Google Promotes Development Of Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles

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Google.org, the charitable arm of search engine Internet company Google recently launched a campaign aimed at the development of plug-in hybrid vehicles. This is in connection with Google.org’s mission of “helping with global poverty, energy, and environment”. [...]

Biofuels as Alternative Sources of Energy

Biofuels are produced by converting organic matter into fuel for powering our society. These biofuels are an alternative energy source to the fossil fuels that we currently depend upon. The biofuels umbrella includes under its aegis ethanol and derivatives of plants such as sugar cane, as well as vegetable and corn oils. However, not all [...]

Celebrate Earth Day Everyday

12 Ways You Can Celebrate Earth Day Everyday

I ask you to consider honoring Mother Earth everyday. We can not continue to take from our resources and never give back in return. There needs to be a balance in nature. We have moved so far away from living in harmony with nature. The foods that we [...]

Mercedes Goes Eco-Friendly

Mercedes has plans to totally eliminate petroleum powered vehicles within seven years to be replaced by alternative powered vehicles such as electric and biofuels. They have already invested $4 million in their Sustainable Mobility plan and we should be seeing a purchasable vehicle that runs on biofuels in the year 2010. Read more [...]

Is Ethanol The Answer to Our Fuel Problems?

Have you ever driven across the midwest? While farmers seem very proud of their “heartland” and they exude patriotism while overlooking their “amber waves of grain”, others see is a vast wasteland, where pesticides have replaced the oxygen giving trees and forests that used to blanket entire states.
This might be acceptable if the [...]

Green Home Makeover Part 2 Video

In this fantastic video you can learn about the features and benefits of bamboo flooring as an alternative to carpeting or hardwood. For example, did you know that chemicals are not required in the manufacture of bamboo flooring? That means no VOCs or offgassing into your home after installing new flooring. Still want [...]

How Does Solar Power Work?

Author: Paul Crossley
Unlike solar thermal systems, photovoltaic (PV) systems convert sun directly into electricity. Contrary to solar thermal water heating systems, photovoltaic doesn’t use the sun’s heat to produce electricity. Rather, electrons released by the interaction of sun with semiconductor materials in Photovoltaic cells are captured in an electric current.
Photovoltaic allows you to produce [...]

How to Design an Eco-Friendly Kitchen

by Ian and Jo Ludlow
Home owners who are remodeling their kitchens are increasingly seeking environmentally friendly kitchen design ideas. Kitchens are responsible for around 40 percent of a home’s energy consumption so not only does an eco friendly design help on a global scale but it can also seriously reduce a family’s electric [...]

Investing in Alternative Energy Stocks

by Gracia Sitjar
Alternative energy stock portfolios are a great part of a modern investor’s financial plan, due to the simple fact that there is so much upward potential. These make excellent long term growth investment vehicles, and the money put into them by you, the investor, serves to further the cause of implementing the alternative [...]

Video: Green Home Makeover Part 1

Alive and Well TV Green Home Makeover Part 1.
This is great video to watch to get ideas to make your home more eco-friendly. The video features furnishings that are free of particleboard and made from environmentally friendly, natural, sustainable and/or recycled materials. They video also showcases some fabulous recycled bathroom [...]