Sep
24
2009
Contest: Invent the Future
If you are 13 or older and have a genius tip or idea for generating energy or saving it, enter BC Hydro’s Invent the Future contest at http://www.inventthefuture.ca/
The deadline is November 8, 2009.
There are awesome prizes – but if you win, watch what you spend your prize money on.
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Sep
01
2009
Ecological Superhero— The Human Shrub
In Colchester (Essex, England), a real life superhero has taken root. The identity of the Human Shrub remains secret while the Shrub brings life to the neglected planters of Colchester. The guerrilla gardener is supported by many people and, well, not supported by many politicians.
(link to article)
What sort of ecological superhero will you be?
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Jul
05
2009
Sea Grass: A Critical Habitat
Who cares about sea grass? You should. Sea grass is an incredibly important environment for all kinds of marine life. Not only does it support the fising industry with the large quantities of fish it is inhabited by, sea grass processes waste that is dumped into the sea, cushioning the blow on the local marine [...]
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Jun
28
2009
Teen Invents Algae-Powered Energy System
I found this article on Inhabitat. A 15-year-old kid made a system that covers all the basic needs of a community in the third world in a entirely sustainalble, algae-powered system called VERSATILE. Not only is this system very interesting in itself, it shows what amazing things kids just like you can accomplish when you [...]
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Jun
02
2009
Cardboard Box Oven
A cardboard box won £50,000 (almost $90,000 Canadian) in the Financial Time Climate Change Challenge. It beat many inventions, including ‘a food additive that stops cows from passing wind.’ Of course, it was more than a cardboard box— it was a solar oven. Able, according to Kyoto Energy (the company that made it), to boil [...]
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