pollution

Green Christmas Gift | Eco-Friendly Dog Bed by P.L.A.Y

December 5, 2011

We at GEN are undoubtedly animal lovers and for that reason are in the process of opening a cage-free boarding and training facility at our compound in Agua Dulce, CA. Seeing that we’re all about lowering our environmental impact wherever we can, we have been contacting many eco-friendly companies to try out their products for review. Enter P.L.A.Y — or Pet Lifestyle and You — a company dedicated to…

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World Toilet Day to Tackle Global Sanitation Issues

November 14, 2011

November 19, 2011 is World Toilet Day. Toilets stop disease by keeping fecal matter out of drinking water.

Nissan Partners in Off-Grid Solar EV Charging Project

November 1, 2011

AllCell Technologies, a leading manufacturer of lithium-ion battery packs, has teamed up with multiple cleantech companies to create a completely off-grid solar EV charging station. Located in Amman, Jordan, the station can charge both a Nissan LEAF and multiple light electric vehicles simultaneously, is off-grid and includes a lithium-ion energy storage system that is protected from the scorching…

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5 Amazing Structures Made from Plastic Bottles

October 28, 2011

1. EcoARK: The innovative and very impressive EcoARK in Taiwan is a monument to recycling. The three-story tall building, complete with an amphitheater and exhibition hall, was constructed using 1.5 million plastic bottles. Embedded solar power helps to run the building’s magnificent LED light displays at night. The Far Eastern Group, which commissioned the building, wanted to highlight the…

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Shloppity Shlop! Here Comes Dr. Seuss’ "The Lorax"

October 27, 2011

The Once-ler, a clear-cutting industrial polluter. Images courtesy of Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures

The Lorax, champion of the environment, is coming to the big screen in an animated 3D (or rather “Tree-D”) movie featuring Danny D…

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A Legacy of Pollution at the Northport Power Station

October 20, 2011

Photo credit: Mona Miri

The Northport Power Station—a natural gas and oil electrical power station located on Long Island New York—has been a significant landmark on the New York landscape. It is the largest oil-fired power plant on the E…

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How Trucks Are Going Green

October 20, 2011

Some twenty years ago, mogul Ted Turner sought to create an animated series that would capture the imagination of the youth of the early 1990s by appealing to what he hoped would be their growing sense of responsibility to clean up a world that increasingly needed cleaning up. Turner’s target audience, a group of kids already primed by highly promoted events like…

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