The scientists at Tel Aviv University and MIT have joined hands to build homes using trees. Unlike the traditional topiary airophonics, the idea is to the use a technique where in plants are grown without soil and then use these live plants to build homes and structures. This would allow architects and scientists to create basic structures such as park benches and bus shelters from plants.

These ecological homes come along with more of greenery to control pollution and save trees.� Designed by a group called PlantWare these homes are made in an eco friendly way, and are equipped to convert massive quantities of carbon dioxide to oxygen, use solar panels and wind turbines for generating power and special composting septic tanks that convert human waste into nutrients for the tree.

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The buzzword these days has been sustainable energy and with that comes the solar part of the scheme. Solar energy is being used almost in every gadget and we have seen solar powered cars even! Now to make matter a little more complicated, we bring to you the solar powered tie! The solar powered tie comes with solar panels arranged in a grid, which makes the tie look a little better than a few strangely designed ties.

With this tie, you can go ahead and charge many of your electronic products. However, the problem with this solar powered tie is that if you stay in an office then you wouldn’t be getting all the solar energy you may need to charge the attached electronic gadgets. It is still in the concept stage, so we need not worry about the cost and release dates. However, even when the tie gets manufactured, don’t expect it to look like an Armani design or a tie that you liked at the Harrods’.

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With the increase in the prices and the pollution in the environment must make you compulsion that the product that you are going to purchase must be cheap, eco-friendly and portable. You must have heard about the fancy and good looking bags. You know that the bag is only used to keep the things orderly in it .But now UK has launched the bag which is a bag having the capability of recharging all our latest little gadgets. The other quality of the sukku solar bag is that, this bag is made from the recycled material of old sails so it is good for the environment.
This bag is also ready for the US for making its story popular all around .Since it is made from the recycled material so they have kept its price very low between $175-$245.Switzerland has given it the name “buddy”. It is made with sun umbrella.It is having the solar chargeable panels and battery so the charging is very easy at any place with low price of solar energy.