Can solar cells be commercially viable?

                            Here’s a fantastic site that we stumbled across where MIT engineers answer your questions. They seem have the answers to everything including lots of interesting tips on green tech. “Everything is changing, and the people making these changes are engineers: we [...]

New Wild Orangutan Population Discovered

How can you not love orangutans? This discovery reminds us of Singapore’s most celebrated orangutan, Ah Meng, who was full of life and character. She was featured in more than 30 documentary films, with co-stars who included Steve Irwin, the late Australian wildlife presenter and had even met Prince Philip, Elizabeth Taylor and Bjorn Borg. [...]

Singapore Discovers How To Convert CO2 Into Methanol!

  For all the “hub” and “opolis” talk that we’ve heard in the past several years, it’s heartening to finally see some groundbreaking results!  Imagine an effective solution to greenhouse gases! It would have a significant global impact which would not stop polluters from still polluting but would at least ensure the carbon footprint would [...]

Can you live a life unplugged from the world?

    Nice…can you live the simple island life, free from blackberry and twitter addictions? Trade your papaya with fellow island dwellers for kangkong? No need for cash or credit! Imagine, no paper or plastic! This article from the www.theEcologist.org examines what life would be if we went back to basics. nads   Back to [...]

Rare megamouth shark caught!

08 Apr 2009 Donsol, Philippines: An extremely rare megamouth shark was caught by Filipino fishermen, marking only the 41st time the species has been seen in the 33 years since its discovery and giving new insight into the elusive shark’s behaviour. Fishermen based in Donsol were trawling for mackerel along the eastern coast of Burias [...]

Eco Innovations

by Maxim Shrethra Here’s a look at some recent eco-friendly technological innovations of note we might all be using on a daily basis sometime in the near future.               RITI Printer Though still only a prototype and yet to be commercially produced, this innovative printer will use your leftover [...]

Sailing the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Capt. Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — an endless floating waste of plastic trash. Now he’s drawing attention to the growing, choking problem of plastic debris in our seas. Out of sight may be out of mind but it’s a horrible way to live. Human [...]