We tend to see solar panels as well as wind turbines used in a major scale. Well now time to look at the use in a smaller scale. A New York City apartment located at Logan Airport in Boston has just added 10 small scale wind turbines to the apartments roof top. By addind these turbines they have cut their electricity cost in half. Residents in the apartments will have to sign up for ConEd electric service and they have the option of going completely carbon neutral by paying a couple extra cents per KWH.

As we here in America use forks and knives daily the Japanese use Chopsticks to eat their daily meals. Well one Japanese man, called Shuhei Ogawara, realized that after being used the chopsticks are simply thrown away. He has collecting Chopsticks from Koriyama’s city hall cafeteria for over 2 years accumulating a total of 7,382 chopsticks. With all of these he glued them together to build a 13 foot long canoe. This took him three months to complete and has turned out very nice.

At one point in time we have all either seen or passed by a gym where many people are cycling or running. Well Adam Boesel saw this not as a way to lose weight or get in shape but a way to get some free renewable energy so he decided to create a machine which can generate up to 350 watts of continuous energy. This is definitely a great idea just like the bicycle powered cell phone that we showed you a couple of days ago but this one people use daily and bike for hours at a time.

Nature inspires many things in our daily lives or that of designers and inventors. Well Maria Yasko is one of many who was inspired by nature. The Russian designer has created numerous shelves all with a nature theme to them. There are some pretty cool shelves that I would definitely place in my home. You can check out some more pictures and details below or by following the link.

If you do not use a dishwasher or simply do not have one you have to wash your plates in the sink. As your washing the sink tends to fill with water depending on how you wash the dishes. After you are done you simply unplug the sink or let the water run down the pipes. Well Hughie of Australia has designed a very smart way to be able to use that water instead of leaving it wasted by creating the Removable Kitchen Sink

The year is over and another has begun but with all the renewable energy commotion in 2008 who came out up top? Well while the US seemed to be slacking in the wind industry it actually turns out that they finished at the top of the list for 2008. Since the revelation of wind energy the US has topped out at an amazing 21,000 MW of capacity. To put that in perspective that is enough to power over 5.4 million homes.

One thing that will always be seen in a good way to go green in is the fashion industry. There are already many companies that make ECO friendly clothing but two people, Professor Tony Ryan, from Sheffield University and Professor Helen Storey, from London College teamed up to create a very unique style of clothing. They developed a type of plastic that actually melts when it makes contact with water leaving behind all the colors that where on the garment.