Consider a Natural Gas Range or Oven: Natural gas appliances cost less to operate than electric appliances and offer better temperature control conserving you more energy and you can actually cook with more specific heat preferences.

Put a Lid on it: Cook food and boil water in a covered container whenever possible. Putting a lid on it traps the heat and your food and water will actually boil faster since no heat is escaping.

Adjust the Water Level: Many of the newer washing machines have a setting where if your not doing a full load you can change the setting so the machine uses less water and energy. Make sure to turn this setting on so you save water and energy.

Run Full Loads: Always run a full load in your washer or dryer. Running a partial load uses the same amount of energy as a full load but you get less done. If you have to run smaller loads make sure to follow the steps provided in the tip above.

Wash Laundry in Warm or Cold Water: Washing laundry with warm or cold water works your water heater less. Use hot water only when the greatest cleaning is needed or if you don’t want to make that sacrifice you can cycle it so that on the first rinse it uses warm water and on the second it uses cold water. Also warm water fades dark colors.

Solar powered devices are used in many things these days and of course the military is going to take part in this as well. This robotic BAT spy plane is designed to gather up real time data to provide to soldiers and the Army has given a 5 year 10 million dollar grant to the University of Michigan College of Engineering to create it. This is a very cool concept and will us quantum dot solar cells which are twice as effective as photovoltaic solar cells. via IH

Halloween is here and what beater way to celebrate then by showing you a giant skull made from recycled kitchen utensils. This sculpture was crafted by Indian artist Subodh Gupta and I have to say that it came out quite nice. I think it would be cool to add some LED lights in the eyes to give an added effect. You may think hey those scraps could have been recycled and reused for better purposes but sculptures like this tend to send a message and at least the scraps aren’t laying around on the streets or in landfills. via ecofriend

Here we present you with the winning entry in the Design for Poverty event. This is called Rain Drops and was designed by Evan Gant in hopes of being able to provide water in more places for more people. To use this design you simply need to modify your existing gutter system so that the plastic bottles can be properly positioned and you are done. This water is great for washing your hands, gardening, hygiene and even drinking after properly filtrated. This design is very inexpensive, simple to use and is a great way to bring water to people who are currently in need. Water is the source to life but I wonder how much maintenance is required or if the water is drinkable at all or at least better then the water sources that are currently available to some people. If you want more info head over to Yanko Design.

Do you have an iPhone? Here’s a pretty cool App that was just recently released by Hunter Research and Technologies that measures your car’s environmental impact. This is called the Greenmeter and what it does is it keeps track of your cars carbon footprint as well as your fuel efficiency. This app uses things like weather conditions, cost of fuel and vehicle weight to determine its calculations. The Greenmeter is most effective when placed on the dashboard between the two front seats but I wonder how good this app actually works. If anyone gets a chance to try it out let us know how good it is. You can look at the full picture below and If you want more info you can head over to Greenmeter and read more.

Use Short Cycles: When selecting a cleaning cycle for your dishwasher experiment to see which cycle properly cleans your dishes in the shortest cycle. Shorter cycles use less hot water and less energy.

Skip Rinsing the Dishes: Before placing your dishes into the dishwasher don’t rinse them. Rinsing them uses extra water. If you still like rinsing them before you place them into the washer use cold water.

Clean the Filter: If your dishwasher has a filter screen, clean it regularly because when clean it uses less energy and it will run more efficiently.

Reduce the heat: Begin cooking on a higher heat setting until liquid begins to boil. Then, lower the temperature and simmer the food until fully cooked because a fast boil doesn’t cook faster than a slow boil but it does use more energy.

Don’t Peek in the Oven: While you are baking try not to peek in the oven by opening it because every time you peek, the temperature drops 25° F and requires additional energy to bring the temperature back up.

Miss Denis Rojas is shown here cooking two eggs in about 10 seconds. What is crazy is the eye wear shes wearing to cook the eggs, im hoping if they plan on us doing this one day that we don’t have to go all out and wear a Robocop eye wear to just cook eggs. The way she did this was using a Fresnel lense, reason for those goggles.

I love fashion and to see a company like Nau release a collection that LOOKS good makes me just so happy. About six months ago Nau has told the Eco fashion community that they will be shutting there doors, but in the past few weeks they have been approaching a new relaunch with new products and a new site. This time Nau is back with what I must say is the best looking Eco product line I have seen by far. From jackets, shirts, hoodys, and much more, there is everything for everyone in this collection. Collection is now available at there website, Nau.

Unnamed for now, but BMW has plans to be releasing a “Green Super Car” for 2012. With inspiration from the M1 Homage concept and will be sporting a two-door, the BMW’s Efficient Dynamics system, the mid-engine supercar is rumored to be packing the twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter pushing out 300+HP. More info of this amazing car should be coming out soon.

Zero X has just released details on their new Electric Dirt Bike. The Bike has a very strong structure made out of aircraft grade aluminum and still weighs only 151 lbs. The electric motor used generates 23 hp and 50 lb-ft of torque. A two-hour recharge should provide about 40 miles of range and goes for $7,450 and if you order one now before the year ends you can save yourself from the $300 price raise that will be occurring in 2009. Check out the video above as well as the picture below and let us know what you think.