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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Change the World Wednesday - Reduce Footprints...






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THE IDEA BEHIND THE CHALLENGE



What if a whole lot of people did the same "green" activity during the same time period? Would we have a positive impact on the environment? I believe we would! That's the simple concept behind Change The World Wednesdays (CTWW). Each week a new challenge will be posted, here on Reduce Footprints ... something which is easy to do and when done "en masse" will have a positive effect on the earth. It's the idea that when a lot of little actions are joined together ... the impact can be huge. We hope to take a huge step towards saving the earth.

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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Solar company announces solar cell breakthrough...




Solar Company Announces Solar Cell Breakthrough...







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By Antonio Pasolini of Energy Refuge



A Californian company called HyperSolar earlier this week announced that new solar design models “show potential magnification of 300%”. HyperSolar develops technology that increases the power output of solar cells, one of the technological challenges the industry faces.



“We believe that a critical advancement will be to actually control the delivery of sunlight onto solar cells. We are developing the world’s first thin and flat light magnification layer for direct application on top of standard solar cells to increase their power output”, said HyperSolar’s CEO, Tim Young. “Our plan is to move to the prototype stage early next year and then to a commercial product.”



The magnification layer employs thousands of very small light collectors on the surface that funnel light into a proprietary light routing network in the middle. From there, light is carried to a smaller output area on the bottom where a solar cell can be attached.



Instead of using three solar cells to cover an area on a solar panel, only one solar cell is needed underneath a 300% layer called HyperSolar layer. The company says this will allow solar panel manufacturers to reduce the number of expensive solar cells in their panels by 66%, reducing the cost per watt of their solar panels.



“The higher the light magnification in the HyperSolar layer, the higher the power magnification of the attached solar cell. As part of our development plan, we are exploring various designs and microphotonic elements to increase the magnification by as much as 400% in the final product”, Mr. Young said.

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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Yorkshire Rainforest Project...

Welcome to the Yorkshire Rainforest Project...



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We’re the tea and coffee company that loves trees.



Twenty years ago we launched our Trees for Life appeal with a pledge to plant one million trees. With the help of our customers and staff we reached that milestone in 1999 – but didn’t stop there. Two million trees came and went, and in 2007 we planted our 3 millionth tree on Blue Peter, the children’s TV programme.



Of course there are still more trees to plant, but for now, with an acre of rainforest destroyed every second and half of the world’s rainforest already lost, there’s a new commitment. We’re asking our customers and the whole of the Yorkshire community to help us save an area of rainforest the size of Yorkshire … welcome to the Yorkshire Rainforest Project.



To start our campaign we’ve joined forces with the Rainforest Foundation UK to save an area the size of the Yorkshire Dales in Peru’s Amazon rainforest – one of the most threatened rainforests on the planet.

Yorkshire Rainforest Project


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Sunday, October 3, 2010

The world of Explore in videos...

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The world of Explore.org in videos - view now.

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Thursday, June 4, 2009

So you are young, lean, mean and green...





So you are young, lean, mean and green? Good on you. But are you prepared to put your money where your mouth is? Are you prepared to do things personally, at home, at school, at work or at play. Use better lights ie compact fluorescent bulbs. But use these with care too, because they contain mercury.Recycle. Use solar power where possible. Be carbon neutral, go on green holidays. Reuse water bottles by refilling at the tap. Buy or sell products in bulk, and save onshipping costs.





Maybe you want to go green, recycle, ride share, carpool, vanpool, plant a tree, start green shopping, have green pets, experience green travel, curb urban sprawl, ease up on fossil fuels, save forests, remove polluting cars from the road and experience green living without giving up conveniences?





Well, if you can switch from drinking bottled water to drinking water that you put in a bottle we all just might have a chance of decreasing the impacts of global warming because we all need to be Lean, Mean and Green.




So you’re a young and sexy girl or guy…or at least you’re young at heart, you consider yourself an eco-friendly person, you’re concerned about the environment, climate change, global warming, air pollution, ozone depletion, acid rain, the greenhouse effect, deforestation of rain forests, the melting of the polar ice caps and your CO2 / Carbon Footprint?





Maybe you just want to get your head around the causes of global warming before your next class?

Maybe you want to drop out and do your part to save the planet by reducing green house gas emissions through carbon offsets along with the use of green renewable energy like solar power, wind power, geothermal energy, hydropower, biofuels, electric cars, hybrid cars and solar powered cars all to make eco dept day come a little earlier each year instead of later?

www.govtech.com/gt/case_study/101001 "Lean,mean and green"


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Saturday, April 5, 2008

Water that most precious commodity - makes up 75% of the human body...



Water is one of our most precious commodities, making up 75% of the human body and covering 71% of the Earth’s surface. However, it has been calculated that as little as 0.02% of that water is actually fresh water available for human consumption and that 50% of the world's population will face water shortages by 2025.

Each person in the UK currently uses about 150 litres of water every day; this has been rising by 1% per year since 1930. Most of the water we use is wasted, being flushed down the toilet or left to flow down the sink while we clean our teeth.

By making just a few small changes to your liquid lifestyle you will be helping to cut the demand on our most important natural resource, as well saving money on your household bills.

Water way to save indoors:

Reduce your toilet flushing water wastage.

Fit a flow reducer to your shower head.

Save water by shrinking your shower.

Use rain or bath water for flushing your toilet.

Save water when washing the pots.

Fit spray taps to reduce water consumption.

Use any energy-saving settings available on your washing machine

Don’t boil more water than you need.

There are a 101 ways to save water.




We need to learn them all.



If every household in Britain cut one toilet flush per day we’d save a total of 170 billion litres of water in a year!



The more people make changes towards a greener lifestyle, the bigger the impact we all have on the environment.


So spread the word!



Especially bright, brilliant new ones!

Water Savings

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