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Adopt an Octopus this Holiday Season Many of the world’s most iconic creatures rely on the ocean for their habitat and food – but our oceans are in trouble, and we need your help to save them. Oceana, the largest international organization focused solely on ocean conservation, announced the official launch of its seventh annual … Read more
Zero Energy America: The “net-zero energy” concept brought to life ZERO Energy America (ZEA) is a project aiming to construct four homes with net zero grid energy. The homes were constructed using the latest in green and energy-efficient products. The just-completed first phase of the Zero Energy America project in Tampa Bay is considered a benchmark of environmental stewardship … Read more
Future engines, future energies and urban future The new sources of energy for sustainable future mobility are the focus of the new exhibition “Audi future lab: mobility” which runs from December 6, 2012 to March 17, 2013 at the Audi museum mobile in Ingolstadt. The Audi future engines exhibit area showcases drive technologies under development … Read more
CUER’s sun-powered car for the 2013 World Solar Challenge Cambridge University Eco Racing (CUER) is a 60 student organisation that design, build and race solar powered vehicles, aiming to win the World Solar Challenge 2013 in Australia, the world’s foremost solar endurance race. Since its founding in 2007, CUER have been the UK’s number … Read more
Following in the footsteps of Stockholm, Hamburg and Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital of the Basque country, Nantes is European Green Capital 2013, preceding Copenhagen in 2014. This award recognises and rewards the work and efforts of Nantes Métropole in the field of environmental protection and planned development of the metropolis over more than twenty years. Institutional players, researchers, … Read more
Climate change threatens French truffle, say scientists A century ago, French trufflers notched up a harvest that, according to legend, reached 1,000 tonnes in a year, while in 1960s, truffle harvest accounted 200-300 tonnes annually. In recent years, scientists say that global warming and the summer’s weather is affecting the truffles and their native habitat … Read more