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Hey does anyone know what happened to this? What a great idea! It has GPS, a solar panel and it looks like it's from the future. This image is from 2008, so you'd think it would be out soon. =D

I've very lucky to live where I do. We haven't had scarcity or famine in years, but if we keep up at our current rate we will. The problem comes from the amount of meat we consume. Apparently, you could feed 100 times more people with the grain we feed a cow for one person to eat. That means the space we have alloted for each cow (and it's food) is about 100 times more than we need for the same amount of grain. Unfortunately, we don't have unlimited space and our population is growing. Globally… Continue

In 10 years, I would like to have an ecological footprint of less than 1, and along the way, I want to encourage other people to do the same. This is a harder goal than I first thought; I already try to use public transportation, not buy much packaged food, dress warm in the winter and cool in the summer so I don't need to waste as much electricity on heating/air conditioning. I've switched to a 45watt laptop from my 500watt gaming desktop. And I bought my first 3 watt LED lightbulb last month.… Continue

I've had the same social hero for a few years now. I'd be willing to bet he has other fans here on Evoke: His name is William Kamkwamba. William is a young man who lived in a town without electricity, so he researched and built his own wind-powered electric generator from mostly spare parts. This generator was enough for William and his family to have electric lights at night. I felt truly inspired by his story, and have since began to build and research my own forms of renewable energy.… Continue