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The World’s First Soy Carpet
The world’s first soy carpet has been produced by an Australian company, Customweave. Frank Ricco, the developer of a luxury line of rugs and carpets, describes the texture as a combination of...
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Hemp Sheets: Soft & Durable
Hemp sheets — they’re soft, durable, chemical-free and sustainable. But why choose hemp over organic cotton? Hemp is twice as strong and requires less processing. Even organic cotton requires caustic...
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Efficient Concrete Replacement: Blocks of Trash
From Live Science: Last year’s trash could become next year’s model home, thanks to the invention of a new type of construction material made entirely from waste products. “Bitublocks,” created by...
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A Zero Emissions House
(1) Wind Catcher for summer ventilation (2) Solar Array for electricity and hot water (3) High Level of Insulation (4) Biomass Boiler In the UK, various companies are building cutting-edge green homes...
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Optimal: Making Manufacturing Processes Transparent: Patagonia
Patagonia is really a leader in effective, green manufacturing. Now the company is making its manufacturing processes as transparent as possible. Patagonia has created a web site called the Footprint...
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Costa Rica Is 99% Powered By Renewable Energy
Costa Rica is a country rich with renewable energy. In fact, it gets about 99% of all its electrical energy from clean sources, and it’s aiming to be the first country to become carbon neutral (more...
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Biogas: Producing Ultra-Efficient Fuel From Sewage
We could be generating huge amounts of power from sewage. The process is fairly simple — just ferment sewage to produce a fuel called biogas. Biogas is almost entirely methane, and so is natural gas,...
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Old Running Shoes Never Die – But Brooks BioMoGo Really Does Fade Away
Brooks Trance With Biodegradable BioMoGo (photo: Brooks Sports, Inc.) A critical aspect of a product’s “efficiency” involves not just what it does, but also where it comes from and where it goes after...
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Nikon Introduces Green Binoculars: Ecobins
Nikon has introduced some new binoculars called Ecobins with some nice green features. The body of the binocular is made with rubber than does not include chloride, toxic inks or dyes. The lens and...
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Naturemill Pro Promises Easy & Efficient Indoor Composting
Naturemill Pro Nobody’s going to put up with a compost heap in a closet. But what if you could quickly compost your organic waste with no odors or bugs, indoors or outside, with a device small enough...
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Costa Rica Is 99% Powered By Renewable Energy
Costa Rica is a country rich with renewable energy. In fact, it gets about 99% of all its electrical energy from clean sources, and it’s aiming to be the first country to become carbon neutral (more...
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Biogas: Producing Ultra-Efficient Fuel From Sewage
We could be generating huge amounts of power from sewage. The process is fairly simple — just ferment sewage to produce a fuel called biogas. Biogas is almost entirely methane, and so is natural gas,...
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Old Running Shoes Never Die – But Brooks BioMoGo Really Does Fade Away
Brooks Trance With Biodegradable BioMoGo (photo: Brooks Sports, Inc.) A critical aspect of a product’s “efficiency” involves not just what it does, but also where it comes from and where it goes after...
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Nikon Introduces Green Binoculars: Ecobins
Nikon has introduced some new binoculars called Ecobins with some nice green features. The body of the binocular is made with rubber than does not include chloride, toxic inks or dyes. The lens and...
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Naturemill Pro Promises Easy & Efficient Indoor Composting
Naturemill Pro Nobody’s going to put up with a compost heap in a closet. But what if you could quickly compost your organic waste with no odors or bugs, indoors or outside, with a device small enough...
View ArticleExcel Hand Dryer Uses 80% Less Energy
This is a hand dryer, made by Excel, that uses 80% less electrical energy than similar dryers. It uses a high velocity fan to dry hands faster (10-12 seconds) by blowing the water droplets off the...
View ArticleMetaEfficient: Metal-Free Inks by Ecoprint
Not many print houses put much thought into making their production processes more efficient or non-toxic. Ecoprint, based in the Washington DC area, is different. They have developed their own...
View ArticleEffective Microorganisms or EM
“Effective Microorganisms” or EM is a formula of specially selected microbes which can be used for many applications. For example, they are a metaefficient compost additive. If you add a mixture of...
View ArticleUsing Eggshells To Build Walls In Japan
In Japan, there’s a product called “Shell Walls” which allows walls to be plastered with a paste made out of waste eggshells. Making full use of the eggshell’s porous structure, Green Techno 21 created...
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