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November 18, 2010

The Story of Electronics (2010)

Here is the latest video released by The Story of Life team. Click here to view the hosting page which supplies with more information on the subject.

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November 11, 2010

The Story of Bottled Water

The Story of Stuff Team released a video to show the water bottling industry's environmental impact as it has become a huge market. However, the sales of bottled water started to decreasing, and more people started to use refillable bottles.

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November 11, 2010

IT Purchasing to Green Your Business and Save Money

Keeping up with new developments in information technology (IT) is a major cost for many businesses. The Center for Environmental Health (CEH) works with leading corporations to cut the high costs of IT purchasing and management, and to implement sustainable practices that can make your company a CSR leader.

Read more: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/it-purchasing-to-green-your-business-and-save-money-106956478.html

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November 4, 2010

Electric Bicycle Maker

"The PiCycle electric bicycle from Pi Mobility uses an elegant, solitary arch of recycled aluminum for its instantly iconic frame. Recycled aluminum requires just one-13th the amount of electricity to produce compared to virgin aluminum." Read more.

After only three weeks the team produced a 3D digital prototype using Autodesk Inventor proving that, by reducing the diameter of our tube by a half an inch, we could immediately save $335,000. When you extrapolate that over the next few years, it means easily seven figures saved. That discovery means that Pi Mobility can achieve profitability a full year ahead of schedule. From our perspective, it just doesn’t get much better than that.

—Marcus Hays, CEO, Pi Mobility

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