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Inflatable Solar Panels that fit in a Backpack

A British company by the name of IDC has announced it’s about to release a new eco gadget, a solar panel product designed to replace hot water tanks. The SolarStore product is designed to heat up to 3 full tanks of water a day by harnessing heat energy from the sun and storing that warmth in the water within the inflated solar panels. ...
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Saturday,01 May, 2010 | Hits: 168

Woodern Keyboard & Optical Mouse

If you think about it, as a society, we’ve moved away from more natural materials (wood, clay, fibres) and replaced them with a massive range of plastic-based compounds. However, plastic materials have a nasty impact on the environment, often taking thousands of years to break down. However, a rather novel green gadget by a UK company is a wooden optical mouse and wooden keyboard. ...
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Saturday,01 May, 2010 | Hits: 182

Buffalo Solar Powered Wireless Keyboard

Buffalo Japan will soon be launching their solar-powered keyboard, the BSKBW01SB. Given that wireless keyboards can eat quite a few batteries in their lifetime, it saves on batteries going to landfill as well as some small energy costs. The solar panel is in the top right of the keyboard, and can be adjusted to any angle to get the optimal light from your environment. ...
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Saturday,01 May, 2010 | Hits: 232

Energy Efficient and Eco-Friendly Hard Drive

A company called fabrik has announced the release of an energy efficient green gadget, an external hard drive utilising a low power hard disk and a case made from recycled materials. The drive has no noisy fans (which also cuts down on power consumption), and the case is made using recycled aluminium to efficiently dissipate the heat. The case also features some fancy sustainable bamboo trim to give the drive a natural and organic look. ...
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Saturday,01 May, 2010 | Hits: 237

TALKING GREEN 2.17, from MY GREEN CHANNEL

" TALKING GREEN " weekly e-Newsletter of My GREEN CHANNEL, an initiative of LAKSHYA [ issue 2.17, Friday, 23rd April 2010 ] Dear Friends, From the roadside to the IT park, from the oceans to the top of Everest and finally up above the sky ……. We had been able to achieve our targets as irresponsible humans and leave our footprints all around . Last week when I decided to bring out this issue on the present status of the world on waste it has been a frustrating and depressing journey for me to read about what all went wrong and how difficult it is to make it right again……! Looking forward to hear from you as to how we can bring in change as my only hope now is individual commitments and solidarity…. Please log on to www.earthdayindia.org and share the news of change to your known world …! We appreciate your support in growing together….! with GREEN hope and GREEN thoughts ….………… ENJOY READING!! Uzzwal Madhab President / Executive Director LAKSHYA Foundation, New Delhi , INDIA WORLD OF WASTE UN e-waste report spotlights India Did you know that Titan Industries, the wristwatch major, does safe disposal of 600,000-700,000 of its old watches each year as part of e-waste management? Darryl D'Monte on a recent UN report that highlighted India's massive e-waste challenges and silver linings. Readmore Dumping of bio-medical waste Action against clinics sought A ruckus was witnessed near Balmiki Chowk when some residents noticed a rickshaw-puller dumping bio-medical waste, including human placenta, along with the garbage at a place earmarked by the municipal council to dump household refuse. Readmore Everest "death zone" set for a spring clean up Twenty Nepali climbers are setting off to Mount Everest this week to try and remove decades-old garbage from the mountain in the world's highest ever clean-up campaign, organizers said on Monday. Readmore World Marine Debris Totals 10 Mln Pieces In 1-Day Cleanup More than 10 million pieces of trash were plucked from the world's waterways in a single day last year. But for Philippe Cousteau, the beach sandals that washed up in the Norwegian arctic symbolized the global nature of the problem of marine debris. Readmore Space Debris Illustrated: The Problem in Pictures Lakshya f Space junk, space debris, space waste — call it what you want, but just as junk and waste cause problems here on Earth, in space spent booster stages, nuts and bolts from ISS construction, various accidental discards such as spacesuit gloves and cameras Readmore GREEN FAITH Change We can Believe in? This article presents a review of methods in 60 empirical studies on forest conservation impact of popular participation in forest management. The review illustrates a high degree of variance in methods among the studies, and shows that a majority of the studies could benefit from a stronger focus on one or more of the following three areas: (i) the empirical verification and characterisation of popular participation as it exists on the ground, (ii) the indicators of impact and the method used to assess them, and (iii) the disentanglement of the effect of popular participation from other developments in the study area that may impact on forest condition. Readmore Global climate deal best option, but road rough: U.N. The head of the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) maintained a global climate treaty was better than a range of small-scale agreements, but said it was unlikely a deal to combat global warming would be reached this year. Readmore GREEN & BLUE Water pollution expert derides UN sanitation claims Hundreds of millions of people that the UN declares have gained access to safe water and sanitation are still struggling with polluted supplies and raw sewage, a leading expert has told the Guardian. In its latest report on the progress of the UN Millennium Development Goal to halve the proportion of people lacking access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation, the World Health Organisation said that since 1990 1.3 billion people had gained access to improved drinking water and 500 million better sanitation. Readmore The 'power' to protect rivers The Electricity Act, 2003 requires each hydel project to be considered in light of other projects in the same river basin, but investigation of one project shows that this is not really enforced, writes Shripad Dharmadhikary. Readmore Draft National Food Security Bill, 2010 The draft Food Security Bill that seeks to give legal right to every Below Poverty Line family in India to get 25 kgs of wheat or rice per month at the rate of Rs 3 per kg. The central government shall allocate required quantity of wheat and/or rice from the central pool to state governments under Targeted PDS for distribution to identified BPL families through the Fair Price Shops. Readmore GREEN NORMS Euro IV norms in 13 cities, but rest of India left in the lurch As Bharat Stage IV norms for fuels and vehicles come into force from April 1, 2010 in 13 cities of India, the automobile industry is trying its best to delay the implementation of Bharat Stage III norms for vehicles in the rest of India. While the oil industry is phasing in the supply of Bharat Stage III fuels, the automobile industry wants deferment of the emissions standards for vehicles until the final date of phase-in of the fuel, which is October. Readmore GREEN VIEW GREEN REEL OUR INITIATIVES © Copyright 2010, Lakshya Foundation. Newsletter Management by The Old Mans Furnace You're receiving this Newsletter because you have subscribed to the Newsletter Service at http://mygreenchannel.org/. To unsubscribe please click {unsubscribe}Unsubscribe{/unsubscribe} ...
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Thursday,22 April, 2010 | Hits: 515

