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7 Recycled Architecture Public Places

Check out pictures and stories about 7 recycled architecture public places. Including an indoor water park and museums.

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Great to reuse buildings for other attractions.

Prepare home for Summer in a Green Way

This article by Avital Binshtock shows you ways to prepare your house for the summer in ways that do not harm the planet.

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Always great to learn more about doing everyday things in an environmentally friendly way.

Solar Car Disguised as Shrub

There is a contraption that is a cross between a solar powered car and an explorer robot from NASA. It is disguised as a shrub. There are video cameras in the front that project images onto screens inside the vehicle, so there is no need for a windshield and increases the deceptiveness of the disguise.

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It's a neat solar contraption that can be used for many different purposes.

Residents' ‘Green House’ attracting many visitors

Albert and Enid Harum-Alvarez have a "Green House" that has become an environmental “first” in its Continental Park neighborhood, attracting hundreds of visitors who want to learn more about “green” building and savings on their power bills.

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Great example of someone taking the intiative to start a green project that will allow others to learn and do the same.

Real People: Solar power, team of students will take bike across the U.S.

A team of four college students will travel using a recumbent tandem bike that relies on electric energy generated by the sun, as well as a battery and human power. They will travel from travel from Elizabeth City, N.C. to San Francisco and are testing out a new form of transportation and raising money for children in Sri Lanka.

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Great to see new Green transportation that also helps a good cause.

IKAROS spacecraft to unfurl solar sail, head to Venus

Japan will launch a spacecraft that will use a solar sail to attempt a trip to Venus and beyond.

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Excited to see if the spacecraft will reach its destination.

CSU reaches for sky with solar project

Colorado State University which is already holds the rank of third largest university solar facility, plans to build what could become the largest solar-power farm of any American university.

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Hopefully more universities will want to compete and follow in CSU's footsteps.

Solar Suitcases Travel To The World's Powerless

A California couple's handmade solar power kits are helping physicians in disaster zones.

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Great to see someone's solar idea be so helpful to those in need.

Biggest U.S. Solar Power Plant

West Sacramento and its port will soon become home to the largest solar power plant in the country.

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Excited to know that the biggest solar power plant is so close to the bay area.