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Australian company launches the solar-powered tuk tuk

October 19, 2013by 3wheeledcheese 1 Comment

By Emma Fitzpatrick on 8 October 2013, Via RenewEconomy.com.au An Australian solar producer is changing the way tuk tuk’s are powered. Australian owned, Star 8 Solar, has developed a new tuk tuk, SolarTuk, […]

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Expat couple woo Chinese with bamboo ‘treecycles’

October 24, 2012by 3wheeledcheese Leave a comment

By Justin Harper,  23 Oct 2012, Via telegraph.co.uk British husband-and-wife team hope their bamboo tricycle will ease traffic problems in China’s car-clogged cities. A British expat couple in Shanghai are hoping to […]

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Green Scene, Tuk Tuk (Mototaxi)

Ride, Eat and Play Green

October 20, 2012by 3wheeledcheese Leave a comment

Sunday, October 21, 2012 | By Jonathan Robson (Guest Author) In times like these, there’s no disputing the importance of an eco-friendly lifestyle. We all have the power to make at […]

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Once a Food Chain, Now a Corporate Supply Chain (Walmart enters India)

February 3, 2012by 3wheeledcheese 1 Comment

While Indian retailers are losing sleep over the possible entrance of multinationals like Walmart into the dense South Asian consumer market, very little thought has been given to the Indian […]

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Handmade festival launches 2012 programme

December 14, 2011by 3wheeledcheese Leave a comment

Wellington, 9 December 2011 – Something old, something new, something quirky – just for you! What do preserves, amigurumi, cheese making, quilting and rubber stamps have in common? They all […]

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Case study: Slow Food keeps grassroots feel

December 14, 2011by 3wheeledcheese Leave a comment

The story. The “Slow Food” gastronomic movement was founded in Italy in 1989, as an alternative to the fast food sector. It is a non-profit, member-supported association. Its founder, Carlo Petrini, positioned Slow […]

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designBridge and The Small Farmers Project

October 8, 2011by 3wheeledcheese Leave a comment

Carrying on a six-year tradition of student-initiated design/build projects for grassroots, community-based groups, a team of UO architecture students from the organization designBridge is preparing for the ribbon-cutting celebration of dB’s […]

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Three-wheeler (Tuk Tuk) running on solar photovoltaic system being developed

September 4, 2011by 3wheeledcheese Leave a comment

Use of fossil fuel in automobiles has adverse impact on environment. Electric vehicles ease the growing pressure on dwindling non-renewable fossil fuel reserves. The researchers at IIT-Kanpur are developing athree-wheeler which […]

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Green Scene, Tuk Tuk (Mototaxi)

Why Are Young, Educated Americans Going Back to the Farm? Why would they want to go back to the farm?

August 2, 2011by 3wheeledcheese Leave a comment

  By: Nelson Harvey I am a 25-year-old college graduate with a degree from a fairly prestigious eastern university, and I pull weeds for a living. At first blush, you […]

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Manila promotes use of ‘Green’ vehicles (Philippines)

July 25, 2011by 3wheeledcheese Leave a comment

A partnership between the Aquino government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has established a national strategy to reduce the carbon footprint of road transport in the Philippines. The National […]

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Green Scene, Tuk Tuk (Mototaxi)

Eco-taxi appears in Minsk (Belarus)

July 19, 2011by 3wheeledcheese 1 Comment

Yakov Buta reports: Egor is the first driver of a bike taxi in Belarus. He has been driving Minskers along parks for two weeks. (Egor Ivashkov, tricycle’s driver: “We have […]

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Reason.tv: Q&A with Farmageddon’s director Kristin Canty

July 1, 2011by 3wheeledcheese 1 Comment

Guns drawn, a SWAT team kicks in the door of a private business. Are the cops there for drug dealers? Mafia mobsters? Terrorists? No, the long arm of the law […]

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The trike builder retools transportation technology

May 5, 2011by 3wheeledcheese Leave a comment

There’s a better way to roam out there, and Gregory Allen aims to find it. You know Gregory Allen — maybe not by name but any Boise State student can […]

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8 Adventurous journeys on eco friendly vehicles

May 5, 2011by 3wheeledcheese 3 Comments

Here is an overview of adventurers, institutions and engineers from around the world who have designed eco-friendly vehicles to spread the awareness about climate change and saving the earth from […]

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Green Scene, Tuk Tuk (Mototaxi)

E-lax: Concept auto rickshaw by Prajwal Ullal

April 27, 2011by 3wheeledcheese 1 Comment

The auto rickshaw is a common sight on Indian roads. Well known as one of the best modes of public transport, the auto rickshaw has now become one of the […]

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Mumbaikars do you like your new Rickshaw?

