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Beware of Greenwashing: Green-Living with Confidence
What is Greenwashing?
Greenwashing refers to how companies take advantage of consumers with false or misleading claims about their products being environmentally and personally safe. They make claims about being “green” or “environmentally clean”-or even...
MOVA Solar Powered Spinning Globes
We've been waiting for these to come in, and now they are here. We are talking about the MOVA Solar Powered Spinning Globes!
These globes sit on their base and with just a little bit of light will spin. If you pick up the globe it will still spin! Put it on the table and it continues to spin! There is no cord, no batteries, and really odd is no obvious solar cells.
Anything intriguing, that does not need power to move fascinates me.
Emerging sectors of the Indian solar industry
While serious questions have been raised about the stability and sustainability of the solar energy players in India, a few segments of this industry do offer good business opportunities
By Richa Chakravarty
Since the Indian solar market took off with close to 1.1 GW of photovoltaic (PV) projects during the fag end of 2010, it is experiencing a lull with allocations of only 350 MW under the…
The Earth at Night -- And a Mysterious Patch of Light Appears Suddenly in North Dakota
New satellite technology has yielded a stunning new set of views of the Earth at night. And a surprise -- in North Dakota, near the Canadian border, there is a bright spot. It's not a city. It wasn't there six years ago. It, too, is new. You'll see it in the video below as the US comes into view.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Q3YYwIsMHzw…
Sustainability and the real challenges facing planet earth - as the Martians would say, "planet earth is doomed it has a terminal infestation of of humanity"
How to use social media to land your next job
How to use social media to land your next job
Large companies want to save time in assessing potential employees, an easy way to do that is to view your profile(s) on social media.
This guide from Mashable will assist you to maximize your chances of being viewed in the most positive manner.
Things to consider
1. Ethics
2. Grammar
3. Bias you display in your posts
4. Politics, religion, racism, swearing, trolling
5. Attitude
Building a Solar City
“This plan will put Cincinnati on the map as a national leader for solar energy and our members who live and work in Hamilton County couldn’t be more excited. State leaders and other cities around Ohio should follow........Building a Solar City – EcoWatch: Uniting the Voice of the Grassroots Environmental Movement.
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How about it UK ?
China is buying up a third of the world's solar panels
China has long been the world's supplier of low-cost solar panels, and now it's a major market for them, too. According to research firm NPD's SolarBuzz report, in the last quarter of 2012 China bought up 33 percent of the world's solar panel supply.
In contrast, two years prior China accounted for less than 10 percent of the world's solar panel sales.
Looks like there will a sun rising in the east for solar power.
100 ways to save energy
FOR HOMEOWNERS
1 Get an energy audit of my home — and act on the results.
The Government of Ontario will help fund an audit and related retrofits to improve your home’s energy efficiency. Get more information from the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure at www.homeenergyontario.ca or by calling 1-888-668-4636.
2 Have my central air conditioning and furnace serviced.
Use a licensed…
Deep sea bacteria could provide breakthroughs for solar panels
Bacteria that live almost a mile under the surface of the ocean, where light is scare, have adapted biological ways to harness tiny amounts of light very efficiently, and in some cases can use photosynthesis to convert 100 percent of the light they find into electricity. In contrast a typical solar panel commonly converts around 15 percent of sunlight into electricity.
Solar starting to get into the news.
