10 Most popular environmentally friendly concept bicycles
17 October 2009 | Green Cars | No Comments
On MyGreenTreasure.com we talked few times about green bikes, and we chose the most efficient bikes on the specialized market, but in this post I want to present the 10 most popular green bikes and some of their characteristics. All these green bikes were created to reduce pollution, emissions of gaseous pollutants, and on the other hand, these bikes help to strengthen and maintain a healthy body.
No More Batteries – Eco-Friendly Dynamo/Solar Flashlight
7 August 2009 | Solar Power | 1 Comment
If you plan to go on a trip or just hitch-hike and you get angry every time you think about taking the big, heavy flashlight to help you in the dark, this is good news for you. You no longer have to carry batteries in your backpack, because there is a “easier” solution to that.
Exxon To Invest $600M Into Algae-Based Biofuels
15 July 2009 | Green News | 3 Comments
Finally some green tendencies from oil companies. Despite opposing for years the idea of renewable energy, the oil giant Exxon Mobile Corporation, with a 2008 revenue of $442.9 billion and the distinction of “the most profitable company in the world” acquireing $45.2 billion last year, announced a $600M “injection” into algae-based biofuel research.
Solar Impulse present a Zero Fuel Solar Airplane
26 June 2009 | Solar Power | No Comments
Yesterday, the 26 of June, represented a milestone in solar and renewable energy developments. It was the day Solar Impulse presented the first solar powered plane to fly both day and night without producing any pollution at all. At the Dübendorf airfield in Switzerland, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, the main characters revolving the project, unveiled the HB-SIA, a prototype airplane, a marvellous piece of engineering, to the public.
Urban Sustainability-A Realistic Perspective
15 June 2009 | Green News | 1 Comment
Cities are systems that import energy and resources and produce degraded energy and matter that has to be assimilated by the surrounding area. Thus, when based on ecological and systemin definitions, ti is difficult to consider cities as sustainable systems.
However, cities present important advantages and should not be considered as places that generate only environmental cost. They may provide high-quality living conditions with lower levels of energy use, waste, pollution and in general low environmental impact that the wealthy rural or suburban areas. In parallel, health services in cities are much better developed than in rural areas and this is well proven by international epidemiological and demographic studies that suggest much higher survival rates in cities. (more…)