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Nature : Agriculture

small flock success.....

By cheller

10 months ago

Owning a farm and pet supply company for the last 15 years has been one experience after another. As we are not licensed vets however, we cannot answer the day to day questions on even the most...

Nature : Environment

Top Prototype at Shell Eco-Marathon Americas Gets 2,757.1mpg!

By MacAaron

10 months ago

At this year's Shell Eco-Marathon Americas, the winning prototype won with an astounding 2,757.1 miles per gallon. Want to know something even more amazing?  That's not a world record for the...

Nature : Environment

Chrysler’s New Electric Minivan for the US Post Office

By MacAaron

10 months ago

Chrysler unveiled the first four of an eventual 250 battery-powered electric minivans for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).  The vans are based on the automaker's Town & Country EV that was shown...

Nature : Environment

Mercedes-Benz F-Cell Roadster Is Real: Hits the Road in Germany

By MacAaron

10 months ago

When I wrote about this concept, used as a training exercise for 150 of Mercedes' up-and-comers, I ended the article with "Really cool, even if it will never actually exist."  Well, I'm eating...

Nature : Environment

Fusion Hybrid Gets 81.5mpg in Hypermiling Challenge

By MacAaron

10 months ago

Unimpressed with the marketing blitz of Honda and Toyota'shypermiling challenges, Ford set out to hold one of its own.  The 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid issued a 1,000 mile challenge.  While I'm a big...

Nature : Environment

Flevobike's New Green Machine Commuter Bicycle

By MacAaron

10 months ago

This is the Flevobike Green Machine. If it looks odd, that's because it's a recumbant bicycle with a fully-enclosed drive train for maintenance-free riding. It's consider one of the premier...

Nature : Environment

Mazda’s RX-8 Hydrogen RE

By MacAaron

10 months ago

This was the first hydrogen rotary engine vehicle that Mazda made.  It's a sport coupe and is a dual-fuel  vehicle without electric components.  The vehicle was first tested on Japanese roads in...

Nature : Environment

Best Foot Forward---In A Recycled Shoe

By shari

10 months ago

While sitting here on the back patio, enjoying the 90+ degree weather, I notice that the flip-flop tan has already started. Now I hate shoes, but when it’s a 110 degrees, your feet and the asphalt...

Nature : Environment

Spain's Big Solar Collector Tower

By MacAaron

10 months ago

The world's largest solar tower for collecting and concentrating solar energy went online in Seville, Spain at the end of April. Called the PS20, the plant has a capacity of 20 megawatts and can...

Nature : Environment

Recycling Coffee Grinds & Filters

By MacAaron

10 months ago

Yahoo! Green recently ran a nice blog article about how to recycle your coffee grinds for better health, to help the environment, and "green your caffeine." Some of these might already be known to...

Nature : Environment

What Ford Motor Co Engineer Invents HyperRocket in Spare Time: 125mpg, 100+mph

By MacAaron

10 months ago

John is a fuel economy technical expert at the Ford Motor Company and a member of the forums at EcoModder, good friends of Zoomilife.  By day, he's a Ford Engineer, by night... a HyperRocket...

Nature : Environment

Apple Offers Free Computer Recycling for Schools - for a limited time

By MacAaron

10 months ago

Apple Computers has announced that they're offering free electronics recycling for schools. Any K-12 school that can come up with 25 or more Macs, PCs, and peripherals for recycling by July 31 can...

Nature : Environment

Ketchup: the Wonder Condiment

By MacAaron

10 months ago

My house is a good example of how ketchup works, socially. I use ketchup on fries and maybe a hot dog and that's about it. My wife, on the other hand, has to back in a tanker trunk to dump ketchup...