Small Detail
By land and by air, North Americans rack up the equivalent of 200 million trips around the earth each year, according to David Suzuki's Green lure (Greystone comfortables, *** 19.95). One antidote: the "walking school bus." Adults lead kids on a fixed route, combating global warming and obesity. go and live with saferoutesinfo *** and walkingschoolbus *** .
Kinesiologist Max Donelan has invented an admittedly bulky prototype of a knee brace that generates electricity from the wearer's stride. adhere to effort, scientists are also working to harness energy from bridge vibrations, raindrops, beating hearts, and other everyday sources-to power devices big and small.
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recommendricity: ho! The next energy frontier may be the ocean. Companies like SeaGen Tidal strength are building what are essentially upside-down windmills (as well as buoys and turbines) in the sea to take advantage of tides, waves, and currents, reports scoop outy Channel Magazine. The SeaGen generator being tested off Northern Ire-land may provide enough green energy for 1,000 homes.
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