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SolaTube Green Living

Green Home and Building,Home & Personal Accessories Organic & Fair Trade Clothing
High Therm Paint Insulation
Non-toxic paints
Bamboo & cork floors
Recycled rubber tire floors
Glass countertops
Tankless hot water heaters
Radiant heat floors
Soy foam insulation
Water air purifies
Solar attic fans
Organic bedding
Organic beauty supplies
Cotton linens
Wool blankets
Fair trade jewelry
Fair trade & organic food
Eco-friendly knitting yarns
Natural latex beds

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CW Biodiesel

This site has good source of information explaining biodiesel, how its made, what different sources are and which are better for our planet. Here is a good article on the use of biodiesel worldwide.

"Biodiesel worldwide

Biodiesel is widely used in Europe and in the U.S. Midwest. In Europe (where ultra-low sulfur petrodiesel is already the norm) biodiesel is often the lowest-priced fuel at pumps because of government policies based on its environmental profile.

While governments around the world are embracing biodiesel, diesel engine manufacturers have adopted a more cautious stance; DaimlerChrysler has only recently approved B20 for use in all of their products that are in fleet, military,..."to finish the story on their site click HERE (source http://www.cwbiodiesel.com/biodiesel/index.html)
]]> WebSite Highlights http://saveearth.net/nu/index.php?itemid=7 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:16:40 -0600 http://saveearth.net/nu/index.php?itemid=6 here you find an easy use layout with all sorts of news about the climate running down the left hand side and very resourceful blog covering all aspects of climate change.

Cleared for Oil Palm AgrofuelsHere is just a brief sample of some of the interesting articles availible on ClimateArk.org

"December 27, 2007
ALERT: Papua New Guinea's Woodlark Island Rainforests to Be Cleared for Oil Palm Agrofuels

Oil palm agrofules threatens the endemic Woodlark cuscusTAKE ACTION: The PNG government continues to approve rainforest destruction and diminishment even as they vocally seek to be paid with carbon market funds for their "protection". The oil palm biofuel industry -- the scourge of Asia and the world's rainforests -- is continuing to expand into Papua New Guinea (PNG). Malaysian company Vitroplant has been granted necessary permits by the PNG government to begin clearing 70% of the rainforests on biodiversity rich Woodlark Island, some 60,000 hectares..." read more on their site HERE (source http://www.climateark.org/blog/)]]> WebSite Highlights http://saveearth.net/nu/index.php?itemid=6 Thu, 3 Jan 2008 19:39:44 -0600 http://saveearth.net/nu/index.php?itemid=5 How to save earth
Dave has a lot of wisdom, insight, and good information available in one spot. I like his take on New years resolutions as Mid Year Intentions especially number 2 on his list
"Live simpler. Buy less, use less, consume less, owe less, need less. Live lighter on the land. Love Gaia, the community of all-life-on-Earth." you can read more from Dave HERE!]]> WebSite Highlights http://saveearth.net/nu/index.php?itemid=5 Wed, 2 Jan 2008 16:39:11 -0600 http://saveearth.net/nu/index.php?itemid=3 Direct Fuel CellTheir site FuelCellEnergy goes into detail explaining how fuel cells work and how their products using direct fuel cell energy are easily deployed and reach high levels of efficiencies. Here is a good explanation from their site on how it works. "The FuelCell Process

A fuel cell is made up of an electrolyte member sandwiched between fuel and oxidant electrodes. Typically, a fossil fuel or biogas from which hydrogen is extracted is used for most common applications. The oxidant is typically plain air. The fuel is oxidized at the “anode electrode”, releasing electrons that move to the “cathode electrode” via the external circuit. These electrons meet the hydrogen and push charged ions across the electrolyte. The charged ions (positively or negatively charged) move across the ion conducting electrolyte member, completing the electrical circuit. This electrochemical process requires very few moving parts, typically limited to air blowers and fuel/water pumps. Because of high fuel conversion efficiency, the flexibility to generate Combined Heat and Power (CHP), low-impact characteristics, and negligible environmental emissions, fuel cells are a desirable source of power generation for a broad range of markets and applications. Fuel cells are fast replacing reciprocating engines and gas turbines as the most environmentally-friendly sources of on-site power." (source http://www.fuelcellenergy.com/technology.php) Find out more from their site here!]]> WebSite Highlights http://saveearth.net/nu/index.php?itemid=3 Tue, 1 Jan 2008 10:21:15 -0600 http://saveearth.net/nu/index.php?itemid=2 XO Laptop
"One learning child. One connected child. One laptop at a time.

The mission of One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is to empower the children of developing countries to learn by providing one connected laptop to every school-age child. In order to accomplish our goal, we need people who believe in what we’re doing and want to help make education for the world’s children a priority, not a privilege. " (source http://www.laptop.org)"It’s not a laptop project. It’s an education project.

In 2002, MIT Professor Nicholas Negroponte experienced first-hand how connected laptops transformed the lives of children and their families in a remote Cambodian village. A seed was planted: If every child in the world had access to a computer, what potential could be unlocked? What problems could be solved? These questions eventually led to the foundation of One Laptop per Child, and the creation of the XO laptop.

OLPC’s mission is to provide a means for learning, self-expression, and exploration to the nearly two billion children of the developing world with little or no access to education. While children are by nature eager for knowledge, many countries have insufficient resources to devote to education—sometimes less than $20 per year per child (compared to an average of $7,500 in the United States). By giving children their very own connected XO laptop, we are giving them a window to the outside world, access to vast amounts of information, a way to connect with each other, and a springboard into their future. And we’re also helping these countries develop an essential resource—educated, empowered children.

For more information about OLPC’s mission, visit www.laptop.org." (source http://www.laptop.org)
]]> SaveEarth.net Mission http://saveearth.net/nu/index.php?itemid=2 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:52:05 -0600 http://saveearth.net/nu/index.php?itemid=1 OLPC. So by promoting your site on our directory you will also be promoting OLPC. Of course you can support directly as well. One of the many ways we can change the way we impact our planet is through education. OLPC supplies laptops to children of school age with a laptop were they can connect to the world and learn through a variety of online informational sources and programs preloaded on the laptop. Here are some of the "Activities" loaded on the XO:

XO Activities
Browser
TamTamMini
TamTamEdit
TamTamJam
Synthlab
Record
Memorize
Chat
Measure
Journal
NewsReader
Draw
Pippy
DIstance
Turtle Art
Write
Etoys
Ebook Reader
Calculate
Download

To find out more about the laptop and the OLPC mission check out their site HERE!]]> General http://saveearth.net/nu/index.php?itemid=1 Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:32:43 -0600