Examples of Green Technology Subject Areas

Aboriginal Architecture New structures in seven North American Native communities that reinterpret traditional forms for contemporary purposes. Addicted to Plastic Reveals the history and worldwide scope of plastics pollution, investigates its toxicity and explores solutions. All Mapped Out The Rough Scientists make a map, paper and ink, and a sound-recording device. Arid Lands A moving and complex essay on a unique landscape of the American West, the area around the Hanford Site in Washington State. Blue Vinyl Filmmakers Judith Helfand and Daniel B. Gold use humor and chutzpah in their search for the environmental truth about vinyl. Blue Vinyl (Short Version) Filmmakers Judith Helfand and Daniel B. Gold use humor and chutzpah in their search for the environmental truth about vinyl. Bugs and Barometers The Rough Scientists make anti-bacterial cream, a microscope, and a weather station. Build Green David Suzuki reports on a wide range of green buildings, from large community developments to mini-homes. Building the Brookhaven House D.O.E.'s prototype passive solar home. The Car Automobiles designed for recycling.

The Top 10 Green-Tech Breakthroughs of 2008   1. CALERA'S GREEN CEMENT DEMO PLANT OPENS Cement? With all the whiz bang technologies in green technology, cement seems like an odd pick for our top clean technology of the year. But here's the reason: making cement — and many other materials — takes a lot of heat and that heat comes from fossil fuels.   2. PROJECT BETTER PLACE FINDS HOMES Green technologies are dime a dozen, but a business model that could allow an entirely new, green infrastructure to be built is a rare thing.   Green technology was hot in 2008. Barack Obama won the presidential election promising green jobs to Rust Belt workers. Investors poured $5 billion into the sector just through the first nine months of the year. And even Texas oilmen like T. Boone Pickens started pushing alternative energy as a replacement for fossil fuels like petroleum, coal and natural gas. But there's trouble on the horizon. The economy is hovering somewhere between catatonic and hebephrenic, and funding for the big plans that green tech companies laid in 2008 might be a lot harder to come by in 2009. Recessions haven't always been the best tim part of how the company is achieving grid parity with coal."   3. SOLAR CE. SOLAR CELL PRODUCTION GETS BIG, GIGA(WATT)BIG Every clean tech advocate's dream is a power-generating technology that could compete head-to-head with coal, the cheapest fossil fuel, on price alone. Nanosolar, one of a new generation of companies building solar panels out of cheap plastics, could be the first company to get there. Early this year, the company officially opened its one-gigawatt production facility, which is many times the size of most previous solar facilities. 4. OBAMA PICKS A GREEN TECH EXPERT TO HEAD DOE President-elect Barack Obama ran on the promise of green jobs and an economic stimulus package that would provide support for scientific innovation. Then, Obama picked Steven Chu, a Nobel-prize winning physicist, to head the Department of Energy. Chu had been focused on turning Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory into an alternative-energy powerhouse. The green tech community rejoiced that one of their own would be in the White House.   5. SOLAR THERMAL PLANTS RETURN TO THE DESERTS When most people think of harnessing the sun's power, they imagine a solar photovoltatic panel, which directly converts light from the sun into electricity. But an older technology emerged as a leading city-scale power technology in 2008: solar thermal. Companies like Ausra, BrightSource, eSolar, Solel, and a host of others are using sunlight-reflecting mirrors to turn liquids into steam, which can drive a turbine in the same way that coal-fired power plants make electricity.  LL PRODUCTION GETS BIG, GIGA(WATT)BIG Every clean tech advocate's dream is a power-generating technology that could compete head-to-head with coal, the cheapest fossil fuel, on price alone. Nanosolar, one of a new generation of companies building solar panels out of cheap plastics, could be the first company to get there. Early this year, the company officially opened its one-gigawatt production facility, which is many times the size of most previous solar facilities. 6. PICKENS PLAN PUSHES POWER PLAYS INTO AMERICAN MAINSTREAM Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens might be a lot of things, but environmentalist he is not. That's why his support for a nationwide network of wind farms generated so much excitement. While his solution for transportation, natural gas vehicles, may not pan out, his Pickens Plan is the most visible alternative energy plan out there and it began to channel support from outside coastal cities for finding new sources of energy.   7. THE CATALYST THAT COULD ENABLE SOLAR In July, MIT chemist Daniel Nocera announced that he'd created a catalyst that could drop the cost of extracting the hydrogen and oxygen from water. Combined with cheap photovoltaic solar panels (like Nanosolar's), the system could lead to inexpensive, simple systems that use water to store the energy from sunlight. In the process, the scientists may have cleared the major roadblock on the long road to fossil fuel independence: Reducing the on-again, off-again nature of many renewable power sources. 