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After Smart Grids, Smart Sewage? NoMix Toilet Gets Thumbs-Up in 7 European Countries

March 11, 2010

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NoMix Toilet. Photo: Flickr

Technological Innovations in the Bathroom? You Bet!
Being green is all about solving problems and grabbing overlooked opportunities. It turns out that there’s such a double-win in most bathrooms around the world; if we had “NoMix” toilets that separate urine from solid waste, municipal wastewater plants would have a significantly easier task (and produce more methane to generate electricity), and we could much more easily extract precious nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen for use as fertilizer (instead of using fossil fuels). So what’s stopping us from going NoMix?…Read the full story on TreeHugger

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World’s Scientists to Carry Out Independent Review of IPCC

March 11, 2010

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Photo via FreeSpeech

Ban Ki-moon has announced that a comprehensive, independent review of the IPCC is to be carried out, after calls from world governments were made to do so. The Secretary General for the UN said that scientists from academies around the world will take part in the review, which will be headed by the Inter-Academy Council–and it will be conducted completely independently of the United Nations. …Read the full story on TreeHugger

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SolidWorks Sustainability Software Helps Designers Make The Greenest Products (Video)

March 11, 2010

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Images via SolidWorks

How can designers make products that they can be sure have a minimized environmental footprint? The software they use during the design phase can make all the difference. A new tool, called SolidWorks Sustainability software shows designers the air, water, carbon, energy and disposal impact of every decision they make on every part of a product. That way, they can come up with the most environmentally friendly version of their product, without having to go back to the drawing …Read the full story on TreeHugger

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