Ecological transportation and the sporting nature of motorcycling may seem to be at odds with each other, but these bikes prove green doesn’t have to be boring. Mavizen TTX02 Electric classes are the latest thing in motorcycle racing, and the TTX02 offers a turn-key package to get into the sport. Mavizen takes KTM’s RC8 frame [...]

There are plenty of ways a business can become “green” and reduce that foot print. Listed below are five of those ways and explanations of each method.

I know, speak to anyone who owns an Android phone and they will tell you which applications work for them. Which they can’t live without and which they insist YOU simply can’t live without! It would seem there truly is an app for all occasions, and in a marketplace where Android occupies 25% of the [...]

You may have tried LED light bulbs in your home and found them to be too expensive or perhaps you thought the white light was too cold or harsh? The Our Everyday Earth Green Blog is proud to announce that there is now a relatively inexpensive and extremely warm white LED light bulb available. We [...]

Ronnie Corbett and Harry Enfield star in this fruity sketch from The One Ronnie Show. It highlights how modern phone technology has been heavily inspired by the natural world of fruit! We now have Apples, Blackberries both of which can be operated on the Orange network, the sketch shows a conversation between a struggling technophobe [...]

The Internet is buzzing with various DIY gadgets and trash craft ideas: DIY Christmas lights out of bottles, chick handbags out of vinyl records and nice-looking accessories out of pop tabs… All those are fun and obviously useful because they develop a great habit of turning useless stuff into something cool (maybe even if that’s [...]

Before we delve into how we can recycle mobile phones and where they go after they have been recycled, it is worth taking a few seconds to ponder the positive green effect that the act of recycling has on the environment, both immediate and cumulatively over time. Consider your old mobile phone being tossed into [...]

This month’s post is simply a wonderful collection of solar panel installations in everyday homes. Hopefully one day in the not too distant future we will all have wind and solar power in our homes. Number 1: A Wonderful French Home with a Huge Solar Array; images from http://www.flickr.com/photos/trebosc/ Number 2: A Small But Super [...]

I got a Sony portable reader system for Christmas, and I have to say, I love it! It is easy to download books on, easy to read (you can enlarge the print) and it’s lightweight. Now that I own an e-reader, I started to wonder if it is eco-friendly to use one of these or [...]

Our Christmas celebrations were very much green themed this year and I received numerous green gifts! One of my favorites is the Solio Classic-i solar charger battery which my wife bought me. The Solio Classic-i has an internal Lithium Ion 1650 mAh battery which can hold a charge for up to 1 year. It has [...]

Have you ever wondered whether you could track how efficient your driving style is? Well now you can! It was my birthday today and my beautiful wife bought me a Garmin 1350 GPS system, and I love it, partly because I always get lost here in Texas but also because it features Garmin Eco Route [...]

The University of Hunan, China, has developed a new type of environmentally friendly residential building, a house whose sub-structure is made entirely from bamboo! Using a new product called “GluBam®” the Hunan University, Institute of Modern Bamboo and Wood Composite Structure Team worked in conjunction with the Changsha Bamboo Kaisen co-operation to build a wonderfully [...]

As I was sat at yet another red light on my way home last night I noticed that the annoying red light was alot brighter than usual, and it seemed to be made of lots of tiny lights instead of the usual single bulb… I remembered seeing some stories about new traffic lights which use [...]

My husband and I have taken quite a few bike rides in the fall and spring; cruising the many biking trails available in the area.  While riding we typically listen to our iPods, kind of a serenade along the trail.  Last time we were out, about 10 minutes into the ride, my iPod went dead. [...]

I couldn’t believe it, I walked outside to take the dogs out and there was something different about my banana trees, well one of them. It had a bloom on it. A really big bloom! This is the second year for this plant in our side-yard. I did not know that they produced fruit so [...]

Linking in with Martin’s recent post on LED bulbs I recently attended a lecture held by Sandra Rosenthal at Vanderbilt University called “Promise of Nanotechnology: Unique new properties that can be tailored and controlled to solve challenges in our world.” In it, Sandra spoke about research that is ongoing concerning the creation of nano-crystals and [...]

Do you wish there was a greener way to take a shower? Everyone has heard of the new low flow showerheads which simply use a flow regulating device to provide a metered flow but have you heard of a showerhead which literally tells you when the water is hot enough for you to shower? Well [...]

Have you ever wondered whether it’s possible to save energy, light your home and add an element of cool technology at the same time? Well that’s exactly what some of the new LED lighting solutions are offering…  Several companies are working hard to make extremely long lasting and super efficient LED light bulbs more affordable. [...]

We managed to find a new and improved household energy usage calculator courtesy of The Berkeley Institute of the Environment. The calculator is a very easy to use and shockingly accurate tool which guides the user through several easy steps before providing a detailed breakdown of your energy consumption and environmental impact. Try the Impact [...]

E85 Flex Fuel Gas Station Locations in Texas, USA My wife and I recently bought a GM Flex Fuel vehicle and are proud of the fact that we can now drive using a ethanol derived alternative fuel.  The biggest challenge once we had purchased the vehicle was finding a gas station which sells E85 Ethanol [...]