Just watched "Green Warriors--The Fight for Solutions" on CNN. It highlights so many green innovations that it's almost too encouraging. Here's the rundown:
- Pond scum grown in greenhouses, to be used as biofuel
- New generation of solar panels utilizing a tubular shape
- E. Coli bacteria genetically engineered to generate diesel fuel
- Huge dairy farm in Vermont turning all their cow poop into electricity
- Chicago installing green alleyways that utilize an porous concrete/asphalt mixture
- Calgary looking to generate 90% of its energy from renewables
- Hypermilers that get 50 mpg in a regular Honda Accord by driving differently
- Web site that allows you to stop unwanted catalogues from arriving in the mail
- GreenPrint software that helps eliminate wasteful printing in offices
- Factory turns recycled plastic bottles into carpet
- GM plant in Flint produces no waste, recycles everything
- Winery in Napa uses natural pesticides and fertilizers
- Factory turns recycled tires into powder used for paint/coatings/sealants
- Slingshot energy-efficient water purifying system
- Earthworms being used in India to purify polluted soil
- NASA installing water purifying systems in third-world countries
- Bald eagles being protected in New York state
- Farm raising endangered species of farm animals
- Urban areas being designed with birds in mind
Which idea would be most available to you personally? For me, it would probably be #5 (green concrete), since it's part of the construction industry.
Lots of companies gonna spring up to support these innovations. It's a whole new economy. Think about it. We're just at the beginning of the Green Revolution, and this many amazing ideas are already being utilized right now. Imagine what's going to be invented in the future.
Here's CNN's green web site: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2008/solutions/
2 comments:
To answer your guestion, the GreenPrint software. My office and the University as a whole, is very wasteful with printing. This is true for every company I have worked for.
Printing. I can't tell you how much paper I have or have seen wasted on print jobs.
Also I really like seeing a major city generating so much power from renewable sources. Gives hope to the rest of us.
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