Everyone has seen pictures of wind turbines— those sleek, white, three-bladed giants, usually standing in a group in a green field. When you hear about wind turbines, unless those are specifically implied, that is not what should come to mind. They are noisy eyesores which, though producing renewble energy, take  a ton of energy to [...]

Why are permeable sidewalks (sidewalks that allow water to drain through them) a sustainable option?
With normal sidewalks, water washes off all of the chemicals that lie around on our roads and sidewalks. Then all this dirty water goes back into the water system. If the sidewalk is permeable, water filters through it dispersing the chemicals [...]

Biomimicry is basically developing technology that mimics, or copies, what we find in nature. There are many examples of this, some are old ideas and some are very modern. The first ideas to build flying machines came from birds, but that was a long time ago. Now people are coming up with ways of making [...]