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Mama Don't Take My Kodachrome Away. Last Roll Processed

Photo credit: Dwayne's Photo Paul Simon echoed the sentiments of many photographers when he sang "Mama don't take my Kodachrome away." But for the 75 year old iconic slide transparency film, time is finally up. On 30 December 2010 Dwayne's Photo studio in Kansas processed the world's last roll of Kodak Kodachrome film. The film first appeared back in 1935, taking stills photography market by storm with its long lasting, saturated colours. However Kodachrome's many decades of dominance eventually succumbed to pressure from even more vibrant slide films, like Fuji Velvia, and ... Read the full story on TreeHugger read full article ...
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Wednesday,05 January, 2011  |  Hits: 25

Natural Dyes For Textiles Made From Agricultural Waste In Argentina

Natural dyes from agricultural waste in dust form. Photo: INTI. Although natural dyes for textiles are widely spread in the green world (with a production house in Chicago and many DIY tutorials around), the Argentine National Institute for Industrial Technology (INTI) is taking an interesting alternative approach: they're experimenting with the extraction of pigments ... Read the full story on TreeHugger read full article ...
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Wednesday,05 January, 2011  |  Hits: 31

CES 2011: TreeHugger Bringing You Cleantech and Green Gadgets from Las Vegas

Photo credit CES For the last couple years we've been covering the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. It's the biggest tradeshow in the world for electronics, and there is always a lot of interesting items and news about the ups and downs of the industry. Today I'm off to CES to dig up the best and worst of consumer electronics. We have high hopes that this year will show us some great progress in the areas that matter -- from smart grid services and software to super low-energy electronics to gadgets designed with c... Read the full story on TreeHugger read full article ...
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Wednesday,05 January, 2011  |  Hits: 28

Deforestation & Hurricanes May Have Triggered Haiti's Catastrophic 2010 Earthquake

photo: Colin Crowley/Creative Commons Yet another reason why deforestation is bad: So much of Haiti's mountainsides have been eroded away because of deforestation and hurricanes that it may have stressed Earth's crust, triggering the earthquake that killed over 200,000 people last year. Amazing, but as ...
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Wednesday,05 January, 2011  |  Hits: 24

Sonata Hybrid Drives 2269.3 Miles Across U.S.A. On Less Than 2 Tanks of Fuel

Photo: Hyundai Hypermiler Wayne Gerdes Does It Again! The ultimate test for a fuel efficient vehicle is a long drive with an expert hypermiler at the wheel. In the past few years, it's been done with a variety of cars, including the Honda Insight, Toyota Prius, Ford Fusion hybrid, ...
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Wednesday,05 January, 2011  |  Hits: 29

Toyota Ad from Israel Compares Emissions from Prius and... Sheep

Photo: Toyota The Atmosphere Doesn't Care Where Greenhouse Gases Come From It's a clever ad, and a good reminder that transportation and energy production aren't the only sources of greenhouse gas (GHG). Methane, which is copiously produced by ruminants like cows and sheep, has an effective atmospheric lifetime activity of around 21 times that of CO2, which means that every unit of methane emitted has the equivalent effect of about 21 units of CO2 per equal time interval. But is the ad literally accurate? That's harder to deter... Read the full story on TreeHugger read full article ...
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Wednesday,05 January, 2011  |  Hits: 20

China's Desertification Will Take Three Centuries to Reverse

photo: Preston Rhea/Creative Commons An area of China the size of Rhode Island is being lost to desertification each year, with 38% of all the land on Earth in danger of following suit. According to the head of China's anti-desertification effort... Read the full story on TreeHugger read full article ...
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Wednesday,05 January, 2011  |  Hits: 24

Massachusetts Will Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions 25% Below 1990 Levels By 2020

Boston, MA. Photo: Wikipedia, CC That's the Plan, Anyway... Ian Bowles, the secretary of the Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA), has announced an ambitious (compared to some) greenhouse gas emission limit for his state. The goal is a 25% reduction compared to 1990 levels, and that has to be achieved by 2020. "Massachusetts has already taken great strides in energy innovation, sparking a clean energy revolution in the Commonwealth and getting us... Read the full story on TreeHugger read full article ...
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Wednesday,05 January, 2011  |  Hits: 15

Eaton Hybrid Trucks Have Logged 100 Million Miles, Saving 4 Million Gallons of Fuel

Photo: schnaars, CC Hybridization Isn't Just for Private Vehicles Eaton makes, among other things, hybrid drivetrains for commercial trucks and buses. The most familiar models to most people is probably the one used by UPS for local deliveries, but their hybrid vehicles are also used as city buses, school buses, package delivery trucks, beverage delivery trucks, refrigerated delivery trucks, refuse and recycling trucks, utility vehicles, etc. With more than 4,500 hybrids on the road, Eaton has just hit a... Read the full story on TreeHugger read full article ...
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Wednesday,05 January, 2011  |  Hits: 21

Professor Invents a Solar-Powered Rainbow Machine

Photo: Michael Jones Mckean There are few things that everyone can agree upon, though one thing's for certain -- everybody loves the sight of a big, majestic rainbow arching through the sky. But now, thanks to one clever professor, those colorful bands of light are even more assessable. Michael McKean, of the Virginia CommonWealth University, has spent the last 8 years working on his invention -- a bona fide rainbow-making machine. And, just like its naturally occurring counterpart, these 'artificial' rainbows are produced in an eco-friendly way, too.... Read the full story on TreeHugger read full article ...
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Friday,31 December, 2010  |  Hits: 29
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