The icebergs Environment effect are melting so relentlessly and Global warming effects such as these are very common when you navigate around the poles. I do not want the readers, but the phenomenon is so widespread as to have been unofficially coined the word to describe cockberg the iceberg partially dissolved to form large penis.

The photo was taken recently in the area between the Antarctic peninsula and South Shetland Islands (map) from Andy Rouse professional photographer whose site offers many shots on nature.

Ultra Green Paper

Paper not made from tree is sure to attract everybody’s interest. A Chicago paper company has come up with what they call Ultra Green paper. And the best part is that no trees are cut or water is used for the manufacturing. Made from inorganic mineral powders derived from limestone and calcium carbonate, Ultra Green neither uses chlorine nor becomes yellow or brittle even when exposed to sunlight for long.
Isn’t that just too good to be true? Wait, there’s more. The paper is resistant to water, grease and oils and can easily be used outdoors without any fear of decomposition. On top of this, it is priced 30 per cent below the regular paper because it saves on the water and tree costs. So it seems like a win-win situation for both the producers and the consumers.
By the way, the Environmental Defense calculated that if one ton of Ultra Green paper replaces a ton of traditional paper, 20 trees will be saved.
Via enn

Colin Firth loves the green

UK designer Kate Molson has every reason to fly high in the eco air! Well, if buzz is to be believed famous actor and popular eco-store owner Colin Firth has fallen in love with her latest creations. Apparently, Molson has come up with a unique range of woven hemp material and Firth is greatly impressed with her designs and concept which makes her use only organic hemp yarn that is sustainably manufactured locally and is free of toxins. So not only will Firth be selling Molson’s first bag in his London store Eco Age but the eco-friendly celeb will also autograph a few bags at a special event to be held at the shop soon.
Molson is absolutely ecstatic with her good luck. She feels honoured by Colin’s gesture and is pleasantly surprised with lady luck smiling so soon at her young career. “I have worked only for five months on these bags,” she shares.
Kate will also be showcasing her work in September’s Huddersfield Open Studio Trail (HOST), a leading showcase events for artists in the UK.
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Hurricane Katrina left some major scars not just in the hearts and minds of the people across the planet but also on the homes of many. These people now find themselves homeless and looking for help. It is in this time of need that Hollywood’s biggest star and his organization has stepped up to lend their helping hand to people of Louisiana. Those hit by hurricane Katrina in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans are having their homes rebuilt and this time with green features.

Brad Pitt’s Make it Right (MIR) initiative recently began construction on several homes that had been wrecked by the hurricane. Contributing to the rebuilding effort following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, the Make it Right campaign set a goal of constructing 150 new residences designed by 13 different local, national and international architectural firms. While each design is unique, all the homes are employing sustainable building strategies while taking into consideration the ease of fabrication through replication.
Each home is designed to be built within a budget of $150,000, which has been collected primarily by donations pledged through their website.

This not only helps those in need but also spreads the green wave. It seems Pitt has a classy way of doing things both on and off the screen. Hopefully more such organizations will join in to make the lives of many better.

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Nowadays fashion statement is also getting eco friendly touch all over the places. Day by day designers are putting forward hip and trendy style accomplices which are embraced with naturally green pieces as well. Displayed here is an assortment of myriad eco-chic head bands. This recent green fashion line launched by designer Rebecca Michaels has become tremendously popular among all the rage generation in recent times.
The organic stripe of hair accessories labeled Violet Love is clinched with distinctively green features as of the stuff they are ready from.

Since the entire gamut of these eco-accessories is finished through organic and natural matter like bamboo, lyrca and poly spandex, it proffers an ultra soothe and stability factor.
Crafted with soft fabrics and cuddled with colorful designs the whole range of this VL headband undeniably exhibits the designer’s immense love for nature.

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If we go by natural facts then it’s absolutely accurate that we would on no account be competent to neutralize carbon effects of wood burning in our lives but we may possibly accept this and make the most of it in newly designed wood boilers. The concept revealed here articulates that these pioneering boilers breed out only that much of carbon dioxide by burning wood which a customary and natural decay process of woods in forests would do. Putting this in another way we can say that without augmenting in the already established environmental carbon intensity levels, this new range of wood boilers bequeath us with much healthier green boiling option.

