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How To Make A Rain Barrel (DIY Video)

If you water your lawn during the summer months, 40% of your total water use could be going towards your lawn. What better reason to make a rain barrel?

The Daily Five: Wednesday, 29 July, 2009

Nissan EV; Human-powered monorail; Smart-tech for water savings; Solar-powered moon rover; Passive solar home.
Nissan readies its zero emission car for debut. Another EV coming from another foreign carmaker - and we wonder why American manufacturers are having trouble keeping afloat! Expected to garner a 100-mile range, the lithium-ion battery powered car will hit dealer [...]

EPA Names Top 20 Organizations Running Their Own Green Power

For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership recognized 20 partners for generating the most green electricity on site.

The Daily Five: Tuesday, 28 July, 2009

A safe, non-toxic home in Arizona; Calculating your travel carbon footprint; Pizza Fusion gets LEED certified; smart Eco-Driving Initiative; USPS green roof in NYC
A safe non-toxic house in Arizona. Kathy Hemenway’s home in Snowflake, Ariz., is a refuge from the gases, chemicals and electromagnetic fields that are nearly ubiquitous in our 21st century world. Her [...]

The Daily Five: Monday, 27 July, 2009

Texas gets largest wind farm; FedEx hybrid-electric trucks; Solar bluetooth speaker; Using superbugs for biofuels; Euorstar reduces train emissions
Texas gets largest wind farm in US. Energy start-up Baryonyx has won bids for three land leases from the state of Texas to build data centers powered primarily by wind farms. The Texas-based company’s leases include [...]

The Daily Five: Friday, 24 July, 2009

Nissan wireless charging; PreFab Modular Off-Grid Living; Solar bags; LEED hotel in San Diego; Tuvalu going 100% renewable by 2020
Nissan brings wireless charging to electric cars. Inductive charging – which uses electromagnetic fields and coils that interact but never touch – is currently used for things like electric toothbrushes and artificial hearts. Nissan now [...]

The Daily Five: Thursday, 23 July, 2009

Wyndham goes wind-powered; Greenest building ever?; Toyota’s cheap fuel cell car; Cleaner Fuel for Ships ; Getting water out of the air.
Wyndham’s New HQ Powered 100% by Wind Energy. Powered 100% by wind energy, Wyndham Worldwide’s new headquarters in Parsippany, N.J., highlights the company’s commitment to environmental sustainability with a number of green features. Now [...]

The Daily Five: Wednesday, 22 July, 2009

Electric Bike + Laptop + Phone; Samsung greens their factories; Solar-powered moon rover; Terra-Gen Power wind financing; Big box stores targeting lighting inefficiencies
Electric Bike + Laptop + Phone. Not much to say, really, other than it is an electric bike with a laptop holder and a built-in smartphone. Cool.
Samsung to Go Green. Samsung wants spend [...]

The Daily Five: Tuesday, 21 July, 2009

Shake that AA battery; Electric scooter by BMW; IKEA solar-powered lamp; Joel Makower talks cheap energy; Nissan hybrids to Japan
Shake that AA battery for more juice. A concept battery by Mint Energy would allow us to shake the battery to recharge it - pretty cool! The idea takes the recharging component of a hand-crank [...]

New Lehr Propane Eco Trimmer - Test and Review

Eco Tech Daily recently had the opportunity to test the new Lehr Eco Trimmer, a propane powered trimmer with all the power of a conventional gas trimmer.