Touted as the world’s largest home improvement center, Home Depot (NYSE: HD) recently announced it has dramtically reduced its energy use in stores across the United States and Canada.

Lack of sanitation facilities is a problem worldwide.

In fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates 2.6 billion people lack adequate access to improved sanitation. And waste can contaminate drinking water, contributing to disease and death.

Touted as the world’s largest home improvement center, Home Depot (NYSE: HD) recently announced it has dramtically reduced its energy use in stores across the United States and Canada.

Lack of sanitation facilities is a problem worldwide.

In fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates 2.6 billion people lack adequate access to improved sanitation. And waste can contaminate drinking water, contributing to disease and death.

Bank heir, author, adventurer and environmentalist David de Rothschild, along with a handpicked crew of leading scientists, are getting ready to sail the ocean blue in a very unique vessel.

Solar Panels Plus, a Virginia-based solar energy product designer, manufacturer and distributor, recently announced the installation of a high performance solar thermal water heating system in a restaurant in Idaho.

A new plant that manufactures wind-powered turbines and streetlights is coming to Colorado, or is it?

Rocky Wind Power  announced it has leased a 14,000 square-foot manufacturing and sales facility in Colorado Springs that will not only bring renewable energy to the city, but jobs as well.

Ofer Raz and Hod Fleishman are the founders of GreenRoad Technologies Inc., formerly known as DriveDiagnostics.

Launched in 2003, The California-based GreenRoad Technologies, provides a cost-effective service that helps reduce emissions, vehicle wear-and-tear and helps save lives.

Driving Behavior

When alternative energy teacher Todd Thorn began teaching at the Richard McKenna Charter School in Idaho, he and his students embarked on a three year alternative-energy project that is impacting their community in a positive way.

Songwriter Kristina Stykos is making music in a unique way. Stykos is the owner, engineer and producer of a music recording studio located in rural Vermont.

Imagine lighting city streets, neighborhood parks and sidewalks with the power of waste.

While energy from the sun and the wind is one eco-friendly method of providing power to street lamps, the three products listed below utilize what some may consider “unusual” technology to tackle two issues, waste and energy.

Doggy-Doo Powered Street Lamps