GreenFuel Technologies on Tuesday is expected to announce what few in the algae fuel business can claim–a paying customer.
The Cambridge, Mass.-based company detailed a multi-year deal worth $92 million to build greenhouses that grow algae, which can be harvested for vegetable oil to make biodiesel or to make animal feed.
In the greenhouses, the algae will [...]
GreenFuel Tech opens algae-growing greenhouse
October 21st, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: · algae, fuel, green, greenfuel, greenhouse, grow
The Eco-Architecture Business: Grow Your Own Home
September 30th, 2008 · No Comments
A bus stop that grows its own foliage as shade. A children’s playground, made entirely from trees. A shelter made from living tree roots that could provide natural protection against earthquakes in California. “Eco-architecture” may sound like a Science Fiction vision of an ecologically-sustainable future, but that future is now. The concept of shaping living [...]
Tags: · architecture, eco, grow, home, own, your
How to Grow your Own Plastic Bag
September 1st, 2008 · No Comments
Most foods are still packed in plastic, which not only fills landfills and pollutes oceans, but also perpetuates petroleum consumption. Now we are beginning to see more prominent use of biodegradable disposable food packaging, particularly at green-oriented festivals and natural groceries. These “Bioplastics” are becoming a burgeoning industry as the cost of oil climbs and [...]
Water everywhere, and not a drop to grow
August 21st, 2008 · No Comments
Limited availability of fresh water is often overlooked as a cause of food scarcity and environmental decline, according to Colin Chartres. Governments should be ramping up efforts to make sure we have enough to grow crops as well as enough to drink, he argues.
Essentially, every calorie of food requires a litre of water to produce [...]
Tags: · clean, grow, plants, rain, Water
GROW BAGS: Urban Gardening hits London
July 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment
The re-branded London Festival of Architecture is now in its second week of it’s calendar of over 600 events. The Grow Bags: Urban Allotments installation, produced by What If Projects, showcases a ‘formerly inaccessible and run-down plot of housing estate land transformed into a beautiful oasis of green. Seventy 1/2 tonne bags of soil have [...]
Tags: · AIB, bags, blog, environmental, gardening, grow, inconvenient, london, UK, urban
Eco homes: No London garden is too small to grow your own
May 17th, 2008 · No Comments
With soaring food prices pushing the average family’s food bills up £750 in a year, there’s never been a better time to grow your own fruit, vegetables and herbs. It will not only save money, but will also save on the carbon emissions released in growing, packaging and transporting supermarket produce as well as revolutionisng [...]
Farmers face climate challenge in quest for more food
May 4th, 2008 · No Comments
If farmers think they have a tough time producing enough rice, wheat and other grain crops, global warming is going to present a whole new world of challenges in the race to produce more food, scientists say.
In a warmer world beset by greater extremes of droughts and floods, farmers will have [...]
Tags: · agriculture, blog, challenge, climate, crisis, environmental, farmers, food, global, grow, inconvenient, more, world
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