8. GREEN TECH LEGISLATION GETS REAL On the federal and state levels, several historic actions put the teeth into green tech bills passed over the last few years. A review committee of the EPA effectively froze coal plant construction, a boon to alternative energy (though earlier this month the EPA ignored the committee's ruling and it is unclear how the issue will be settled). In California, the state unveiled and approved its plan to regulate carbon dioxide emissions, which could be a model for a nationwide system. Combined with the green-energy tax credits in the $700-billion bailout bill, the government did more for green tech in 2008 than in whole decades in the past.  9. NEW MATERIALS CAGE CARBON Carbon capture and sequestration has a seductively simple appeal: We generate carbon dioxide emissions by burning geology — coal and oil — so to fix the problem, we should simply capture it and inject it back into the ground. It turns out, however, that it's not quite so simple. Aside from finding the right kind of empty spaces in the earth's crust and the risks that the CO2 might leak, the biggest problem with the scheme is finding a material that could selectively snatch the molecule out of the hot mess of gases going up the flues of fossil fuel plants     10. THE ISLAND OF THE SOLAR With money flowing like milk and honey in the land of solar technology, all sorts of schemers and dreamers came streaming into the area. One Swiss researcher, Thomas Hinderling, wants to build solar islands several miles across that he claims can produce hundreds of megawatts of relatively inexpensive power. Though most clean tech advocates question the workability of the scheme, earlier this year, Hinderling's company Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique received $5 million from the Ras al Khaimah emirate of the United Arab Emirates to start construction on a prototype facility, shown above, in that country. . A Netbook is a new type of laptop computer, defined by size, price, horsepower, and operating system. They are small, cheap, under-powered, and run either an old or unfamiliar operating system. While there are a number of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) available to infertile couples, in vitro fertilization (IVF) is by far the most utilized of these methods. In fact, IVF accounts for more than 95% of all ART procedures. If you're not familiar with IVF, then take a look at , which gives you a general overview of what is involved in this procedure. cpr     In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a process by which egg cells are fertilised by sperm outside of the womb, in vitro. IVF is a major treatment in infertility when other methods of assisted reproductive technology have failed. The process involves hormonally controlling the ovulatory process, removing ova (eggs) from the woman's ovaries and letting sperm fertilise them in a fluid medium. The fertilised egg (zygote) is then transferred to the patient's uterus with the intent to establish a successful pregnancy. The first test tube baby, Louise Brown, was born in 1978. Oocyte with surrounding granulosa cells "Naked" Egg  In vitro The term in vitro, from the Latin root meaning within the glass, is used, because early biological experiments involving cultivation of tissues outside the living organism from which they came, were carried out in glass containers such as beakers, test tubes, or petri dishes. Today, the term in vitro is used to refer to any biological procedure that is performed outside the organism it would normally be occurring in, to distinguish it from an in vivo procedure, where the tissue remains inside the living organism within which it is normally found. A colloquial term for babies conceived as the result of IVF, test tube babies, refers to the tube-shaped containers of glass or plastic resin, called test tubes, that are commonly used in chemistry labs and biology labs. However, in vitro fertilisation is usually performed in the shallower containers called Petri dishes. (Petri-dishes may also be made of plastic resins.) However, the IVF method of Autologous Endometrial Coculture is actually performed on organic material, but is yet called in vitro. This is used when parents are having infertility problems or they want to have multiple births.   The babies' names, gender and birth weight in birth order are: Noah Angel Solomon - male; 2 lbs 8 oz Maliyah Angel Solomon - female; 2 lbs 2 oz Isaiah Angel Solomon - male; 3 lbs 1 oz Nariyah Angel Solomon - female; 2 lbs 3 oz Makai Angel Solomon - male; 1 lbs 12 oz Josiah Angel Solomon - male; 2 lbs 9 oz Jeremiah Angel Solomon - male; 1 lb 13 oz Jonah Angel Solomon - male; 2 lbs 7 oz Although mother Nadya Suleman states there are two sets of identical (monozygotic) twins among the octuplets due to division of two of the claimed six implanted embryos, she has not identified which of the octuplets are sets of identical twins. C.p.r.   What are the services of Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in the Philippines NRCP, a collegial body under the Department of Science and Technology, has adopted the theme “Science beyond science: Bringing social dimensions to basic research” to highlight the research community’s concern for the increasingly overcast economic outlook expected to dominate national and global events in the next few years   The .gov.ph domain is being managed by the Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI), a research and development agency under the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). To subscribe for a .gov.ph domain, please access the .gov.ph Domain Registry Site  Instructions and requirements to subscribe for a .gov.ph domain is posted on said site The Philippine eLib is a collaborative project of the National Library of the Philippines (NLP), University of the Philippines (UP), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Department of Agriculture (DA), and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). Please visit