Science

Melbourne’s Food & Wine Festival To Be Pee Powered?

Gizmodo AU

The last time I got the bill at a restaurant, I thought they were taking the urine, but not quite in the way that one restaurant at Melbourne’s Food & Wine festival will shortly be.


June 24, 2011
News

New York City Is Losing 30% Of Its Water Supply?

Martin Chavez, the Executive Director of ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, was talking with Planet Forward and let drop the tidbit of information that NYC is losing 30 per cent of its water supply to unknown leakages. Say what?


April 11, 2011
Gadgets

Study Finds Aussies Think More About Green The Further They Are From Spending Money

Gizmodo AU

What’s more important? Green technology products that will do minimum impact to the environment? Or cheaper products that use more resources and are harder to recycle? A recent study from Panasonic and Macquarie University has shown that when it comes to actually spending money on Green Technology, Australians are a lot more interested in the green inside their wallets.


August 24, 2010
Science

Self-Dusting Solar Panels Keep Themselves Efficient

Dirt and dust can reduce a solar panel’s efficiency as much as 80%. The solution: solar panels that dust themselves, a trick they’re picking up from their Mars-roving brethren.


June 15, 2010

The Best Way To Recycle A 747 Is To Live In It

Where do 747s go when they die? In this particular case: Malibu, to become a luxury home. And that’s not just a flight of fancy – the construction is on pace to be completed later this year. A closer look: