Teaching Children About The Environment
Monday, November 15th, 2010How can you help your children to understand the immense potential of renewable resources and being green while your child’s desire to have fun remains intact? Experiment kits, allow your children to build the project of their choosing while learning about the environment in a way that is both fun and educational. Some kits facilitate [...]
Nissan LEAF Electric Car
Thursday, April 29th, 2010Green Company Canada previously covered the upcoming green electric car by Nissan, the LEAF, and this week Nissan Canada is opening their new website featuring this electric vehicle. The Nissan LEAF is slated for market release in Canada in late 2011. This car will be the first all-electric car available to consumers across Canada. There [...]
Vertical Axis Wind Turbines
Friday, April 16th, 2010Wind turbines saw their first use in Australia by farmers for pumping water or for simple electrification. This technology was then moved to several other parts of the world. Today the modified form of it is a potential alternative to fuel powered electric stations. Vertical Axis wind turbines, as they don’t need to be directed [...]
Debate Over Wind Farms
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010Statistics reveal that the UK alone hosts 40 percent of Europe’s total wind energy. It has been contributing merely 0.5 percent of the country’s demand; a very small amount as compared to its actual potential. The proposed construction of a wind farm in Saddleworth Moor is facing strong opposition from eco-activists. They claim that the [...]
Wind Power Generation Continues To Grow
Saturday, December 12th, 2009Wind power technology has raced so far into the future that wind farms are now being slated for vast expanses of privately owned land throughout the Midwest United States, the prairies in Canada and now even offshore near the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia. Existing wind farms in China and other nations show that [...]