The “Plastiki” catamaran, made of 12,000 plastic bottles, is now about half way across the Pacific, on its way from San Francisco to Sydney to spread awareness about pollution in the world’s oceans.They have reached the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – a sea of waste five times the size of the UK. Plastiki’s component water bottles are filled… Continue reading →

Solar panel and LED (light emitting diode) technology is developing fast, with the promise of bright, low energy lights for inside and outside use. More efficient (and cheaper) LED lights are coming out of labs in China Japan and the US. We are beginning to hear claims such as “biggest lighting revolution since the invention of the modern… Continue reading →

The spirit of climate change-denying George Bush is long gone. The UK could look to the US for inspiration on building a greener economy after May 6.

A pre-production Nissan LEAF, the world’s first mass-market, all electric zero-emissions car is on show in the UK this month (April). The family hatchback is being presented to the media, government officials, opinion formers and invited consumers at The O2 in London (April 19-22). It will be the first chance to see and drive an… Continue reading →

April 15, 2010 Here are some details of the electric-powered Renault Fluence ZE, which will debut in Israel.  It will be the car offered by Shai Agassi’s electric car venture Better Place. The idea is that, in addition to charging the car’s batteries at home, they would be replaced very quickly – in the time… Continue reading →

You are in a fading hotel in a forlorn town in a country far away.  It’s the middle of the night, and you’re very thirsty. But this is not the sort of place that offers tea-making equipment, still less room service. So you turn on the bathroom tap.  There is a ready gush, but you would… Continue reading →