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SCAD student creates waterless sand-removal system using Astroturf and bamboo

Posted by DeshRaj on 21/11/2009

Designed by Casper Krouse, a senior industrial design student at the Savannah College of Art and Design, the system (pictured above) uses collected rainwater, a mat of bamboo poles and AstroTurf. The design-work is the part of a project that asks...

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London Mayor inaugurates a green building neighboring Victoria Station

Posted by AditiJ on 21/11/2009

The Mayor of London Boris Johnson announced the official opening of a new commercial office and retail building situated adjacent to the mid 19th century rail station. Dubbed as The Peak, the 11,280 sq m structure designed by Sheppard Robson...

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Aquamarine launches Oyster wave machine that could power 1400 homes by 2011

Posted by DeshRaj on 21/11/2009

Alex Salmond, the First Minister of Scotland, yesterday launched Aquamarine Powers Oyster, which has already been hailed as the biggest hydroelectric wave-energy machine. Various tests conducted at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney near..

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Time for world leaders to ratify disappearances treaty

Posted on 20/11/2009

Amnesty International has called on world leaders to help prevent enforced disappearances by urging them to ratify a landmark treaty at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Disappearances Convention) ...

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Cigarette butts recycled into rolls could help insulate homes

Posted by DeshRaj on 20/11/2009

Call it their helplessness, reluctance or the plain denial to shun the abhorrent habit; it makes smokers despicable to others (who do not smoke). Besides, it is cancerous to environment. However, the London Borough at Harrow hopes to lend some...

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