We continue to see more energy innovation, eco friendly products and green inventions every day.
There are many areas of green that are experiencing growth. Some of these areas are a direct result of sustainability programs, green campuses, schools going green and the top green colleges and universities.
Well, meet some of the individuals that were featured on Smartplanet, and these are student entrepreneurs who are coming up with new energy innovation, green inventions, and eco friendly products and services that will become game changes.
We applaud the efforts of the student entrepreneurs and you will continue to see more inspiring stories like these coming out of the top green universities, green campuses, sustainability programs and as a result of more environmental education for children.
Check out the video below from Smartplanet and see how these student entrepreneurs are setting up their green businesses and green organizations:
There continues to be a lot of growth with green jobs. Some green jobs are tougher than others and some require you to climb up 275 feet or more. You will see how long it takes to climb up the inside of a wind turbine, and meet the people who do these types of green jobs and how their efforts help us work towards energy independence, clean alternatives and renewable energy.
A company named Rapanui, makes it easier for people to see where clothing comes from and how it is made so you can make informed choices. This process is called Traceability.
Rapanui lets their customers track, using Google Maps, where each one of their garments comes from. They make clothing from natural organic fabrics, in a Fairwear Foundation audited, wind powered factory, but really what they're about is communication. It's not that people don't care about child labor, the environment, our climate, it's just they don't know.
Cool Facts on the Company
Rapanui was set up by brothers Mart and Rob Drake-Knight in early 2008 and they are now aged 23 and 25
Rapanui won the 2010 Sustainable Business Award and employs 10 full time staff in its office in Bembridge.
Rapanui won a runners-up place at the 2010 Enterprising Young Brits Awards.
Rob and Martin Drake-Knight are listed on the Future 100 List of Top young Ethical Entrepreneurs.
Green Energy TV is giving Rapanui the Two Green Thumbs Up Award for being one the Best Green Companies, their Eco friendly Products and a cool new green business to watch and inspire others!
For more information on their eco friendly products and Traceability in Textiles using Google Maps, visithttp://www.rapanuiclothing.com/
Feel free to also watch the video below where Mart Drake-Knight explains Rapanui's thinking on ethical fashion
The Dutch government has provided funding for Biogas plants for small farmers in Vietnam to meet their energy needs.
In a video uploaded to our main site, you can see how farmers in Vietnam are using the manure from their livestock to produce biogas. These alternative fuels program and alternative fuel ideas can be applied to farms around the world.
Cool Fact: It costs about $250 US Dollars to construct a biogas plant in Vietnam and takes about 3 days to complete it.
There are a lot of green inventions and eco friendly products entering the market, and we wanted to highlight a video titled Innovate or Die- Water Filtration for 3rd world, which was uploaded to our main site.
The video talks about how 1.1 billion people in the world do not have access to clean water.
The green inventions highlighted are the Novel bicycle based mobile water filtration system design.
It was submitted for the MIT 'Innovate or Die' appropriate technology.
There are a lot of electric cars out on the market and you will continue to see various electric cars coming out this year, but there is one major car manufacturer that has already sold out for 2010.
The answer: Nissan Leaf EV (Electric Vehicle)
Cost: MSRP $35,000, but reduced to $25,000 after tax incentives.
Nissan already sold out of the 19,000 pre-orders for the Leaf and the car has been receiving good reviews.
Keep an out for the competition such as the Chevy Volt which will be in showrooms later this year as well.
There's a video airing on our main site Green Energy TV that shows how Sam's Club in Palmdale, CA is using wind power technology to power their store.
As part of a company commitment to be supplied 100 percent by renewable energy, Sam’s Club is the first retailer in the U.S. to install a significant number of micro wind turbines mounted on parking lot light poles to support the energy needs of its Palmdale, Calif., location.
Construction is complete, and the 17 units are fully operational as of today and supply enough energy to power 6 homes per year.
Green Energy TV is giving this Sam's Club the Two Green Thumbs Up Award for their commitment to Sustainability Programs.
Read the full release here: http://www3.samsclub.com/NewsRoom
Upcoming posts will be focused on Sustainability Programs, Best Green Companies, Energy Innovation, Wind Power Technology, Hybrid Vehicles, Green Jobs, and companies going green.