Unlike the conventional fossil fuels employing boilers, these home energy wood boilers are fully automated and appealing as well. Within the power range of 12 KW to 62 KW, these eco friendly boilers are apposite to congregate our home’s each and every energy requisite in effect.

Via HomeEnergy

Above and beyond the manufacturing of plastics creating harmful chemical pollutants, the recycling course of it also bears out to be a hard-hitting and deleterious job. In view of that efforts are being made all over the world to ban or discourage the use of plastic as of its detrimental eco effects. We all can make out that how intricate it would be for the optics and imaging company like Olympus to confiscate plastic material altogether from their processes. Yet they have proclaimed the company would eradicate a massive quantity of plastic stuff out of their packaging section in near future contributing to create a greener environment.

Olympus group is probing out options to get rid of just about 70 percent of their plastic material coming out from audio products and a bit larger percentage of around 80 from the xD Picture Cards fragment. If succeeded Olympus’s eco strive would set a stirring global exemplar worldwide.

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In early man days stones were employed to produce fire and in that era it was considered to be a quite radical discovery which saved human life. However, in this day and age we are bestowed with numerous contemporary utilities that we believe that we don’t necessitate exploitation of stones any more in our lives.
But contrary to our perception a remarkable contemplation involving the application of stones has been instigated in recent days. Delving into this novel concept I found out that extraordinary kind of Swedish rocks named Nordic Rocks which are naturally excavated out in an uncontaminated form can be proficiently bring into play as an eco-cooling medium.

Packed in leather pouches, these ultra cool rocks would be available to us in set of ten cube shaped rock pieces. These stones entail a freezing of at least one hour before putting them into our drinks for chilling purpose. Slowly but surely these freshly exposed Nordic rocks would accomplish cooling job without melting in thereby avoiding the possibility of grimy water amalgamation in it at all.

Furthermore the reusability aspect of these voguish cooling parts formulates the whole concept to be an eco friendly one.

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Nowadays eco groups are exploring so much possibilities of kinetic energy which were quite unidentified to us few days back. Earlier nobody was sentient of this verity that one day human power would develop into such a resourceful and dynamic kinetic energy asset. An enormously innovative design of Revolution Door featured here is an unsullied illustration of this green energy progression proposed by Fluxxlab. These eco-power engendering doors would surely make populace comprehend the potential of kinetic energy on an outsized scale.

These revolving doors are so designed and put up into their place that simply an effortless human push would be enough for them in confining required force and converting it into electrical energy. Though small in amount yet the valuable power produced by this gyrating door concept would significantly help us in dealing with the swelling dearth of electricity.

So next time when you walk in through a door just take in that your kinetic worth is getting worn out which could otherwise be utilized for a green purpose if that’s not a gyrating door.

Via CoolGreenGadgets

Toyota Prius is one of those Plug-In cars that has been eagerly awaited since a long time and while one is still waiting for the big electric vehicle that will apparently change the existing market ways and set a whole new standard, the wait is just cut short by one year. This is absolutely great news for all auto enthusiasts who were waiting for the Prius Electric with great anxiety. The important thing is not so much the fact that it will be out in 2009 but the fact that the stuff under the hood will also roll out a year in advance. This means a giant step forward for the Lithium-Ion Batteries which will be the heart of this beauty.

Toyota’s plug-in capable Prius is getting a big boost for testing, hitting the open road a year ahead of schedule. Several hundred of the PHEVs will be put into government and commercial fleets for field testing by the early 2009. So in just a few more months, we might be able to catch one of the new models out and about. While the plug-in car indeed might hit the roads very soon, one might still have to wait a bit longer before jumping up and down on that prospect.

It is one thing to claim right now that the car would be ready but if the Li-Ion battery technology is not found up to mark by the time then Toyota will rather push the date back instead of taking a risk on the performance aspect. But surely Toyota will do their all to meet the new deadline and let the Prius roar with green energy by the next year.

Via Autobloggreen / Toyota