Sunday, September 9, 2007
8am – 2pm
Union Square North Plaza (southeast corner of 17th St. and Broadway; cars enter at 16th St & Union Square West).
More dates and all the information from NYCWastele$$ can be found here. (Thanks Todd!)