There's a video airing on our main site Green Energy TV that shows how we can power our vehicles without using oil. This comes at a time when the media is showing coverage of the recent oil spill and we will continue to see the coverage of the future effects.
One of the alternatives that Vestas Wind Systems demonstrates in the video is by combining Wind Power Technology, an Intelligent Grid and electric cars. This comes at a time when you will see more electric cars hitting the market later this year as well.
Check out the video titledIntelligent Grid and let us know your thoughts.
The United States Commerce Secretary Gary Locke discusses the opportunities that exist for the US and China to work together on Green Energy, developing clean technologies, energy innovations and creating green jobs. The US Commerce Secretary visited Hong Kong on Asia Tour to promote Green Technology.
Gary Locke is leading the Obama Administration's first cabinet-level trade mission through China and Indonesia to promote US green energy technology.
I just saw the news from KTLA about the "Vegetable Viagra" for men.
The article talked about how instead of using Viagra, men should start eating celery. The authors of a new health book called "Stay Young: Ten Proven Steps to Ultimate Health" claim that eating celery boosts the pheromone levels in a man's sweat, making him more appealing to the fairer sex.
This is a green alternative to taking Viagra, but it did not say that celery helps men "get it up", so I am not sure about the comparison of being like "Vegetable Viagra".
According to the story, apparently, celery contains androstenone, a naturally occurring steroid, which increases pheromone secretion, according to the doctors and women will be attracted to men when your body secretes these scents.
Maybe I should start bottling celery as a new green cologne.
There's a new all-electric car, called the Coda, and its made by a California-based company.
Coda Automotive is saying good-bye to gas. The Coda is said to have 90-100 mile minimum range, which covers 94% of commuter trips in the United States according to statistics from the Bureau of transportation.
The Base price for the CODA sedan will be $45,000, but after State and Federal subsidies it should be closer to mid-$30,000s, putting it in the same ball-park as GM’s Chevy Volt.
The Coda sedan is an all-electric vehicle for everyone. It’s a practical revolution for real drivers who need reliable transportation.
For more information, check out their site: http://www.codaautomotive.com/
YoGen was voted as one of the Top 9 Eco Friendly Products of 2010 at the Computer Electronics Show.
How does it work? Pull the string, it produces power, up to 5 watts. It charges most portable devices too. The company says 1 minute of pulling on the string generates enough power to charge a cell phone.
Here's what the YoGen can do:
Power is generated with the first pull.
Charges devices with only a few minutes of pull/release time.
Yogen’s patented technology charges most mobile devices.
Yogen’s ‘charge/time ratio’ is similar to standard AC wall chargers.
Upcoming posts will introduce you to many of the green inventions, eco friendly products, energy innovation and the best green companies. Let us know if there is a topic you would like us to focus on, and we will cover it.
According to Steve Gelsi with MarketWatch, Venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson of Draper Fisher Jurvetson said Thursday he plans to focus a big chunk of his firm's latest $400 million funding toward green computing and other energy-related investments.
Green Energy investments continue to be on the rise in Silicon Valley. Draper Fisher Jurvetson have been investing in green energy and clean technology since 2001.
On their site, you can see their Portfolio of Companies they have funded and how they are having a positive impact and changing the world.
Youngstown State University is having their second annual Sustainable Energy Forum on June 7 and 8, 2010 on the YSU campus. They are planning a diverse and broad agenda, a particular focus this year will be on Advanced Materials for Sustainable Energy - that is, those new composites, platings, metals and ceramics which are being developed to enable and accelerate Sustainable Energy Initiatives.
This focus on Advanced Materials should enable a broadening of attendees to include developments in advanced materials which are enabling and defining the Sustainable Energy direction. They will especially welcome presentations which feature research which is approaching or already in the commercialization phase.
Building upon the format from last year, they will feature presentations and discussions led by regional and national researchers, developers, manufacturers, technical experts, and government leaders in the field of Sustainable Energy.
