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Love cycling? Turn your daily commute into all the power you need for your mobile gadgets. The “RollerGen” generates 30 watts into a removable Battery BOS which charges two of your favorite USB devices.

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Isle of Eigg Goes Green and Gets the Jackpot

by Clinton on January 14, 2010 Filed under Global

Eigg Island Going Green

Who says a small group of people can’t accomplish great things? Take the 95 inhabitants of the Isle of Eigg, for example. This beautiful, unspoiled Hebridean Island, off the western coast of Scotland, was for a long time subject to neglect due to absentee landowners who did not invest in the tiny island.

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Velib Bicycle Sharing Program

It’s a sad example of how a social ideal, beneficial both economically and environmentally, can be stifled by the harsh face of reality: Vélib’, a bicycle rental system in France, faces untold woes due to vandalism.

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Sweden Envac

Daily happenings around the GreenSphere. Sweden stands out as an eco-example, cycling is the best option for living a sustainable lifestyle and green-consumerism creates criminal minds.

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World Carfree Day: September 22

by Clinton on September 22, 2009 Filed under Transportation

World Car Free Day

September 22nd marks World Carfree day, an annual event held to celebrate urban living free from the noise, stress, and pollution of cars. Its aim is to draw attention to the benefits of alternative means of getting from A to B – walk, bike, or use public transit.

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