Goal For The Green

Back on January 26, 2009, I posted about Chad Maglaque’s plug-in windpower device. He calls it the Jellyfish. It is his entry to Google’s Project 10 to 100th. The project is a call for ideas, with the potential to change the world, by helping as many people as possible.

It is Maglaque’s hope that the Jellyfish becomes as affordable and acsessable to the world of renewable energy, as PC’s have become to the computer industry.  He entered the Jellyfish in the Google contest, to be able to obtain funding necessary for safety testing and certification.

To date, Google has received more than 150,000 enteries, representing 25 different languages worldwide.  It has taken longer than anticipated to review all those entries, and narrow the field.  Be sure to Sign Up to Be Automatically Notified By Google When Voting Opens!

Google will award $10 million amongst five innovative ideas that are capable of changing the world.  Maglaque’s You-tube entry is one of the most watched projects entered in  the contest.

Clarian Technologies, a research and development firm, focuses on developing technologies that help energy and transportation organizations.  Their goal is to help these organizations benefit and profit from the latest advances in energy related technology and information.  They have committed to helping Mr. Maglaque bring the Jellyfish Wind Appliance to market sometime in 2010.

Everything you want to know about the Jellyfish Wind Appliance,  along with questions and answers, can be found by clicking the link above.  Here is a helpful tutorial and Guided Tour on windpower technology that may be of interest to you also.

Best of luck to Chad Maglaque, and Special Thanks to Clarian Technologies.  They are definetly working toward many better tomorrows!

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It is my pleasure and goal to inform you about companies and products that can help you reach your goal for living a greener lifestyle.  GreenCulture is such a company.  Their goal is to promote products that are manufactured and designed with our planet in mind.

GreenCulture offers eco-friendly products, that are made from recycled materials, or that come from renewable and sustainable sources.  Enlightened Products is also something else they feature. These products may or may not be made with 100% eco-friendly products.  However, this company carries these type of products anyway, because they believe they are comparatively better for our environment, than similar products currently marketed.

Perhaps you are wanting to liven up or change your decor.  One of the simplest and most economical ways to do that is by using an area rug.  GCrugs.com, is home to one of the largest selections of area rugs on the web.  There diverse collection, brings you both selection and variety in many shapes and sizes.

If you are new to the idea of an area rug, you can relax and breathe easy.  Green Culture has a terrific buyers guide for you.  It answers your questions on rug basics, and offers guidance about what may be the best rug for you.  It even offers tips on how to decorate with your new rug.

Be sure and visit their Eco-Facts, where they offer their thoughts on rugs made from bamboo, wool, polypropylene, polyester, jute and sisal.  This will help you make an informed choice from their diverse collection of these popular textures and fibers.  They also have an extensive selection of traditional, braided, casual or contemporary rugs, that are meant to inspire your style and help you transform and complete your decor.

The philosophy of how this ” green” company, prefers to do business really caught my attention.  For this reason I think they will be around for quite some time to come, because they have an open and workable relationship with the manufacturers they do business with.

“At GREENCulture, we strive for a 100% planet friendly product mix. Manufacturers, however, many times make wonderful products which do not meet the stricter portions of our criteria. Manufacturers always LISTEN when we ask them to modify their products to be more in line with our environmental and enlightened products mission. However, manufacturers CHANGE their manufacturer processes and materials only when we show to them that we can send them a large volume of business. They know that we are a small and growing company, committed to making great changes but the volume of business we direct to them does not justify modifying their manufacturing processes to achieve our strict goals. We know that with the help and support of our customers, we will continue to grow, and as we do so we’ll work with our manufacturers to modify their manufacturing processes to get closer to meeting our strict criteria. ”

Based in Lake Forest, CA   Green Culture, promotes environmental conservation through sales of diverse environmentally-friendly furniture, lighting, rugs, compost and gardening products.   They are strictly an online based company, that also welcomes phone orders.  Another plus that they pride themselves for,  is that they can deliver anyhwere in a timely and effective manner.  Here’s to your making greener choices and working toward a better tomorrow.

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No matter what the season, the beauty and the splendor of this planet we are privileged  to call home is absolutely… breathtaking…  I think you’ll agree!  Relax and Enjoy!

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