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In case you didn?t know, National Trails Day is Saturday, June 1st. It?s the country?s largest celebration of trails. There will be thousands of activities happening all over the country, including hikes, biking and horseback rides, paddling trips, birdwatching, geocaching, gear demonstrations, stewardship projects and more. Get out & enjoy your environment! You can find an event near you by clicking here....
4.) Hornytoad- Men's organic cotton clothing and accessories.
5.) SEIKO Solar watch-Mens SEIKO Solar is a quartz watch takes its energy from light, stores it in a self-recharging battery which never needs to be changed....
There are many reasons why biking to work rules. You save money, eliminate the stress of parking, get in a quick workout, and now, thanks to Aaron Latzke and David Delcourt, you can even charge your cell phone using kinetic energy generated from your ride! Yeah, we know, pretty awesome.
The Kickstarter campaign for the Siva Cycle Atom was launched a few weeks ago, and with only a few days left to pre-order, the project has already seen more than $110,00 pledged by 1,200 backers....
A hot pink wind turbine turned above one paddock at Shell Eco-marathon Europe this year; it was the stall of the team from Inholland University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. The students, all studying aeronautical engineering, have designed a vehicle with a detachable rear end that can be changed in few minutes and converted to a wind-powered vehicle.
There's no category for wind-powered cars in Shell Eco-marathon, but for the past five years, the Inholland students have been competing in an annual competition called Racing Aeolus, which will take place in August in Den Helder, the Netherlands....
Students from Turkey's Celal Bayar University's EcoMagnesia team work on their solar electric vehicle, Tarzan II. Photo by Marianne Lavelle
Ka?an Meijer of Celal Bayar University in Turkey explains the changes made to the vehicle to conform to new rules for Shell Eco-marathon Europe 2013. Celal Bayar's car last year, Tarzan, had large over-hanging solar panels, but this year, the solar panels needed to be smaller to be integrated into the body of the vehicle. (Related: "A Solar Car Inspired by Manisa's Own Tarzan") Celal Bayar's car is called Tarzan II, named for the first environmentalist of Turkey, "Tarzan" of Manisa, whose real name was Ahmet Bedevi....
Hungary's Kecskemét College had an amazing second-place run in last year's Shell Eco-marathon Europe, and the team was determined to kick up its performance this year. The gasoline-powered engine is now 45 cubic centimeters, about a third larger than last year's engine for the car, nicknamed Megameter, which achieved a performance of 2,695.5 kilometers per liter (6,340.2 miles per gallon) last year. (One megameter is 1,000 kilometers.) But the vehicle is actually lighter, because of the use of titanium and other light materials and refinements made to the vehicle body....
What if you could pack and assemble a car like Ikea furniture? Students at Aston University aimed for lightweight portability and sustainability in the wood car they designed and built for Shell Eco-marathon Europe. Their project manager, Christian Mclening, explains the innovative plywood composite chassis and "flat-pack" design in the video below. In addition to using sustainably sourced wood, the car also is fueled by a hydrogen fuel cell so it has no emissions. The Aston students won the award for Eco-design in the 2012, and have modified the vehicle for this year's competition, making it larger....
IDEA CEU Team's electric vehicle on the track. Photo courtesy of Shell Eco-marathon.
Dana and Lorena Ruisi of Universidad Cardenal Herrera's Idea Ceu Team from Spain explain that their team took inspiration from nature for the shape of their car entered in Shell Eco-marathon Europe. Their vehicle is shaped like a rain drop. They believe falling rain is one of nature's most efficient means of movement, and they believe it will prove to be a very natural and efficient method of moving their electric and solar-powered car around the track....
Students from Ubbo Emmius school in the Netherlands. Photo by Steve Hammond.
As a college athlete (track and field), I understand the desire to put on a good performance while on one's home turf. So when I was talking to high school students from Team Ubbo Emmius from the Netherlands at Shell Eco-marathon Europe, I expected them to feel the same way about "home field advantage" giving them an upper hand on the competition in Rotterdam.
To my surprise, they didn't see it that way at all....
France's Team Microjoule takes advantage of a few rain-free hours on Friday to take the lead in Shell Eco-marathon Europe 2013. The blue car pictured behind is an electric car with solar panels, WaveRider, designed by students from Universidad Católica San Antonio, Spain.
More than 3,000 high school and college students from 24 countries are gathered in the port city of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, this weekend for a race for fuel efficiency. More than 180 cars are entered in Shell Eco-marathon Europe 2013, where students design and build super-low-mileage vehicles, and then prove them on a 10-mile (16.3-kilometer) street circuit....
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