Living Green

A conference for people interested in Plug-in Hybrid Cars is scheduled for Tuesday in San Jose, CA. This conference will feature major automakers and their new plug-in hybrid cars, as well as the utility companies that will power them.

A new paint has been invented by a team at MIT which eliminates the need for mirrors to concentrate the solar energy. After applying this coating to either glass or plastic; the paint absorbs the light, then re-emits it on the other side of the glass.

As pollution and global warming increase, so does the damage to existing coral reefs. However, through the use of retired subway cars from New York, new reefs are coming to life.

According the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the average household could save 24 Square feet of forest every year by switching to electronic billing.

An Organization called the Private Reserve Program has been working with farmers in South America to connect fragments of Rain Forrest.

A company called SunHope has come up with a balloon you can use to produce electricity. These balloons are made of a photo reactive skin which acts like a solar panel.