Daily Music
Rough Exchanges by Resident Peasant
ShareResident Peasant, I’m digging you! Soft melodies intertwined with experimental indie folk I don’t think I could even come up with a better Monday work mix. If you haven’t taken the time to listen to this folk based band make sure you do and let them know what you think. Their full album is available [...]
Welcome Home, Radical Face
ShareWelcome Home by Radical Face probably isn’t anything new for many of you but I had to post it anyway. The actual music video is pretty darn cool however that isn’t when the song really moved up my list. Used in the Video Framed by Andi Wittmann Welcome Home took on a whole new meaning [...]
Bizness, Tune-Yards
Share Bizness is from Tune-Yards second alubm whokill released on April 18th 2011. There style is different, instrumentals completely solid, and a singer that gives you jam that you want to sing when you’re sitting during a meeting at work.
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Need Want Glass
ShareWater is one of our most precious resource and sadly many countries are running out of it. To see how bad it is now and the problems that we face in the future I suggest checking out Blue Gold: World Water Wars. Just make sure you’re in a good mood because it’s kid of depressing. [...]
Read MoreStacked Rooftop Urban Greenhouse
ShareOn Design’s Roppongi Nouen urban farm is stacked on a rooftop in the heart of Tokyo. While most urban gardens are hidden away in alley way or corner plots Rooppongi design a series of stackable glass boxes that can be maneuvered on any rooftop. [...]
Read MoreSolar Highways: Replacing Asphalt With Solar Panels
ShareI’ve seen a lot of ideas and concepts come out of the green industry but I do have to say this is one of the best ideas I’ve seen to date. It’s thinking out of the box for sure but utilizing the our existing network or roads for solar power could generate more clean energy [...]
Read MoreBiodegradable Car! Phoenix Roadster Concept
ShareI’ve seen bikes made out of bamboo before but not a car. The Kenneth Cobonpue Phoenix Roadster was built in 10 days using bamboo, rattan, steel, and nylon. The driving factor of this design was to show the world how woven skins of organic fibers can be matted to composit materials powered by green technology. [...]
Read MoreTrap Light– COrd and Battery Free Lamp
Share For some reason these things remind me of the night time scenes of Avatar, might be geeky but it does. Gionata Gatto and Mike Thompson unveiled these new pendant lamps at the Milan Furniture Fair. These lamps absorb light energy from ambient sources. I woldn’t mind trying one of these puppies our for myself. [...]
Read MoreSolar blades for wind Turbines
Share The debate has been in the news and among greenies alike, Solar or Wind? Now you don’t have to choose, scientist from University of Liverpool have created solar blades for wind turbines. This effort lead by Dr. Joe King, was aimed to silence wind critics that wind turbines are not efficient because they only [...]
Read MoreEstimated Energy Use In The U.S. [Infographic]
ShareLawrence National Laboratory is one of the most renowned establishments of the smart grid and energy statistics in the United Stats. They’ve created an infographics that shows how energy is consumed throughout the country. What really stands out to me is the amount of rejected energy (in grey) there is in the U.S. It pretty [...]
Read MoreAnother Petroleum Platform Explodes in the Gulf
Share Reports are just coming in that another rig has blown up in the gulf of Mexico. GRAND ISLE, La. – An offshore petroleum platform exploded and was burning Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico about 80 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site where BP’s undersea well spilled after a rig explosion. [...]
Read MoreSelf Sustaining City Produces 4x The Amount Of Energy Than It Consumes
Share As some cities are struggling to supply antiquate and consistent energy to the community the Sonnenschiff solar city in Freiburg, Germany is producing 4 times the amount of energy that they consume. As many projects in the states brage about thier new-zero impact this community is taking sustainable living to a whole new elver. [...]
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