Category archives: Green News

Imagine a world where gadets were powered by bio-batteries, you know – grab a mars bar and power your iPod for 6 hours by using some of the energy produced by your bodies?  That is exactly what Gizmodo has written about! It turns out that the bio-batteries closest to reality…

There was an exciting event today at Standard Auto Wreckers where a check for $10,000 was donated to a fantastic local ‘green’ charity, 10,000 trees! The funds came from OARA where members of the association have agreed to pay an extra $20 per vehicle they acquire though the Retire your…

Not only is the name cool but the car looks super freaky.  I think it looks like you would see it in a cartoon or something.  Can’t wait to see them on the road.   Renault has now confirmed that two models including Twizy ZE will go into production from end…

It seems everyone wants to jump on the ‘going green’ bandwagon, even part of Berlin’s red-light scene is going green. One bordello, hoping to stave off falling demand in the economic crisis, has begun offering discounts to customers who pedal bicycles to the door. “It’s very difficult to find parking…

The ARA conference this year was a great success and a lot of fun for all those that attended.  With a tag line like “Experience the Horsepower Driving the Industry” most of us took the challenge quite seriously. It seems the entries for Standard Auto Wreckers and Car-Part exchanged a…

I wanted to make a contribution for Blog Action Day and the topic is climate change so I thought I would let some of those folks far wiser than I make the contribution: Here are some of my all-time favorite quotes on the topic. “I think the environment should be…

I really liked this cartoon and think I will do so in the future!

Instead of going for fun this Friday I thought I would go for flat-out amazing with a story of William Kamkwamba, a young boy from Malawi that builds windmills from junk.

This piece of news is quite funny and probably falls into the area of weird.  It seems in Sunnyvale the adage ‘finders keepers’ does not count when it is public servants finding cold, hard cash!  because amid the crushed soda cans, plastic bags and soiled cardboard, a shower of $100…