Eco-Trek 17: A green journey around the world with Eco-Trek

CCM News - New York — The seventeenth edition of Eco-Trek - one of the first ever syndicated green online news magazines and presented by German actress Anita Anthonj is now available for download and re-publishing for websites, newspapers, and magazines. For the last four months Eco-Trek had the opportunity to drive around the world with the Mercedes-Benz F-CELL World Drive - emission free in a hydrogen powered full electric vehicle. Eco-Trek producer Christian Maier visited green projects all around the world and met some of the most interesting people in the green movement. Here are some of the highlights from stories featured throughout the last four months: Using natural resources and renewable energies is how sustainability is defined. All around the world we found interesting and unusual approaches to achieve a more sustainable way of life. At the start in Stuttgart, Germany, Eco-Trek encountered the world’s first fuel cell powered plane, the Antares; in Barcelona, Spain we visited the Solar Pergola; in Australia we discovered the Carnegie Wave Energy Project where power is being generated from the ocean waves. Architecture, the merger of art and science has the potential to change the way we live. Sustainable buildings such as the Media Tic in Barcelona show us how to minimize energy consumption - in style. Vertical Gardens, as Christian discovered in Paris are not just a beautiful way to bring green back into the cities, but also a core element of saving energy ...

Channel: YouTube Video Length: 11m 55s Date Found: Sun, Jun 05 2011 1:41 PM Category: News Date Produced: Fri, Jun 03 2011 9:15 PM View Count: 0