Monday, May 14, 2012 | By Mary Hayes |
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I live in a condominium complex, and lots of dogs do as well. Ten dogs live on my drive alone, and there are at least thirteen more I see from time to time walking with their owners or making an appearance in one of our grassy common areas. Some owners do not pick up their pet waste, others do so with diligence every time, and then there are those whose dogs simply poop in fenced patios and are rarely seen by the outside world.
If left on the ground or washed from patios into the grass, this is potentially a lot of dog poop concentrated in one area.…
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Saturday, May 19, 2012 | By Great Energy Challenge |
No Comments Oguzhar Yalcin, a student at the University of Celal Bayar in Manisa, Turkey, explains the inspiration for his team’s solar car at Shell Eco-marathon Europe 2012 in Rotterdam.
The car is named for the “Manisa Tarzan,” the environmentalist Ahmet Bedevi, who is legendary for his work in the first half of the last century planting thousands of trees on Mount Spil, or Mount Sipylus in Manisa. Known by some as the “first environmentalist of Turkey,” Bedevi raised awareness of the need for protection of the Earth’s resources and remains a revered figure for the people of Manisa.…
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Saturday, May 19, 2012 | By Great Energy Challenge |
No Comments Many engineering students, like Matthias Jungbluth of Fachhochschule (The University of Applied Sciences) Trier in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, are attracted to a project like Shell Eco-marathon by the hands-on experience involved in designing and building a fuel-efficient car.
The Trier school’s team, called team ProTRon (a combination of the word “protype” and the abbreviation for the city name, Trier) wanted the number 701 for its battery electric urban concept vehicle, Jungbluth said. That’s because the number “7″ stands for the class of battery the car uses and the “1″ stands for the first place the team took Eco-Marathon 2011, with a result of 233 kilometers (145 miles) per kilowatthour.…
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Saturday, May 19, 2012 | By Great Energy Challenge |
No Comments Students from the Warsaw University of Technology in Poland conduct some final technical tests on their vehicle at Shell Eco-marathon 2012 in Rotterdam. Cars in the fuel efficiency race need to pass a battery of safety tests, including on the fueling and exhaust systems, the braking and steering, and the solidity of the chassis. The gasoline is colored blue and is stored in clear glass containers so that it can be easily measured, down to the milliliter.
One of four teams in the competition from Poland, Warsaw University’s SIMR Team has named this car Hussar, after the legendary Polish cavalry that gained a reputation of invincibility for its victories on numerous battlefields from the 16th through the 18th centuries.…
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Friday, May 18, 2012 | By Mary Hayes |
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While not as glamorous as our other campaigns related to fertilizer, native plants and pet waste, septic systems, it turns out, happen to strike a chord with me. For
forty-six years, my parents have lived in a house with a septic system. For twenty of those years, I also experienced life on a septic system.
Because of the heavy clay soil and the speed with which my parents’ yard saturates during a rain, septic life was often challenging. My childhood was spent hearing admonishments such as, ‘Don’t flush!…
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Friday, May 18, 2012 | By National Geographic News |
No Comments In areas with high foot traffic, installations of special flooring may prove that the answer to meeting energy demand lies right beneath our feet.
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