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The Langston Brown Community Center and High School in Arlington, Virginia, has a enormous water tanks used to store rainwater in front of the building hidden by panels. Posting from treehugger.com

Waitrose a UK supermarket is planning to deliver your shopping via an electric bycles than vans. Will this be the new delivery means like bike messenger services.  Posting from smartplanet.com

Powered entirely by a cog and wheel mechanism, the light remains lit once ‘wound’ by pulling the weighted cord by Postfossil’s Anna Blattert and Daniel Gafner making this a action and reward system. Posting from inhabitat.com or visit postfossil.ch

Great image looking forward into the near future, what will happen to the thousands of gas stations? Posting from zerocarbonista.com

Rumors are flying that BMW will introduce a few electric Minis in California maybe to compete with the runmors of an electric smart car…??? Posting via autobloggreen.com

Parts of the interior is hemp, uses water-based paint that can be applied by hand, reduced the Eco Elise’s footprint throughout its lifecycle, limit the amount of energy used during production and simultaneously slashes 70 pounds of its curb weight. With a solar panels on the hard top to help power electrical systems, it reduces drain on the engine improving efficiency. Find out more at tranism.com

Seems like Toyota will be releasing some versions of the New Prius with solar panels that help power the AC unit in the car.  If this is true, this will be the first mass production car to incorpate solar into a vehicle. Nice!  Posting from ecogeek.org and sfgate.com