www.elib.gov.ph The eTRC-elibrary is an internet-based computerized system tool to promote entrepreneurship by providing access to a wide range of technology, business and livelihood information as well as other vital requirements in establishing a business. With the current thrust of TRC leadership to make it a centerpiece program, TRC has engaged in the enhancement of the eTRC to modify its components and to make it more user-friendly and easy to use In cooperation with private business partners and entities, standard training sessions are conducted, both at the center’s training facility and those of the clients. – SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION INSTITUTE of the Department of Science and Technology is proud to present the first online access to S & T information resources in the Philippines The DOST Science and Technology Information Network of the Philippines (ScINET-PHIL) is a consortium of libraries and information centers of the 20 agencies under the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). It aims to organize and coordinate the information sourcing and sharing in the DOST system. Its general objective is to promote and improve the flow and use of science and technology (S&T) information through resource sharing and networking Tests, Analyses and Calibration Information System (TACIS) is an E-Government project funded by the Commision on Information and Communication Technology (CICT). It is an integrated information system that aims to enhance the operational capability of the DOST's testing, analysis and calibration services. It will provide interactive services to immediately address the queries and concerns of the clients through the Internet on a 24/7 basis. It will also facilitate the processing of information to expedite the generation of test reports and calibration services.       What is the Agencies of DOST Industrial Technology Development Institute (ITDI)   Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) To reduce the prevalence of micronutrient malnutrition problems in the country, particularly iron deficiency anemia (IDA) among children, 7-12 years old, the Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (FNRI-DOST), in partnership with the Industry, developed an orange-flavored non-carbonated fortified juice drink and determined its commercial potential. Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI) Mr. Fernando C. Pitargue, Jr., Chief, Anatomy and Dendrology Section of FPRDI, attended late 2008 a week-long training program on the identification, classification and resource inventory of rattans. The program consisted of discussions and field exercises Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI) The Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI) is proud to announce the availability of Bayanihan Linux 5 For Government, a new version of the Linux-based operating system developed by ASTI's Open Source Group. This version includes numerous updates to the software packages typically bundled with Bayanihan Linux such as the K Desktop Environment, OpenOffice.org productivity suite, Mozilla FireFox web browser, ClamAV antivirus, K3b CD/DVD burning application, Guarddog firewall utility, the MPlayer multimedia player and the XVidCap screen capturing tool. There is also improved support out of the box for various wireless devices, peripherals and printers as well as plug and surf capability for popular 3G wireless devices. Users of the new OS will enjoy a more streamlined and user-friendly graphical installer with default, expert and rescue modes as well as a memory testing utility for checking the system's physical memory. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) Science Education Institute (SEI)       . Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) The Philippines through its two national agencies, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) and the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) will join other countries around the Pacific Ocean as participants in a mock tsunami scenario during 28-30 October 2008. Science and Technology Information Institute (STII) Technology Application and Promotion Institute(TAPI) Philippine Council for Advanced Science and Technology Research and Development (PCASTRD Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) Philippine Council for Industry and Energy Research. cpr Sectoral Planning Council DOST has five sectoral planning councils responsible for: formulating policies, plans, programs, projects and strategies for S&T development; for programming and allocating funds; for monitoring of research and development projects; and for generating external funds. Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development (PCAMRD) The PCAMRD is the sectoral council of the Department Of Science and Technology (DOST) tasked in the formulation of strategies, policies, plans, programs and projects for science and technology development; Programming and allocation of the government’s internal and external funds for Research and Development; Monitoring and Evaluation of Research Development projects; and Generation of external funds. Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD) PCARRD is one of the five sectoral councils of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). It serves as the main arm of DOST in planning, evaluating, monitoring, and coordinating the national research and development (R&D) programs in agriculture, forestry, environment, and natural resources sectors. Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) PCHRD is one of the five sectoral councils of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). The lead council that creates and sustains an enabling environment for health research in the country. Philippine Council for Industry and Energy Research and Development (PCIERD) The PCIERD is one of the sectoral planning councils of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). It is mandated to serve as the central agency in the planning, monitoring and promotion of scientific and technological research for applications in the industry, energy, utilities and infrastructure sectors. Philippine Council for Advanced and Science Technology Research and Development (PCASTRD) PCASTRD is one of the five sectoral councils of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) tasked to develop, integrate and coordinate the national research systems for advanced science and technology (S&T) and related fields.   Seven Research and Development institutes of DOST (Brief Function and Description)           DOST has the following seven research and development institutes concerned with basic and applied researches on various fields.   Advanced Science and Tech Institute (ASTI)nology           ASTI is one of the research and development institutes of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) tasked in conducting scientific research and development in the advanced fields of Information and Communications Technology and Microelectronics.   Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI)           The Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), the principal research arm of the government in food and nutrition, is one of the research and development institutes of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). The Institute continues to provide relevant technologies and scientific information on food and nutrition.   Forests Product Research and Development Institute (FPRDI)           The Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI) is the research and development arm on forest products utilization of the Philippines' Department of Science and Technology (DOST), the body that coordinates and manages the national science and technology system.   Industrial Technology Development Institute (ITDI)           The Industrial Technology Development Institute or ITDI is one of the research and development institutes (RDIs) under the Department of Science and Technology. It is the flagship agency of the Department, generating a large pool of technologies while providing technical services to industry.   Metal Industry Research and Development Center (MIRDC)           The Metals Industry Research and Development Center (MIRDC), an agency of the Department of Science and Technology, is the sole government entity directly supporting the metals and engineering industry with services designed to enhance its competitive advantage.   Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI)           PNRI is mandated to undertake research and development activities in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, to institute regulations on the said uses and to carry out the enforcement of said regulations to protect the health and safety of radiation workers and the general public.   Philippine Textile Research Institute (PTRI)           The Philippine Textile Research Institute as a line agency of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) supports the local textile and allied industries achieve gobal competitiveness through utilization of indigenous resources, and development of technical competence in textile production and quality assurance. DOST has the following seven research and development institutes concerned with basic and applied researches on various fields. Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI) ASTI is one of the research and development institutes of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) tasked in conducting scientific research and development in the advanced fields of Information and Communications Technology and Microelectronics.   Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) The Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), the principal research arm of the government in food and nutrition, is one of the research and development institutes of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). The Institute continues to provide relevant technologies and scientific information on food and nutrition.   Forests Product Research and Development Institute (FPRDI) The Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI) is the research and development arm on forest products utilization of the Philippines' Department of Science and Technology (DOST), the body that coordinates and manages the national science and technology system. cpr     Industrial Technology Development Institute (ITDI) The Industrial Technology Development Institute or ITDI is one of the research and development institutes (RDIs) under the Department of Science and Technology. It is the flagship agency of the Department, generating a large pool of technologies while providing technical services to industry.     Metal Industry Research and Development Center (MIRDC) The Metals Industry Research and Development Center (MIRDC), an agency of the Department of Science and Technology, is the sole government entity directly supporting the metals and engineering industry with services designed to enhance its competitive advantage.     Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) PNRI is mandated to undertake research and development activities in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, to institute regulations on the said uses and to carry out the enforcement of said regulations to protect the health and safety of radiation workers and the general public.   Secretary of DOST Strella Alabastro