Last week, the Guardian UK announced its CleanTech 100 list, a breakdown of the 100 most cutting edge companies in Europe working on clean technologies. At the top of list was German solar cell manufacturer, Odersun, who recently made news by outfitting the Olympic Visitors Center in Beijing.
Image by Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times
When people move to another town, they usually sell their house and buy another one. Well…not the O’Farrells. Jennifer and Tim found their dream home and liked it so much, they decided to have it shipped to Vancouver Island.
In an effort to preserve the superb 312 square-meter house, the Canadian couple, had it moved from a suburb east of Seattle all the way to a site near Nanaimo on Vancouver Island.
What is footprint from an average persons housing requirements of a lifetime. National Geographic Human Footprint takes a look.
We Graffiti Artists are often exploring the far-flung corners of the internet. Occasionally we stumble on some real marvels that we’d like to share with you. Yes. Apparently, there are some places global warming might not have reached. And this part of Canada is probably one of them. When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. Consequently, when life gives you snow, you use it to chill the beer.
Enjoy!
Every month, I receive an Eco-Sense Update from Ann and Gord Baird.
Canada is becoming more like America every day. Image by François Detemmerman
What would you do if your home was filled with bees?
It’s like this, but in their friggin’ walls! Image by Chas Redmond
Would you freak out, call the exterminator, run screaming from the building?
If you’re Helen and Jerry Stathasos, you do none of these things. You just live in a house filled with bees.
The Stathatos family has been coexisting with the bees for several years now in their Virginia Road home in Sacramento, CA. There are so many bees that the walls literally drip with honey, but they don’t usually mind.
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