green :: clip and save energy

Is this an ingenious idea or what? The Saverclip is a clothespin like device that reads your electric usage when clipped onto any power cable or cord. Clip it on the most greedy energy consuming culprits like your refrigerator, or your clothes dryer and you'll see those numbers soar. The clip works by reading the electromagnetic fields emitted by the appliance and smartly uses that same electric field to recharge itself. The designers, Tsunho Wang, Insu Wang, Jongheui Lee & Youngdon Lee conversely programmed it so that the readout on the embedded LCD displays information in simple laymen terms, to make it easy to see and understand how much electricity we're wasting and where we could be saving. What a great way to make you think twice about your energy usage and how you can save money, wasted energy and the environment all at the same time!

What a smart idea - it's JUST COOL!

via yankodesign

transportation :: Neil Young- go and say goodbye to the gas hog

Neil Young isn't just a Rock Icon, he's a tinkerer too. His current project is turning a nearly 20-foot-long, 5,000-pound badass 1959 Lincoln Continental into a vehicle that will run on natural gas, electricity or some other form of clean energy. Like a lot of other energy concious tinkerers Young is entering this big white beast in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X-Prize challenge to win $10 million. The goal is to get a car that can get 100 miles per gallon or better by running on clean fuels — electric batteries or natural gas. Why his 1959 Lincoln Continental and not a lighter more aerodynamic car? Because it's Neil's favorite, and the "craziest and most out-there design that American automobile manufacturers have come up with".

Young has teamed up with motorhead messiah Johnathon Goodwin and his team known for their modifications of big cars into high-mileage, high-horsepower, clean-burning vehicles to show the world how even a mammoth auto like Young's Link Volt can run efficiently on clean energy. Check out Lincvolt.

Its JUST COOL!

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BAMBOO is no BIMBO

Bamboo. Who'da thunk this feisty quick growing weed would become a savior in the World's current bout with thinning ozone layers, disappearing forests and broadening deserts? Years ago I owned a property that was overridden with this weed. Amongst my tidy grape arbors and asparagus beds, this gangly culprit would rear its ugly head. I remember the daily tug of war trying to rid my garden of it.
Now its not ugly anymore. Not at all. I'm seeing it show its organic beauty in all kinds of applications. From furniture to flooring to modern design accessories, to food, it has infiltrated every aspect of living today. And in a good way. Here are some facts that maybe you didnt know about this ancient miracle plant.
Bamboo is

The fastest growing plant on this planet

A critical element in the balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

A viable replacement for wood and one of the strongest building materials

A food source with antioxident properties

Versatile with a short growth cycle

A critical element of the economy

An essential structural material in earthquake architecture

A renewable resource for agroforestry production.

A natural controllable barrier

An ancient medicine

Integrally involved in culture and the arts

I love this extremely modern furniture from Modern Bamboo...don't you?
The Spring Chair lives up to its name. This versatile seating piece derives its gentle motion from the inherent strength and flexibility of bamboo, and provides a unique respond to the weight and movement of each individual. The chair is a single sinuous ribbon of 100 percent laminated bamboo, gently contoured and tapered to fit the body. The curved form and the characteristic texture of bamboo are perfect complements. about $700.

Becca Stool - about $600

check out more interesting bamboo facts at WHY BAMBOO?