Video: Faces of the Recovery Act: Sun Catalytix
Posted on April 21st, 2010 by als
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PBS Design Squad: Trash to Treasure Competition
Posted on April 20th, 2010 by axb
This year PBS’s Design Squad (hosted by mechanical engineer Nate Ball) is hosting another Trash to Treasure competition, where students ages 5-19 are invited to “recycle, re-use, and re-engineer everyday materials into an out-of-the-box invention.”
You can submit your entries online from April 5 to September 5, 2010.
Check out an awesome video of last year’s winner after the jump.
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Video: Navy Scientists Help Sailors Keep the Ocean Blue
Posted on April 19th, 2010 by als
For centuries — until about 30 years ago! — sailors tossed their trash overboard into the sea. Now Navy ships focus on protecting the environment as scientists at NAVSEA Carderock in Bethesda, Md., develop and evaluate ways to treat waste.
Every ship is like a small city, with 100 to 5,000 people aboard. They produce refuse ranging from garbage to water waste, sewage to shower water and eventually must dispose of it all. Dishwater, for example, could pollute the ocean if it’s dumped, so the scientists have created methods to treat it onboard so it can be safely discharged overboard. Plastics are another story — they can never go over the side. Instead, they are compressed into large disks and returned to shore, where they may be recycled.
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PUMA Unveils New Eco-Packaging
Posted on April 16th, 2010 by axb
PUMA recently announced a complete re-design of their products’ packaging, dropping cardboard boxes for a cleaner, sleeker, bag. This change will reduce the company’s environmental “pawprint” substantially, cutting Co2 emissions by 25% and shrinking their paper usage by 65%.
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Power from the Center of the Earth
Posted on April 7th, 2010 by axb
By now you’ve heard of wind and solar as potential sources of clean energy, but how about looking beneath the surface? Earth’s fiery core reaches temperatures of up to 9,000° F, and much of that heat could be harnessed for fuel. According to a 2007 geothermal study conducted by the Energy Department, the New York Times reports, geothermal power may “produce as much as 60,000 times the nation’s annual energy usage.” It could also prove a more environmentally friendly solution than other energy sources.
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