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Be The Change

http://tobethechange.blogspot.com

Environmental issues and discussions on sustainability, poverty, world hunger and conditions for peace. Information on how we can be more green, take care of the Earth and live in peace.

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  • Ecovative Design Wins Opportunity Green 2009 Competition

    Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 06:07 in events, green, eco-design

    Earlier this month, the Opportunity Green Business Conference 2009 was held in Los Angeles. At the conference the 25 finalists in the Opportunity Green Competition (OG25) were showcased and the winner, Ecovative Design, was announced.The OG25 open bu...

  • World Toilet Day

    Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 03:17 in water

    World Toilet Day may sound like a joke, but for the 2.5 billion people in the world who don't have access to toilets and sanitation, it certainly isn't. November 19, 2009 is World Toilet Day.I would just like to post some facts here for you to think ...

  • Cow Dung To Heat 1,100 Homes In Netherlands

    Posted on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 07:00 in energy, green

    A cow dung-powered plant opened last Friday in the Netherlands, which hopes to provide 1,100 homes with the heat generated via anaerobic digestion of cow dung. At the plant itself, cow manure along with grass and food residues will undergo ferment...

  • Solar Parking For Electric Cars

    Posted on Saturday November 14th, 2009 at 05:08 in solar power, eco-design

    This design offers a dual solution to parking and charging of electric vehicles. It proposes wireless transmission of charge from the solar canopy to the charging coil embedded in the asphalt and later, to the car battery. After sensing an electric c...

  • The Journey Of A Biscuit To The Philippines

    Posted on Thursday November 12th, 2009 at 03:34 in hunger, humanitarian

    The World Food Programme (WFP) has distributed over 230 tons of High Energy Biscuits in the Philippines as part of its response to the recent typhoons. The video below shows how the biscuits travelled the 9,374 kilometres from the factory to the be...

  • LightSail: New Project By Planetary Society

    Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 06:19 in solar power, eco-design

    LightSail-1 Artists rendition of LightSail-1 by Rick Sternbach. Credit: Planetary SocietyThe Planetary Society, with its new project called LightSail, announced its plan to propel a spacecraft on sunlight alone by the end of 2010. Under this new ...

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