Forum presentation topics will be centered around:
• Energy Efficiency • Energy Storage and Grid • Fuel Cells/Electric Vehicles • Carbon Capture/Sequestration • Landfill Gas • Renewable Energy: Wind/Solar • Bio Fuels • Liquid Fuels from coal or natural gas
For registration and abstract submissions please go to www.ysu.edu/sef
Overnight guests may wish to reserve rooms at the Holiday Inn in Boardman, Ohio by calling 800-718-8466, or at www.hiboardman.com. Mention YSU Sustainable Energy Forum for a preferred rate.
This will be a great event, so make sure you sign up!
It is important that even before you start doing vermicomposting, you are already familiar with the different types of composting worms. By doing so, you will have an idea on the worms that you will be using as you go along the process. This knowledge is also important as this will determine how effective your worm composting will be.
To start, there are famous composting worms which include Red http://www.gardenworms.com/ Red Wiggler worms(Eisenia Fetida), European Night Crawlers (Eisenia hortensis) and Canadian Nightcrawler (Lumbricus rubellus). Among the four, Red Wiggler worms are the most recommended type of composting worms because of their tested and proven special characteristics.
They are able to burrow up to 2 inches giving the soil enough air and they are also literally heavy eaters of organic materials. According to study, Red worms are able to eat as much as their body weight paving way for more organic fertilizers. The end product of the Red Wiggler worms is also outstanding because their wastes are filled with nutrients essential for the plants.
Meanwhile, European Night Crawlers, though effective in worm composting are more recommended as fishing baits. Their large size makes them function better as baits rather than composting worms. Canadian Night Crawlers on the other hand are also soil dwellers though Red Wiggler worms seem to have shown more special attributes.
If you plan to start vermicomposting at home, your choice of composting worms matters a lot.
Composting worms play the most critical part so your choice will definitely reflect the end product which is of course the vermicompost.
For more info about Vermicomposting visit http://www.gardenworms.com/blog/ -Wigglerwormfan, Guest Blogger for Green Energy TV
Green Energy TV airs videos showing what individuals, companies, organizations, schools, etc. are doing to be green and they have viewers from over 160 countries.
Today is Earth Day, and millions of people around the world are doing things to be green. You can share what you are doing with others by uploading a video of what you are doing to be green to Green Energy TV.
Topics and categories on Green Energy TV include: Solar Energy, Wind Power Technology, Geothermal Energy, Companies going green, Hybrid vehicles, Eco friendly living, alternative fuel ideas, sustainability programs, Hydrogen, Hydro Power and more.
Happy Earth Day! - James Carter, Guest Blogger for Green Energy TV.
Green Energy TV is sponsoring a petition for Earth Day 2010 for individuals, companies, organizations, schools and universities to Sign the Petition to Stop Using harmful chemicals on grass and lawns.
If you are already practicing Chemical Free Lawn Care, please still sign up so others can see you have made the commitment. When you sign below, you are pledging that on this day and going forward that you will no longer use the harmful chemicals on your lawn.
Just fill out the comment section below and feel free to share how you practice Organic Lawn Care and Chemical Free Lawn Care with others. - Stay Green and have a Happy Earth Day!
Dow Jones knows how to define solar energy. They recently announced that they will build a 4.1 megawatt solar installation in New Jersey.
There are a lot of companies going green and there are many tax incentives for going green as well. This solar installation near the Dow Jones corporate office is one of the largest solar installations on a commercial site.
Dow Jones said that the company will reduce its annual energy costs and provide tax incentives. The installation will provide 50% of their energy needs during peak performance and they will have more than 13,000 solar panels, which will cover 230,000 square feet of parking space.
The system will create 5 million kilowatt hours of electricity that will power Dow Jones’ IT infrastructure and create green jobs.
There are a lot of companies going green, making renewable fuels and have a lot of different alternative fuel ideas.
A company in Sweden called Haldor Topsoe, is a catalysis for a cleaner world. In the video airing on our main site Green Energy TV, you will hear how Haldor Topsoe is using paper waste as a fuel for vehicles, cooking and more.
Link to Video: http://greenenergytv.com/Watch.aspx?v=6cc294994f119af8
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