Gisele looks good in Green

Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen has showed her interest in the environment before, first with a campaign that showed her wearing a water dress inviting to conserve this resource, and later with the launch of her own green blog.

(Photo credit: W Brasil agency.) 

Now she’s back for the latest campaign of her Ipanema flip flop line, this time in a forest outfit with the aim to raise awareness on atlantic deforestation and supporting the well respected organization SOS Mata Atlantica.

How do you plant trees by selling flip flops? Read on (full version of the ad after the jump too).

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12-Year Old Boy Will Save the World! His Solar Cell Absorbs 500 Times the Light of Existing Cells

In his project “A Highly-Efficient 3-Dimensional Nanotube Solar Cell for Visible and UV Light,” William invented a novel solar panel that enables light absorption from visible to ultraviolet light. He designed carbon nanotubes to overcome the barriers of electron movement, doubling the light-electricity conversion efficiency. William also developed a model for solar towers and a computer program to simulate and optimize the tower parameters. His optimized design provides 500 times more light absorption than commercially-available solar cells and nine times more than the cutting-edge, three dimensional solar cell.

Yuan is currently looking for a manufacturer for his new solar cell.

There’s a KATU TV news report on William Yuan is you want a bit more background information, including how Legos inspired him.

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Greenstop TM is developing an energy network that combines energy fuel locations with a monitoring, alert and management system for both low and zero emission vehicles. We aim to reduce our reliance on oil and create a new green network.

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