All Entries in the "Green" Category
Build Your Dream Car Company
Build Your Dream Car Company or BYD. BYD is a Chinese company that originally built batteries for cell phones and decided to build electric and hybrid cars that will be also be available in Europe and the US. Warren Buffet and Berkshire Hathaway bought a equity stake 10% in BYD for $230 million a few [...]
Federal Funding for EV Infrastructure Spreads to Communities
An early criticism of the federal government’s investment in electric car infrastructure was that it focused too narrowly on a few locations. But yesterday the US Department of Energy announced 16 projects to support EV adoption in 24 states and the District of Columbia in an effort to encourage adoption more broadly across the US. The Department [...]
Sandra Bullock Donates $1 Million to Japan Relief
Sandra Bullock is proving to be one generous actress. The Oscar winner donated $1 million to the American Red Cross this week to aid earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan, the charity told CNN on Thursday. This is the largest celebrity donation to the Red Cross since the disaster, although the charity has received other [...]
Mercedes Give Back
Conservation Fund’s ShadeFund is a new program that raises ‘donated capital’ for small loans to green entrepreneurs. The inaugural sponsor: Mercedes-Benz, plans to give loans to between 10 and 12 Signature ShadeFund Entrepreneurs in the next two years. The first two projects to get funding are CityBench, a Connecticut-based company that gathers wood from city trees that come [...]
The Fridge Lady
In Namibia, Miss Emily Cummins is known as “The Fridge Lady”. This is because she invented a solar-powered refrigerator that is can help many poverty-stricken Africans. The solar-powered refrigerator works with two cylinders, one inside the other. The inner cylinder is metal while the outer one is wood or plastic. In between these two cylinders [...]
Chill Swimming Pool
Extreme Exclusive B.V. is presenting the MUTANDOR®, a multifunctional terrace-to-building system. One system with more than ten functions. The MUTANDOR® is a complete terrace, from which walls (housefronts) will rise, a complete roof appears and a part sinks down, so that a swimming pool becomes available. This advanced system can be used as a terrace, [...]
