Inhabitat's Week in Green of November

We should admit that street lights are an important part of our life. They light our way home to safe at night but spent lots of electricity power in the whole night at the same time. So if we can create a kind of trees can light like Avatar could be multipurpose.

A group of scientists who may be the big fans of Avatar in Taiwan recently discovered that placing gold nanoparticles within the leaves of trees causes them to give off a luminous reddish glow. The idea of using trees to replace street lights is an ingenious one – not only would it save on electricity costs and cut CO2 emissions, but it could also greatly reduce light pollution in major cities. What’s more, we can save the power of street light, create romantic atmosphere in park and reduce the probability of crime and risk, just really looks like playing the roles in Avatar.

Inhabitat's Week in Green of September

Swedish researchers have devised a way to turn bioluminescent jellyfish into solar cells. Because of the water in oceans become too toxic and acidified, jellyfish are increasingly overpopulate in the oceans. Using them to create carbon-neutral energy could potentially help restore the oceans to balance.

Inhabitat's Week in Green of Auguest

Auguest had gone, and comes September,each week some friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for Engadget -- it's the Week in Green, and each month I will collect those interesting and clan tech news for everybody. Now, let's review what are those items in last month!

Inhabitat's Week in Green of July

Street-legal Tron lightcycles, electronic eyeglasses Solar-powered vehicles blaze trails around the globe as the University of Michigan's sleek pod car crossed the finish line to win the American Solar Challenge.

Solar aircraft, freshwater wind farms The world's first solar-powered aircraft soar through the night sky as it successfully completed its first 24-hour flight. We also took a look at the 15 ultra-efficient cars currently vying for the Progressive Automotive X Prize.