New Wi-Fi Sensors Allow Owners To ‘Talk’ To Their Plants
Posted by: dunite
Bern :: Switzerland | updated 2012-07-25 23:53:15 -0700 | green-news
Now, plant owners can talk to their plants to find out what they need, with a new wi-fi sensor called ‘Koubachi,’ a brainchild of Swiss inventor Philipp Bolliger who designed the innovative device so that owners can be alerted as...
A bad news on frogs and extinction
Posted by: CATALINA
Gland :: Switzerland | updated 2012-07-27 23:24:23 -0700 | green-news
According to I classify of UICN (International Union for the Conservation of the Nature), almost a third of 5.918 species of amphibians on the whole planet are threatened with extintion. The specialists of these species, mainly of the species newts,...
(Amazing Photos) An Underwater Glacier
Posted by: jinkinpark
Zurich :: Switzerland | updated 2012-07-27 06:43:37 -0700 | green-news
Nature really leaves us breathless. And she still gives us some new mysterious things to discover. An example would be an underwater glacier. In the photo above, you can see a man swimming inside an underwater maze which is inside...
Swiss Government Votes To Decommission Nuclear Plants
Posted by: Ljubica Vujadinovic
Bern :: Switzerland | updated 2012-11-02 01:30:05 -0700 | green-news
Due to a growing anti-nuclear sentiment after the disaster at Japan's Fukushima plant, the Swiss government has proposed a complete phase-out of nuclear power. At the moment nuclear energy provides 40 percent of country’s electricity. According to the announcement, the...
Stockholm Convention bans Endosulfan globally
Posted by: kumarps
Geneva :: Switzerland | updated 2012-01-13 15:44:46 -0800 | green-news
The Geneva Conference against Persistent Organic Pollutants came to its good end with the news of barning another hazardous chemical product, Endosulfan which is an off-patent organochlorine insecticide and acaricide and found causing serious health problems. Because of it's the...
Stockholm Convention deadlock continues on Endosulfan as India insists for consensus decision on day ...
Posted by: clovaturner
Geneva :: Switzerland | updated 2011-05-02 21:26:12 -0700 | green-news
Many countries share India’s point of view that decision on Endosulfan without consensus would set dangerous precedent The day began with a discussion on matters relating to the implementation of the convention in relation to DDT. On endosulfan, the contact...
Letter Bomb Explodes In Swiss Nuclear Lobby Group's Building, Two Wounded
Posted by: RobertWeller991
Olten :: Switzerland | updated 2012-10-30 18:03:19 -0700 | green-news
A letter bomb exploded Thursday morning in a company that lobbies for Swiss nuclear energy. Two women were hurt, and were hospitalized with wounds that were not life threatening. An Italian paratrooper lieutenant colonel suffered more serious injuries when he...
Get ready for night flights on solar power
Posted by: prabirghose
Payerne :: Switzerland | updated 2012-07-28 04:19:20 -0700 | green-news
The Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg was upbeat about his proposed night flight in the HB-SIA aeroplane powered by 12,000 solar cells. It was scheduled to take off from Payerne in west Switzerland and remain airborne for 24 hours as a...
European Butterflies, Dragonflies And Beetles Threatened With Extinction
Posted by: RobertWeller991
Gland :: Switzerland | updated 2012-10-30 18:14:59 -0700 | green-news
A siilent European spring Pandas, tigers, bluefin tuna, sharks and whales aren’t the only wildlife facing possible extinction.The International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources is warning that habitat loss is having a serious impact on butterflies,...
Environment friendly toilets
Posted by: prabirghose
Zurich :: Switzerland | updated 2012-07-27 21:26:19 -0700 | green-news
The Swiss scientists are set to revolutionize the way we treat our waste. They are evolving an eco-friendly toilet system that might save us from many problems that we face as a result of choked sewers. They have found that...
Wrapping Up Holiday Waste: Sustainable Packaging Standards In Development
Posted by: Beth Buczynski
Geneva :: Switzerland | updated 2012-11-02 02:15:58 -0700 | green-news
The holidays are upon us, and it seems that all the world is a-flutter with brightly colored wrapping paper, shiny bows, and packages smothered in plastic. From the environmental standpoint, the holidays represent wasteful consumption on steroids, as statistics show...
Around the World in 25 DAYS Non-Stop - in a SOLAR Powered Plane
Posted by: myVox
Zurich :: Switzerland | updated 2012-04-13 13:11:55 -0700 | green-news
The man who in 1999 had circled the globe non-stop in a balloon is now eyeing to set the record of flying around the world in a solar-powered airplane. Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard unveiled in Zurich-Duebendorf a prototype of his...
Whaling industry supported by tax-payer money
Posted by: Cathy Taibbi
Gland :: Switzerland | updated 2012-04-17 22:15:50 -0700 | green-news
Gland, Switzerland: According to a news release dated June 18, 2009 by the World Wildlife Fund, the governments of Norway and Japan are using taxpayer money to subsidize their unprofitable whaling industries. This is the conclusion from a first-time analysis...
Meteorology Brought To You From Europe -- 6/18/13
Posted by: Adrian Holman
Zurich :: Switzerland | updated 2013-06-18 15:26:27 -0700 | green-news
Tuesday 18 June 2013 (Degrees for this European continental weather forecast are in Celsius. All weather statistics for this forecast has been provided by The Weather Channel.) Madrid, Spain: Light rain. 23/11. Dublin, Ireland: Partly Cloudy. 20/9. London, England: Rain...
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