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TIES (The International Ecotourism Society) Perhaps the biggest name in ecotourism advocacy around the world is Washington, DC-based TIES, The International Ecotourism Society, which maintains the appropriately named domain www.ecotourism.org. TIES is a leading source for education, information and advocacy on sustainable travel, and the dynamic website boasts blogs and featured trips.

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Sustainable Travel International Another nonprofit advocacy group is Sustainable Travel International, which is dedicated to providing education and outreach services that "help travelers, travel providers and destinations support environmental conservation and protect cultural heritage while promoting cross-cultural understanding and economic development."

Transitions Abroad Transitions Abroad isn't the prettiest website, or the most user friendly, but it is a portal for ecotourism. The site is a repository of useful links on responsible operators and articles.

Conservation International The venerable environmental group has done extensive work to green up travel, as well as to protect the planet's vanishing destinations.

Ecoclub Ecoclub is a network for practitioners and participants of ecotourism around the world to come together and share their experiences, through member profiles, blogs, articles and other means. The site hosts news and boards for jobs, grants, events and more.

Planeta Planeta, "the global journal of practical ecotourism," was founded in 1994. Although Planeta's design looks like it hasn't been updated since, it can be a useful resource for finding responsible travel options, as well as news and event info. The world directory of ecotours is particularly helpful.

Orbitz Ecotourism Perhaps testifying to how mainstream ecotourism is becoming, major travel site Orbitz has its own hub for the sector. Get easy access to green hotels, news and much more.

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SolOptics’ Lens Design Improves Solar Panel Efficiency Up to 12.5%

Big improvements in solar panel performance with a stick-on texturing process for use on film or glass

As the solar industry and photovoltaic module industry matures, incremental improvements become more and more important. Barring a black swan technological event that disrupts the current cost and efficiency trajectory, module vendors are now fighting for every tiny advantage in cost reduction and performance improvement.

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SolOptics' Lens Design Improves Solar Panel Efficiency Up to 12.5% : Greentech Media.

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Nearly 12,000 children aged 1-5 went to a hospital emergency room because they drank, touched or were sprayed with household cleaners in a single year, according to a new study that analyzed data from 1990-2006.

The good news is that the number of annual emergency room visits for household cleaner injuries is down 46% since 1990, primarily because child-proof containers are now required, and parents are better educated. But the bad news is that the actual number of children hurt by household cleaners is likely to be significantly higher than the reported number, and at least 744 children poisoned by household cleansers suffered life-threatening or permanent injuries in the last year studied, according to the authors of the study, three prominent Ohio pediatricians, Lara B. McKenzie, Nisha Ahir, Uwe Stolz and Nicolas G. Nelson, who published their research today in Pediatrics. The study relied on data from about 100 emergency rooms from around the country.

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Toxic Home Cleaning Products Facts - Home Cleaning Products - The Daily Green.

Gyárlátogatása során Obama elnök kipróbálta a Chevrolet jövőre piacra kerülő elektromos autóját, a Volt-ot. Az alkalmi tesztvezető szerint a jármű próbadarabja szép és kellemes volt. A 2011-ben megjelenő autó egyetlen feltöltéssel több, mint 500 kilométer megtételére lesz képes és az ára 41 ezer dollár lesz..

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President Obama Takes Chevrolet Volt For A Test Drive « ecorazzi.com :: the latest in green gossip.

Thomas Durand brings a very cool solution to the vender's food conservation problem in India. The Indian Railway Vendor patent project includes small airtight portable food storage for vendors and a prefabricated storage for these boxes.

Under this project, vendors will be provided with a personal Fresh Box that will be stored in a solar-powered prefab cold storage room in each station. These boxes are made from sturdy recycled plastic and are shock, natural heat and humidity resistant. Flaunting a very contemporary look, the “Fresh cube” will have different selves to keep food and one large transparent shelf below that stores ice. The storage will have a capacity to store 18 of these boxes and will also have an ice maker to refill the boxes if required.

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Solar-powered Prefab Storage To Keep Food Healthy And Fresh - Green Diary.

The ancient port city of Jaffa, today a part of Tel Aviv, has added one more attraction to its historical harbor as a new sea wave power plant is completed.

The Israeli tidal wave energy firm S.D.E. have completed the construction of its first large scale sea wave power plant capable of producing 60 KWh.

The new plant only has one buoy and is fully automated with only 10 percent of it in the water so to minimize the risk of damage to the system by storms and other natural disasters. The company already has business in China, India, and in Africa.

The plant which is the ninth completed by the firm is the initial part of a plan the will lead to a 50 MW plant in the breakwaters of Jaffa, when finished to new plant will not only provide cost efficient renewable centricity to the port but also prevent the erosion of the breakwater usually caused by high wave. The firm has come to an agreement with Israel’s Electric Company to sell the electricity from the news plant at of 12 cents per KW.

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Green Prophet | Israel’s First Tidal Power Plant Completed In Jaffa.