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PHOENIX, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (ARCSA ) now offers four levels of rainwater catchment education with three levels of professional recognitions. ARCSA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that was founded in 1994 to promote rainwater catchment systems in the United States. ARCSA strives to offers a full spectrum of rainwater harvesting workshops and professional training to meet the needs of rainwater...
Founders of Allegro Enterprises, Inc., Lance Davies and Clara Lewis, are proud to announce the launch of their cycling-centric website, BikeRackNow.com. Novice and seasoned cyclists alike are invited to browse through the site’s comprehensive inventory of bike racks from leading manufacturers, including Raxter, Küat, Rockymounts, and Surco. Visit the site’s brand new blog for additional details. Houston, TX (PRWEB) May 05, 2012 Web entrepreneurs Lance Davies and Clara Lewis are...
Innovators around the world are using information technology to extend healthcare access to the rural poor, manage data, and improve doctor and patient communication, authors report in the WHO Bulletin In response to the considerable challenges in providing high-quality, affordable and universally accessible care in low- and middle-income countries, policy makers, donors and program implementers are increasingly looking at the potential of e-health and m-health (the use of information...
BAY SHORE, N.Y., May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cycling season is here. Many people dusting off their bikes for the year's first ride may not know that some simple maintenance can keep them safer. "It's a great time for cyclists to re-educate themselves and learn more about the activity," said Hank Krause, owner of White Lightning, a company that manufactures bike maintenance supplies. "Accidents send more than 500,000 people to the emergency room each year. Most can...
BERKELEY, Calif., May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Berkeley-based nonprofit Potential Energy (formerly the Darfur Stoves Project), is proud to announce it has been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) Development Innovation Ventures (DIV). This grant, which will fund the distribution of clean cookstoves in Darfur and Ethiopia, comes on the heels of the organization's recent name change to Potential Energy and...
Sancor is proud to introduce the latest addition to their line of advanced composting toilet systems, the Envirolet FlushSmart 800 Series. This new system allows you to be green in your bathroom by flushing with only 0.2L per flush and by converting waste to compost. And, it still looks & operates like a conventional toilet. Ideal for homes, cottages, cabins, work shops, garages, basements, pool cabanas and more. (PRWEB) April 19, 2012 Just in time for Earth Day, Sancor introduces...
A team of researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, have found an inexpensive and effective way to clean small amounts of drinking water. Just add sunlight and a twist of lime. The team found that adding lime juice to water that is treated with a solar disinfection method removed detectable levels of harmful bacteria such as Escherichia coli (E. coli) significantly faster than solar disinfection alone. Solar...
LOS ANGELES, April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Made in the USA Foundation has announced 60 nominees for 20 awards for the Made in the USA Hall of Fame. The massive U.S. balance of payments deficit is caused by the importation of three types of products: oil, automobiles and Chinese manufactured goods. The Foundation has addressed these three areas in its 2012 nominees. This year's nominees feature energy-efficient vehicles, electric cars, electric motorcycles and...
MotoSport.com, the leading online retailer of ATV and motorcycle parts, apparel and accessories, is proud to introduce CycleSport.com, a superstore dedicated to everything bicycle. To kick off the launch of this new site, CycleSport.com announces the The Ultimate Bike Giveaway, a contest like no other with over $25,000 in prizes and a new winner every week! TUALATIN, OR (PRWEB) April 13, 2012 The first motorcycles were simply bicycles with frame-mounted engines, and the two industries...
SOMERSET, N.J., April 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Vyzin Inc a New Jersey based corporation with an office in India and creator of the mobile health brand VESAG was awarded the prestigious Gold Medal at the 2012 DST-Lockheed Martin India Innovation Growth Program. VESAG is a Mobile based Personal Emergency Response System (MPERS) and is developed due to concern for the well-being of aging parents in Hyderabad, India by its founder and CEO Mr. Rajendra Sadhu an Indian American,...
