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This fun video (9 minutes) demonstrates some simple principles that were used to
Take a look!
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Have you heard of pimp my ride? e-Bikes gives this a whole new environmentally friendly meaning.
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Isaac, a member of the GreenJoyment community from Uganda, has shared the following story with us about how he developed a system for solar lighting (using LEDs) in his own home, and is now helping friends, family, neighbors, and strangers, to do the same.
It’s a really amazing story, and one which we are honored that Isaac has shared with us.
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Are you building or renovating a home or office? Or maybe just redecorating a room? There are several beautiful and environmentally friendly choices available to your for your flooring needs. Not only are these choices eco-friendly, but they are in many cases healthier for your home too. Find out more about your flooring options.
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Sue Zamora, a member of the GreenJoyment community, shared this article with us, and we’re sharing it with you.
What do you think you, as an individual, can do to help with this issue?
Scientists: Pace of Climate Change Exceeds Estimates
By Kari Lydersen
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, February 15, 2009; A03
CHICAGO, Feb. 14 — The pace of global warming is likely to be much faster than recent predictions, because industrial greenhouse gas emissions have increased more quickly than expected and higher temperatures are triggering self-reinforcing feedback mechanisms in global ecosystems, scientists said Saturday.
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How can the new economic stimulus plan save you green on your home or car — as well as many other energy efficient plans for the future? Find out how these savings, credits, deductions and payments translate into real dollars . . . and sense.
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A recent announcement about a new technology for cheaper, light-emitting diode or LED bulbs by Cambridge University is being called the “Holy Grail of Lighting.”
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Bill Gross, the founder of Idealab, talks about his life as an inventor, starting with his high-school company selling solar energy plans and kits. Learn here about a groundbreaking system for solar cells — and some questions we haven’t yet solved.
This was taken at TED in 2003.
You may think, while listening, that Bill is a bit geeky, but every minute of this video is worth watching for learning about Bill’s background and his ideas for solar energy going forward. You may have to watch it twice to understand everything he’s talking about here.
About 6 minutes into the video, you’ll see some totally new ideas for collecting the sun. Completely awesome, and incredible how he arrives at his conclusions.
The video doesn’t seem to be working, so here’s a direct link to the video (which will take you away fro GreenJoyment – opens in a new window)
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How I built an electricity producing Solar Panel
It was easy. You can do it too
(From MdPub.com)
Michael Davis is amazing to be sharing all of this information for free. Thank-you Michael!
IMPORTANT NOTE: IF YOU BUILD THIS PANEL, PLEASE KNOW… you can’t just plug something in to this panel and think that it will work.
It may destroy whatever you plug in to it.
After building this panel, you will still need a:
Several years ago I bought some remote property in Arizona. I am an astronomer and wanted a place to practice my hobby far away from the sky-wrecking light pollution found near cities of any real size. I found a great piece of property. The problem is, it’s so remote that there is no electric service available. That’s not really a problem. No electricity equals no light pollution. However, it would be nice to have at least a little electricity, since so much of life in the 21st century is dependant on it.
I built a wind turbine to provide some power on the remote property. It works great, when the wind blows. However, I wanted more power, and more dependable power. The wind seems to blow all the time on my property, except when I really need it too. I do get well over 300 sunny days a year on the property though, so solar power seems like the obvious choice to supplement the wind turbine. Solar panels are very expensive though. So I decided to try my hand at building my own. I used common tools and inexpensive (and easy to acquire) materials to produce a solar panel that rivals commercial panels in power production, but completely blows them away in price. Read on for step by step instructions on how I did it.
So what is a solar panel anyway? It is basically a box that holds an array of solar cells.
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Because cell phones contain many chemicals such as arsenic, antimony, beryllium, cadmium, copper, lead, nickel and zinc, safe disposal of them is necessary to protect the environment and our health from a build-up of these toxins.
But how can we know where to go and what can be gained by properly disposing of our used cell phones?