Two-passenger stackable electric City Car by MIT

The “last mile” problem could be a real annoyance to many a commuter. To overcome this MIT has come up with this innovative and green solution. Known as the City Car, it is an electric vehicle powered by lithium-ion batteries. Some of the salient features of the vehicle are:
1) Electric-powered
2) A sharing service. It will [...]

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Solar Powered Plane

The prototype for a solar-powered aircraft has been unveiled by two Swiss adventurers and they hope it would fly around the globe in 2011. The project has been aptly christened Solar Impulse. The solar cells have been integrated into the wings, which will collect sunlight and it will be converted into energy. This energy will [...]

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Pig feces to power the kitchen of Lapa Rios Ecolodge in Costa Rica

If you are planning Costa Rica to be your next tourist destination during your holidays, then make sure you visit this resort. The Lapa Rios Ecolodge in Costa Rica is an environmentally friendly resort that utilizes, supports and accomplishes many green causes like green construction, local wildlife protection, solar power for generating electricity, [...]

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The alphabet of endangered species in British Isles

This will perhaps be redefining the alphabet of modern English. Present&Correct are creators of paper based goods and they have come out with a chart that has names and graphics of endangered species of British Isles arranged in alphabetical order. Some of these species are adder, broom moth, kingfisher, fen orchid, etc.
via: Inhabitat

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Toyota RIN: Truly Amazing Vehicle

The Toyota RIN was unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show with the motto of providing the healthy driving. The car is truly an amazing piece of engineering with ergonomic seats, oxygen-level conditioner, a humidifier, color-changing steering wheel controls, and as the full story here says “it’s compact and green! Literally and figuratively…”.
via: Inhabitat

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A green skyscraper in Mumbai, India

I know that this blog is not about the environment and related issues. But occasionally I come across some piece of information about green issues that grabs the attention and I could not suppress the urge to share it. This is one such  example. Mumbai will be getting its, supposed to be greenest, skyscraper soon. [...]

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Using massive kites to reduce fuel consumption

This is truly amazing. Kiteship, a Guinness world record holder company, uses wind power to haul ships and yachts. The company has put forward the concept of using massive kites to steer large ships and commercial freighters. The company is now planning “to build a $2 million, 13,000-square-foot kite to help haul ships as [...]

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Maize Mini-chromosomes. Algae as Biofuel

This post is about two recent developments in the field of biotechnology and environmental science.
1) Agrobacterium-mediated transformation is the method of choice for inserting foreign genes into the plant genome. Through this method one gene could be introduced at a time in a single experiment. However, to introduce two foreign genes, one needs to develop [...]

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Solar Decathlon, 2007

The Solar Decathlon is primarily sponsored by the U.S Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The Solar Decathlon, 2007, was the third in the series; the first one was held in 2002 and the second in 2005.  It is a competition in which teams from colleges and universities compete to design, [...]

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On the Blog Action Day

 Today is the Blog Action Day and bloggers around the world have united to put one of the most important issues of the world, the environment, on everyone’s mind. It is estimated that around 15,000 blogs and approximately 12 million readers worldwide would contribute in their own ways to raise awareness about the environment. [...]

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