According to the news from Xinhuanet, the Beijing Olympic Village designed with environmental-friendly concept in mind, won the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold award on Wednesday, 13th of August. The head of the Beijing Olympic Village, Chen Zhili, received the award from the U.S Treasury Henry Paulson who presented  on behalf of [...]

The concept of hydrogen car is probably nothing new to many people from US/ European region, but in Asia, only Japan has came out with prototypes of hydrogen cars before. However, this is going to change as Thailand has recently introduced a new prototype hydrogen car.
The car was designed by a group of researchers led [...]

According to Bi-Me, Middle East private equity and venture capital investors are set to play a crucial role in increasing global moves towards green technology and alternative energy.
“The region has amassed new fortunes from the rising worldwide price of oil and gas and now sees huge opportunities in green investing,” said Swati Taneja, Director of [...]

The Energy Bureau under the Ministry of Economic Affairs announced on Wednesday that starting from mid of July, all fuel for automobiles will have to contain at least one percent bio-diesel in order to help reduce carbon emissions and cut down on the usage of fossil fuels.
This move of using bio-diesels which is made primarily [...]

In as short as 5 years, lives of many animals and plants in Korea have changed dramatically. The increasing number of summer birds and early blossom of flowers, all of which can be primarily attributed to global warming.
The Ministry of Environment of South Korea has revealed that the cherry blossoms in central Seoul blossomed a [...]

I find this simple green quiz from CNA very interesting. It actually shows how much you know about going green, not in the wider aspect but in your everyday life. The questions are as below.
1) Which type of washing machine is more environmental-friendly when doing laundry?
a. Front-loader
b. Top-loader
2) What’s best when it comes to keeping [...]

China has just announced an overnight rise in its domestic energy prices on friday. The cost of diesel is up by 18.1% while gasoline price increases by 16.7%. Amidst the rising oil price, what can the chinese government do to deal with the energy crunch, especially in the poorer rural areas? Solution: Build more bio-gas [...]

It would normally take a plastic bag about 1000 years to fully disintegrate but things could change now. It can now take as little as 3months for a plastic bag to decompose.
According to TheRecord, Daniel Burd, a 16 year old Canadian teenager has found a way to do this. How did he do it? First, [...]