The Future of Water Technology Highlighted By Finalists for Imagine H2O Competition
December 21, 2010 No Comment
Image via ImagineH2O The Imagine H2O contest has announced finalists for this year’s competition. These ten start-ups are competing for a $100,000 prize plus business and legal support to help get their idea off the ground and into the marketplace. The finalists focus on everything from water purification to generating energy from water. But the issues these start-ups focus on –often overlooked in other cleantech competitions — shine a light on the future of water. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Tough And Stylish: Road Testing the New Freitag Reference Collection Handbag (Photos)
December 21, 2010 No Comment
All images by Leonora Oppenheim – Freitag Reference Handbag in the customised screenprinted cardboard box it arrived in. Sure makes you want to keep and reuse the box. Cool new green design is our thing at TreeHugger so we were delighted when those tarp loving Freitag boys offered to let us road test a bag from their brand new Reference Collection. The Swiss Freitag brand has been leading the field in funky, durable, recycled accessories for a good while now. Best known for their b… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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All photo credits: Led by Lite Continuing our ungoing peek at new bike lights we turn our attention to the LBL (or Led by Lite). Unlike the recently mentioned Fibre Flare Fibre Flare and Bike Glow , the LBL, whilst also strip lighting, does not use a tube through which light is directed. Instead it comprises four straps of silicone encased light emitting diodes (LEDs) for each of the bicycle’s forks. The fledging company, who plan to … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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LONDON (AP) — It has come to this: Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is complaining that someone leaked a Swedish police report on his alleged sexual offenses. In an interview with the British newspaper The Times, Assange complained about reporting in the rival newspaper The Guardian, which is one of several publications that has been helping WikiLeaks edit its trove of secret U.S. diplomatic files in exchange for an early look at them. The Guardian published details Saturday of the Swedish police report in which two women accuse Assange of rape, based on what it…
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Image Source: Frank Farm Dear Pablo: As I begin the annual ritual of wrapping Christmas presents I can’t help but contemplate the massive amount of paper that is wasted each year. What is the impact of all the wasted holiday wrapping paper? The exact amount of wrapping paper used in the US over the holidays is up for debate and a wide range of estimates can be found online. According to the Clean Air Council , “In the U.S., an additional 5 million ton… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Authorities have launched an investigation into an oil pipeline blast that burned swaths of a Mexican town. Families were burying their dead Monday. (Dec. 21)
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It took awhile for Fujitsu’s Lifebook T580 to hit the US market, but at last, the 10.1-inch, three-pound Tablet PC has landed on this side of the Atlantic. The netvertible, if we can even call it that, is about double the price of the usual convertible netbook, and for good reason — the system eschews Atom for Core i3 / i5 processor options and also has an capacitive display with an N-trig digitizer , which can support both pen and finger input. The $1,149 “Express Buy” model packs a Core i3-380UM processor, 2GB of RAM, 160GB of storage, and a 5,800mAh six-cell battery, while going on up to the Core i5-560UM CPU adds an extra $250. The T580 sure does seem to fill a pretty niche market these days, which is why we’re guessing Fujitsu dropped the early “slate-beating” descriptor, but there’s got to be some out there that still want the power of a mainstream system in a shrunken Tablet PC form factor, right? Fujitsu Lifebook T580 Tablet PC now on sale in North America originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Photo credit: Wicked Hemp Oops. Somehow we missed these and they’ve been around for a couple of years too. Hiking boots for women made with uppers of 75% to 85% hemp , natural rubber soles, with toe caps and heel stabilisers fashioned from recycled PVC. There are two styles, the lower cut, approach shoe style, of the Trail Master ($65 USD) and the higher Pathfinder boot ($75 USD). … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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It’s eight months after the Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, spilling millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf. But, even though time has past and the oil has been stopped, businesses along the Gulf are still being hit hard. (Dec. 21)
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Jerusalem Police arrest seven youths on suspicion of assaulting young Arab men in capital’s Independence Park after having teenage girl seduce them, lead them to meeting point
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