National Wildlife Federation’s Campus Ecology Program collaborated with Lucid Design Group, Inc, United States Green Building Council and the Alliance to Save Energy to create The Campus Conservation Nationals (CCN). CCN is a nationwide resource-use reduction competition which invited students, faculty and staff from college and university campuses to attain the greatest electricity and water [...]

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Courtesy of A&M University Tamu Times Algae, tobacco, the food scraps from a discarded cafeteria tray — they may seem like an unlikely club, but all of these items are playing major roles in the world’s hunt for suitable alternative fuels. The earth’s supply of fossil fuel continues to diminish and oil prices are skyrocketing. [...]

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Swarthmore College and several other campuses have launched a campaign to divest from fossil fuels. Read why and get involved in the campaign! by Blair Halcyon SWARTHMORE, PA — On campuses across the country, students are writing a new chapter in the youth environmental justice movement. The last five years of student organizing have won [...]

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Eco-Comedy – Make People Laugh and Win $1000 Enter the 4th Annual Eco-Comedy Video Competition Sponsored by The Sierra Club and American University Center for Environmental Filmmaking Be Funny! Be Original – Create a skit, song, animation or stand-up routine; Be Visual – Post your videos on YouTube; Be Brief – Under 3 minutes Entry [...]

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This year’s Consumer Electronics Show featured many a Green Gadget.  One that’s small, practical and taking orders now is the nPower PEG Kinetic Energy Charger. It converts energy generated by your day to day activities and uses it to charge your electronic devices. Riding along in your backpack, briefcase or purse, this compact power charger will [...]

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Electric cars are lighting up the North American International Auto Show.  The atmosphere is exceedingly electric at Cobo Hall in Detroit as car manufacturers kick off 2012 with a shot of green.  This year’s new offerings  show that style is not going to take a back seat to function.  There’s a green gull wing from [...]

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Dr. Laura Stachel went to Northern Nigeria in 2008, as part of her graduate study.  She wanted to find ways to lower maternal mortality in the state-run hospitals.  She was appalled by how electricity outages threatened maternity and surgical care. Nighttime deliveries were performed in near darkness and cesarean sections had to either be cancelled [...]

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My fascination with piezoelectricity continues – power generated by the force of everyday motion – people power with purpose.  The latest innovating piezoelectric invention I have found is – the sOccket – a soccer ball that takes the energy from soccer kicks and converts it to power for small devices such as LED lamps and [...]

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Shawn Clarkson Tauranga, New Zealand The Bay of Plenty is on the East coast of the North Island in New Zealand. Tauranga is in the middle of this area and is an amazing, beautiful place to live, with miles of white sandy beaches. We have lots of people who come here for the holidays because [...]

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This year’s Solar Decathlon, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy featured 19 competing colleges from five countries and four continents with the University of Maryland team taking first place for the design, building, and operating of the most cost effective, energy efficient and attractive solar powered house. Maryland’s structure went beyond solar in making [...]

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