The Times has reported that Defra, the UK environment department, has struck a deal with Ford and Hemcore, a company that specialises in hemp production, to research the possibility of using the material as the basis of car components...
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Eurosolar is inviting applications for the European Solar Prizes 2007. Applications/proposals must be received at the EUROSOLAR office in Bonn (Germany) not later than July 31, 2007 (deadline). The respective prize winners will be selected by a jury...
I’ve been, for a while, meaning to post something about the absurd rise of mineral water consumption, which means billions more plastic bottles to be disposed of when in the developed world tap water is often perfectly good to drink. So when I...
The weekend is upon us and it’s time to get…idle. Idling is not the same as being lazy. It’s about contemplating life and enjoying the simple things it offers which often are the best. There’s something to be said about that...
It takes a lot of diesel fuel to move goods across the world, but there are others ways someone pays for our goods to be delivered. In this article, Emily Fredix writes about one of the hidden costs of our transportation infrastructure- The cost...
