Breakthrough e-Display Brightens Gadget Screens While Trimming Power Consumption
October 5, 2010 No Comment
Image via Press Release , credit Lisa Ventre, U. of Cincinnati We love our fancy screens — the bright, colorful displays on our cell phones and other devices that make using them a lot more fun. However, those brighter, bolder screens use up a lot of energy. Researchers are working on ways to create displays that can sport vivid colors and text while using a fraction of the power. While we haven’t been able to get something that combines, say, an iPhone’s bright and crisp screen with the power consumption of a Kindle quite yet, a new bre… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Cutting Back on Meat-Eating & Livestock Products Should Be Environmental Priority: New Study
October 5, 2010 No Comment
photo: Beatrice Murch / Creative Commons The positive effect of vegetarian diets on the environment is pretty well documented at this point, but here’s another new study detailing the high environmental costs of meat: It concludes that because of increases in population and per capita consumption we will have to cut back on meat between 19-42% by 2050 just to keep environmental … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: China Daily Alex previously wrote about concerns as China Tightens Grasp on Rare Earth Metals Vital for Green Technologies ; now we are seeing it in action. After a dispute over a collision between the Japanese Coast Guard and a Chinese fishing boat on September 7, the Chinese cut off exports of rare earths to Japan. The dispute was settled yesterday, but the repercussions are many. One Japanese response: start recycling and min… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: Courtesy of Virserums Konsthall via Michelle Kaufmann This guest post was written by Michelle Kaufmann , architect and founder of Michelle Kaufmann Designs. Deep in the Swedish forest there is an equally exquisite art museum. Created from an abandoned furniture factory, the Virserum Art Museum connects seamlessly with the context and surrounding community, all with a rich tradition in wood. While quite surprised to find such an interesting museum in the middle of the woods, I feel fortunate to see its curr… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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photo: John / Creative Commons OK, so it doesn’t look like they will be the ones that 350.org and Sungevity wanted to be installed, but nevertheless some cheering is still in order: The White House has announced that solar panels will be installed on the White House living quarters by spring 2011. Both solar photovoltaic panels supplying electricity and a solar water heater… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image courtesy of Cape Farewell. This guest post was written by Kevin Buckland, Arts Ambassador for 350.org, as part of the Cape Farewell project . This post comes to you from a 100 year-old sailboat in the middle of the Arctic ocean. For the past three weeks, I have been traveling as part of the Cape Farewell Expedition , a project that brings artists and scientists together to reflect on how to communicate the science and reality of climate change. The beauty I have seen here is indescriba… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: Which? It’s a common assumption in green foodie circles that the more information we get about our food, the better off we’ll be. But that’s not always the case. From labeling food miles in Japan to stickers announcing that produce is air freighted , there has been an explosion in labels, schemes and metrics designed to communicate different aspects of sustainab… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Pedal power epitomises the type of solutions we need to embrace for a brighter future: efficient, accessible, human scale, non-polluting, simple, field-repairable, etc. Hence this little homage. We begin with a link to an external slideshow from ABC Online , showcasing 12 examples of the wonderful power of the pedal. The photograph above, from that collection, shows Vietnamese bicycles transporting bamboo fish traps. Another, shown after the jump, highlights the bicycle generating electricity to operate a fan cooling Filipino jail inmates. See another, amongst that c… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image credit: Duke University Duke University’s Bleed Blue, Live Green campaign created a clamor of attention from fans wanting to get hold of a limited edition shirt. So much so, we had to post a follow up on where to find the green Duke shirts . I’m wondering if the University’s latest initiative will be quite so popular—because Duke is getting into pig poop…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Screenshot via Gap on YouTube If your jeans have seen better days, bring them to a Gap store near you tomorrow through October 20th, where they will be recycled into UltraTouch Natural Cotton Fiber Insulation — brr …it’s getting cold outside–and donated to communities in need. Similar to the Gap’s “Cotton: From Blue to Green” Campaign –which
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