Green Awards

The Tour de Sol is, according to the website, "America’s Green Car Show and Competition "Driving Toward Zero Carbon Emissions". Thus 2006 Tour de Sol held in May '06, had some interesting entries. It is particularly interesting to see the "speciality" of each entry.. http://www.nesea.org/transportation/tour/2006Results.php

The Millenium Technology Prize instituted by Finland encourages those that use technology to help develop quality of human life and help spreading sustainability. This year's Prize has been awarded to Prof. Shuji Nakamura for inventing environmentally friendly sources of light. http://www.millenniumprize.fi/index.php?m=1&news=1&news_id=35
This includes inventions of blue, green and white LEDs and the blue laser diode. I have always wondered where the new, blue light on my DVD recorder came from - now I know!