Solar and Wind Powered Hybrid Street Lamps http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/07/13/hybrid-wind-solar-street-lamps/ This is a very good example of designers coming up with a neat, zero energy alternative to an everyday street feature. It’s a hybrid wind and solar powered street lamp, that looks like a piece of urban art the same time. It uses renewable energy to provide illumination,… Continue reading
Posts by Gareth Huw Davies
NISSAN LEAF – now we have a price for electric driving
The LEAF goes on sale in the UK in February 2011. It’s the first “purpose designed and built” electric vehicle (EV) to arrive in the UK and Europe.
Headline features: powered by compact lithium-ion batteries for fast-charging, with a range of approximately 100 miles.
Nottingham hits tourism target with Robin Hood
Nottingham is basking in the afterglow of the latest tribute to a surly sheriff and the twang of Robin Hood’s bow. The capital of the east Midlands is packed with interest for the weekend visit on the trail of the mythic archer. This don’t-miss list of six includes an awfully old Inn, some very new… Continue reading →
On line repair community to help people fix things
Shouldn’t we stop throwing away expensive consumer items that still work, or could be made to work? In the process we would reduce electronic waste, and the enormous pollution it causes, particularly in Third World countries where people are least equipped to deal with it.
American engineers have launched a company to provide interchangeable online advice on mending a wide range of electronic and other items.
Continue reading →Medieval mosaic of a landscape.
The New Forest became Britain’s smallest national park in 2006. Essentially it is a landscape that has changed little since William the Conqueror set it up in the late 1000s. Today it’s much better looked after that it was in the early days of mass car ownership, when you could virtually park where you liked.
Continue reading →College Lake Nature Reserve
New Visitor Centre Opened 1 May, 2010 This eco-friendly building is designed to blend into the landscape . Visitors will feel as though they are going into a grassy bank when entering the building. This low visual impact is further enhanced by a turf roof, created using flower-rich grassland turf from the site. The building is… Continue reading →