Redewin : New Online Ecostore.
Redewin, a new online eco-store that sells unique vintage and reconstructed clothing,launched recently. Redewin says their philosophy is “Re-define your connection with earth by recycling clothing. Re-dew your thinking about wasteful consumption.” All of the items on Redewin are created from used garments—they take button-ups, t-shirts, dresses, doilies, sweaters, jeans, etc, and stitch them together to create innovative, intriguing new fashion blends.
Secret Green Community Saved.
A secret Green community that was only discovered during an aerial survey of a Welsh national park,UK will not be demolished after it was finally approved. The inhabitants secretly built the sustainable village and lived there unnoticed until the aerial survey was carried out in 1998. The village relies on solar power and a wind turbine for electricity, and has compost toilets, reed beds, a workshop and a hay barn.
World’s Smallest Car : Toyota iQ
Toyota unveiled Toyota iQ at the Frankfurt Motor show. Toyota is promoting the iQ as the ultimate refined mode of transportation. Despite its small size Toyota iQ received a 5-star safety rating in Euro NCAP testing. According to Toyota the 1.0-liter gasoline iQ should record 54.1 mpg on the European driving cycle (99g/km of CO2). iQ will go on sale in Japan in October and few months later in Europe. The price is expected to be in the range of $13,000 - $15,000.
Human Remains In Sahara
Remains of a tiny woman and 2 children were found in Sahara desert. These skeletons are 5,000 years old and provided clues to two civilizations who lived there, a thousand years apart, when Sahara region was moist and green. Paul Sereno and colleagues from University of Chicago were searching for the remains of dinosaurs in the African country when they came across these skeletons. This hot desert was moist and green at the time people lived there. The first group of people known as the Kiffian, hunted wild animals and colonized the region between10,000 and 8,000 years ago. The second group, Tenerians, lived here between 7,000 and 4,500 years ago. They were smaller and did hunting, fishing and cattle herding. But now Sahara is a desert occupied with hot blowing wind.
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Green Or Blue Scrubs Over White
Why do health care professionals wear blue or green scrubs rather than any other colours? Although white is the color of cleanliness, in the early 20th century doctors switched their scrub’s colour from white to green. It’s been known that green or blue colours are easier on a surgeon’s eyes and help doctors to see better in the operating room due the opposite of red on the color wheel.
Looking at blue or green can refresh a one’s vision of red things, especially during surgery. If a surgeon looks at something red, he becomes desensitized to it. The red colour signal in the brain actually fades, and this could make the surgery difficult. Looking at something green will make the eyes more sensitive to red. By wearing a green scrub, doctors can also eliminate a green illusion of the blood (“after effect” illusion due to red).
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Solar powered Hindu Temple in California.
Shree Swaminarayan Mandir,currently under construction and, scheduled to open later to this summer will get all its power from Solar. The temple and cultural center is being built in Chino Hills, California. The temple will be entirely powered by a 60 KW solar power system,which is installed by Los Angeles’ GoGreenSolar.
In addition to the temple and cultural center, the entire 20 acre complex will include classroom, a gym, a dining hall, a snack shop, an exhibition hall, and living quarters. Hinduism is the world’s oldest living religion and is shared by about 800 million people, or approximately one-sixth the world’s population.
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G-8 For Controlling Global Emissions
The Group of Eight leading industrial nations agreed on halving world emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050. In the battle against global warming all major economies are called to join to eliminate the potentially dangerous rise in world temperatures. The G-8 countries include the United States, Japan, Russia, Germany, France, Britain, Canada and Italy.
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Clean the air as you drive
BMW unveiled a hydrogen-powered 7-series sedan which emits very low amount of Carbon Monoxide, in last month’s AE Congress in Detroit. The engine breaks down and converts carbon monoxide, essentially cleaning the air as it is driven. This green sedan of BMW features a six-liter hydrogen combustion engine. Car’s emissions are so low that they are undetectable by standard emissions tests.
