Valentines Day | Getting it on for the good of the planet‏

Eco-Ideas for celebrating Valentines Day
§ Shower together (support LUSH to contribute to direct action group ‘Plane Stupid’)
§ Create a vegan locally-harvested SOL food Valentines meal [sustainable, organic, local where possible with emphasis on fair trade]
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RITI Coffee Printer Uses Your Coffee Grounds for Eco Ink!

by Evelyn Lee

For those of you who enjoy a cup of joe with your morning paper, the RITI Coffee printer offers an ingenious way to green your morning ritual: by turning your old coffee grounds into a sustainable source of ink for your printer! One of fifty top entries in this year’s Greener Gadgets Competition, [...]

Build a Solar Oven‏

By Bruce_K
Here are plans for a very simple solar oven that can be built for under $10. It’s portable, so you can take it on camping trips. Temperatures will reach 350F.
Windshield Shade Solar Oven

I have to admit that this is the easiest DIY Solar Oven that I’ve seen to date.
Materials
one reflective windshield shade
velcro strips
plastic [...]

Do It Yourself: Solar Ovens

by Katia Rossi
Roots & Shoots
Graduate Fellow
Danbury, Connecticut, USA

You probably appreciate the sun’s warmth and light, but did you realize that you can harness the sun’s energy to cook food each day? Last summer I learned about solar cooking, and I’m excited to share my experience with you.
When I was the leader of Washington State [...]

Bird Island: Zero energy home in Kuala Lempur

Bird Island is a stunning urban renewal project that is currently being developed in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Designed by Graft Labarchitects for the YTL Green Home Competition, the project comprises a zero energy home made of sustainably-sourced silicone glass fabric. Its lightness and flexibility will allow it to sway organically with the breeze just like a treetop, and slots in the [...]

‘One million jobs in wind power’ by 2010

One million people will be employed in the world wind-power industry by the end of the decade, despite the impact of the financial crisis, it was forecast today.
Amid predictions that the world would need to install one new turbine every 25 minutes to reach global renewables targets, energyexperts at a green summit in Abu Dhabi said [...]