Inventor Saul Griffith, winner of a MacArthur “Genius” Award in 2007 was recently interviewed on Comedy Central’s Colbert Report. Part of Griffith’s current effort revolves around improving his lifestyle while consuming only one-tenth the power. Griffith, who can be seen below in giving a brief TED speech, has created kites which can fly more than [...]
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Saul Griffith: A Modern Renaissance Man
September 28th, 2010 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in Eric Wilson, Renewable Energy, Transportation 
Tags: Bicycles, Coal, Electricity Generation, Green Gadget, Wind Power 
No Comments »Yanko Design’s Intelligent Water Faucet
September 25th, 2010 Justin Manger The “No More No Less” quantitative tap from Jasper Hou at Yanko Design is much more than just a sleek and modern design. The faucet pre-measures the amount of water you’d like to come out of the tap by measuring not volume of water but time. You enter the desired amount of water on the [...]
Posted in Conservation, Featured Posts, Green Products, Justin Manger Tags: Green Gadget, Water, Water Conservation No Comments »Converting Plastic Back to Oil with a Device from Japan’s Blest, Ltd.
September 8th, 2010 Justin Manger From the United Nations University comes the story of Akinori Ito and his quest not only to create a machine that turns plastic back into oil but do it with a device that anyone can use. In the video below, the CEO of Blest (Japanese homepage here) talks about how as a child he used [...]
yReceipts: Offering Paper Free Receipts
August 31st, 2010 Eric Wilson For those who have read Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point, perhaps the paperless receipt’s time has come. Apple very well may be the trend setter that makes paperless receipts “cool”. After the most recent post about these dastardly strips of paper, We received an email from yReceipts, a company that offers consumers and companies paperless [...]
Green Map: Directions to a Sustainable Future
August 26th, 2010 Eric Wilson A few months ago we profiled Washington D.C.’s Green Map. That city’s map is part of a greater movement spearheaded by Green Map, which is based in New York City. According to their website, Green Map “has engaged communities worldwide in mapping green living, nature and cultural resources since 1995.” Green Map can be found [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Sustainable Development Tags: Google, Green Gadget, iPod/iPhone App, New York City, Washington DC No Comments »NatureMill’s Automated Food Composting System Brings the Compost to You
August 19th, 2010 Justin Manger What happens when an MIT trained engineer comes back after vacation to find he forgot to empty the kitchen compost bin before he left? Aside from cleaning up the mess, getting rid of the flies, and getting rid of the smell, the light bulb clicks on: “While grudgingly cleaning the kitchen compost bin, [Russ Cohn] [...]
Posted in Behavior, Business, Conservation, Green Products, Justin Manger, Local Energy/Food, Sustainability Tags: Composting, Diesel, Green Gadget No Comments »Nature Mill’s Automated Food Composting System Brings the Compost to You
August 19th, 2010 Justin Manger What happens when an MIT trained engineer comes back after vacation to find he forgot to empty the kitchen compost bin before he left? Aside from cleaning up the mess, getting rid of the flies, and getting rid of the smell, the light bulb clicks on: “While grudgingly cleaning the kitchen compost bin, [Russ Cohn] [...]
Guest Post: 5 Great iPhone and iPod Touch Apps for Going Green
August 7th, 2010 Guest Author This post was written by Louise Baker. Louise writes about online schools for Zen College Life, where she ranked the best online colleges. “Going green” has become a buzzphrase lately, as the environmental movement has become more popular and robust. How can technology users such as iPhone owners join up and start becoming part of [...]
Posted in Behavior, Conservation, Guest Authors, Justin Manger Tags: Green Gadget, iPod/iPhone App 1 Comment »
