Want the Power Company to pay you to use electricity?

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It isn’t a common occurrence, but if you live in certain part of the U.S. it does happen.  During the night in west Texas and Illinois, power plants that produce energy from the wind sometimes generate more electricity than their customers can use.  The result?  Well, if the power plants shut those turbines [...]

Reusable Sandwich Bags

Packing a lunch every day is a great way to save time and money and it lets you tote along healthy food choices.  But think about how many plastic bags are thrown away every day and what that does to the environment.  Fresh Snack Pack makes a reusable plastic bag that is smart, easy to [...]

Are you wearing your plastic bottle?

Have you ever wondered what happens to all those plastic bottles you put in the recycling bin?  Playback Clothing collects them, sorts them by color, and turns them into beautiful wearable T-shirts and sweatshirts!  Each T-shirt upcycles about 8.5 plastic bottles and 1/3 pound of textile scraps.  The colors of the garments come from the [...]

Maui sets goal of 95% renewable energy by 2020

When you think of places that are making great strides forward in utilization of renewable energy, Maui isn’t necessarily one of them.  But it should be. 
Right now Maui produces just over 15% of its energy needs from renewable sources.  Wind farms capture the South Pacific breezes and turn them into energy, while the left over [...]

Solar Forest charges your car

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We’re hoping these starting popping up at shopping centers and urban strip malls everywhere.  Neville Mars has designed a charging station that charges and cools your car.  The system is called the Solar Forest,  and the panels track the path of the sun throughout the day.  providing both shade for the cars below, and [...]

Vampire Energy. It’s sucking power out of your walls.

By now it seems that everyone has heard of Vampire Energy.  Sounds a little scary, but it’s really very simple.  All of the electronics and appliances in your home or office are using electricity all the time.  It doesn’t matter if youare watching the big flat-screen or not.  So what can we do about it? If you’re [...]

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