The Lexus Eco Challenge has inspired and empowered more than 15,000 middle and high school American students to learn about the environment and take action to improve it. This fall, students are invited to participate in the fourth annual Lexus Eco Challenge for a chance to win part of $500,000 in grants and scholarships.
Author: Anna Rudenko
Google collaborated with indie rock band Arcade Fire’s to develop a wonderful online clip for their new song “We Used to Wait”—being the video of the new generation, it is totally tailored to each of the viewers and engages them to personalize it with just several clicks. The new experience, which is called “The Wilderness Downtown,” was created by writer and director Chris Milk and comes as a new addition to the portfolio of so-called “Chrome Experiments,” a series of projects that are testing JavaScript and showcase the properties of Chrome HTML5-compliant browser.
Professor Harold Mooney of Stanford University in California has been named the recipient of the 2010 Volvo Environment Prize. This year’s prizewinner has for many years been a leading light within research into biological diversity and especially how important it is for the functioning of ecosystem services. This concept has been widely acknowledged in recent years, perhaps mainly due to an international research program, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, where Professor Mooney has played a leading role.
Timberland has already selected the recipients of its Timberland Earthkeepers Grant 2010 and now is happy to present both the winners and the beneficial activities they are going to perform with the granted money. The projects were primarily revolving around making London greener and training local residents on how to continue the positive changes.
Budweiser has something new for its loyal fans—the UK launch of Budweiser ‘66’ lightly carbonated beer with a touch of sweetness for a smooth, easy taste at 4% abv was announced back in April 2010, and now the alcohol brand is happy to present its new product in packaging designed by jkr agency. The bottles and cans’ look retain Budweiser’s iconic visual authenticity, still some of its features was a bit adapted to the modern tendencies.
Yahoo! is providing its users with a tool that enables them to peer into the future. The new application, Time Explorer is a product of the Yahoo!’s research labs team from Barcelona and is designed for analyzing how news changes over time and search for already made predictions on certain things. The application is not unique, still it has a number of improved features and provide users with more relevant and extended results of search.