VIVACE (Vortex Induced Vibrations for Aquatic Clean Energy) is a newly invented machine harvesting slow-moving ocean and river currents. A researcher from the University of Michigan has come up with the system that works like a fish, turning potentially destructive vibrations found in fluid flows into electricity.

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Many people would surely be recycling a lot of things if they got something in return. Now, I think that a good amount of people would become recycling converts with this new program that would give people incentives each time they recycled.In Wichita, two companies, Waste Connections and RecycleBank, have been cooking up a scheme [...]

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 I got an email today with a recipe for a DIY Eco Chic soap.    I think this would be great for making personalized gifts for this coming Christmas season.
Materials:
Herbs, oatmeal, coffee, spirulina, clay, or charcoal
1 pound (16 ounces)Bramble Berry ‘melt and pour’ soap, organic base
1 ounce essential oil (we used lavender and eucalyptus)
Soap mold (or [...]

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