Eco News: HP’s Carbon Reducing Bag, Sahara Forest

• HP Reduces Carbon Emissions by Shipping Laptop in its Own Bag
  In a brilliant and ‘why didn’t I think of that’ move, HP has begun shipping its new Pavilion dv692 laptop in its very own padded messenger bags made of recycled material. Instead of wrapping each computer up in a ton of cardboard and Styrofoam, each laptop will be placed in it’s own carrying case with just a bit of bubble wrap and then shipped in packs of three, reducing HP’s individual consumer packaging by 97 percent! The system is currently being utilized at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club.
  (tags: packaging eco design hp laptop)



• Sahara Forest Project Converts Desert into Oasis
  Recently a trio of entrepreneurs announced an incredible solution for the world’s resource problems: turn the Sahara desert into a source for food, water, and energy. The Sahara Forest Project is a solution that combines seemingly disparate technologies – Concentrated solar power and Seawater Greenhouses – and turns them into a mean, green super-massive biomachine. The elegant system could potentially produce enough energy for all of Africa and Europe while turning one of the world’s most inhospitable regions into a flourishing oasis.
  (tags: technology solar environment architecture africa eco green)