Talking Green Picture of the week 23rd April

A comparative pics of a beautiful planet and a satellite covered planet...
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Thursday,22 April, 2010 | Hits: 105

Space Junk Cleanup Needed, NASA Experts Warn

Space is filling up with trash, and it's time to clean it up, NASA experts warn.A growing amount of human-made debris—from rocket stages and obsolete satellites to blown-off hatches and insulation—is circling the Earth.Scientists say the orbital debris, better known as space junk, poses an increasing threat to space activities, including robotic missions and human space flight. ...
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Tuesday,27 April, 2010 | Hits: 366

Space Debris Illustrated: The Problem in Pictures

Space junk, space debris, space waste — call it what you want, but just as junk and waste cause problems here on Earth, in space spent booster stages, nuts and bolts from ISS construction, various accidental discards such as spacesuit gloves and cameras, and fragments from exploded spacecraft could turn into a serious problem for the future of spaceflight if actions to mitigate the threat are not taken now. The European Space Operations Centre has put together some startling images highlighting this issue. Above is a depiction of the trackable objects in orbit around Earth in low Earth orbit (LEO–the fuzzy cloud around Earth), geostationary Earth orbit (GEO — farther out, approximately 35,786 km (22,240 miles) above Earth) and all points in between. ...
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Tuesday,13 April, 2010 | Hits: 207

Change We can Believe in?

Reviewing Studies on the Conservation Impact of Popular Participation in Forest Management Abstract This article presents a review of methods in 60 empirical studies on forest conservation impact of popular participation in forest management. The review illustrates a high degree of variance in methods among the studies, and shows that a majority of the studies could benefit from a stronger focus on one or more of the following three areas: (i) the empirical verification and characterisation of popular participation as it exists on the ground, (ii) the indicators of impact and the method used to assess them, and (iii) the disentanglement of the effect of popular participation from other developments in the study area that may impact on forest condition. The variation in methods inhibits comparisons and meta-analyses, as well as questions the basis on which policy recommendations on popular participation in forest management are made. Based on the review, we provide recommendations for future evaluations of the conservation impact of popular participation in forest management. ...
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Monday,26 April, 2010 | Hits: 222

World Marine Debris Totals 10 Mln Pieces In 1-Day Cleanup

United states : More than 10 million pieces of trash were plucked from the world's waterways in a single day last year. But for Philippe Cousteau, the beach sandals that washed up in the Norwegian arctic symbolized the global nature of the problem of marine debris."We saw flip-flops washing ashore on these islands in far northern Norway near the Arctic Circle," Cousteau, a conservationist and grandson of famed oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, said in a telephone interview. ...
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Tuesday,13 April, 2010 | Hits: 111