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Google Goes to the Goats

By NunoXEI • May 7th, 2009 • Category: Blog
Why hire a guy on a lawnmower when you can rent 200 goats to do the same job? I’d have to imagine going the gas-powered lawn mower route would b the cheaper option–but for Google, making a statement about the environment goes side by side with their company slogan of “Do no Evil”. Google’s Mountain View [...]


Google Earth Brings Global Climate Change to Life

By NunoXEI • May 22nd, 2008 • Category: Blog
Josh Hill, The Daily Galaxy–Together with Britain’s environment ministry and the country’s Meteorological Office, Google have created a new animated map that layers over their Google Earth program to illustrate the potential impact of global climate change over the next century.


Google Invests $150 Million into eSolar

By NunoXEI • May 3rd, 2008 • Category: Blog
Alexis Madrigal, Wired–Google has invested $130 million into eSolar, a company whose basic solar power strategy — using sunlight-reflecting mirrors to generate steam — was all but abandoned in the 1980s, and has recently caught investors’ attention again.