April 27, 2011by 3wheeledcheese 4 Comments

The land of the dreams – Mumbai has always captured the imagination of people all across the globe. Every Mumbaikar will admit to the fact there is absolutely no place […]

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Solar powered Glass roads

April 25, 2011by 3wheeledcheese Leave a comment

Snow covered roads might just be phenomena of the past, with technology like the solar powered Smart roads, a solution by Scott Brusaw, a 53-year-old electrical engineer from Sagle, Idaho. […]

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Meguru by Yodogawa Group, an electric rickshaw using recycled bamboo

April 25, 2011by 3wheeledcheese Leave a comment

Japanese manufacturer Yodogawa Group has pulled the veil of an eco-friendly rickshaw. The vehicle, name the Meguru uses three wheels, like every other rickshaw, though with a green heart pumping […]

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Green Scene, Tuk Tuk (Mototaxi)

Wind power accelerates the pedal-powered rickshaw

April 25, 2011by 3wheeledcheese 2 Comments

We’ve seen and heard of cars, aircrafts and boats powered by solar power and electricity before. The last time we heard of a mode of transport being powered by wind, […]

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Green Scene, Tuk Tuk, Tuk Tuk (Mototaxi)

Solar powered postal delivery rickshaw, the Soleckshaw

April 25, 2011by 3wheeledcheese 1 Comment

Here’s a rickshaw with a twist, which has recently shown up in New Delhi. Known as Soleckshaw, this delivery rickshaw shuns the use of gasoline, and opts for solar power […]

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Green Scene, Tuk Tuk (Mototaxi)

Bangkok could soon have solar powered, energy efficient and quicker tuk-tuks

April 25, 2011by 3wheeledcheese Leave a comment

You’ve probably come across a tuk-tuk or a rickshaw on a visit to East Asian countries. A while ago, we stumbled upon solar powered rickshaws in India and a wind-powered […]

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Green Scene, Tuk Tuk (Mototaxi)

Students in northern India develop air-powered bike

April 25, 2011by 3wheeledcheese Leave a comment

A while ago, we came across an air-powered bike built by engineering students in India. This time, engineering students from Palwal City in the Northern state of Haryana have designed […]

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Wall Street Behind High Food-Oil Prices Causing Global Instability (Video)

April 25, 2011by 3wheeledcheese Leave a comment

Source: http://www.activistpost.com/2011/04/wall-street-behind-high-food-oil-prices.html

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The 2011 Pleasant Revolution Bicycle Music and Film Festival Tour (Must watch video for all radical people)

April 16, 2011by 3wheeledcheese Leave a comment

The 2011 Pleasant Revolution Bicycle Music and Film Festival Tour, a grassroots event on sustainable mobility showcased through music and film, is set to launch in May. The tour will travel […]

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The Phoenix is a biodegradable automobile made from bamboo and 3 wheels

April 16, 2011by 3wheeledcheese Leave a comment

Remember those giant bird-like pre-historic birds in the Jurassic Park series? This vehicle pretty much reminded us of the head of one of those! And then we came across its […]

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Japan firm makes eco-friendly electronic rickshaw

April 14, 2011by 3wheeledcheese 1 Comment

Everything old is new again for one Japanese manufacturer, which has unveiled an electronic version of a rickshaw. The “Meguru” is a three-wheeled, three-seat compact vehicle whose single lithium-ion battery […]

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Green Scene, Tuk Tuk (Mototaxi)

E-tricycles to hit Mandaluyong’s streets (Philippines)

April 14, 2011by 3wheeledcheese 1 Comment

Tricycle drivers in Mandaluyong City are looking forward to getting their hands on the electric tricycles. The city government and the Department of Energy (DoE) has turned over 20 of […]

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Green Scene, Tuk Tuk (Mototaxi)

Gazelle 2 solar powered vehicle is Iran’s new sun-bather

April 13, 2011by 3wheeledcheese 1 Comment

Iran has a new reason to hold its head up in pride and look up to the sun and smile, a highly energy-efficient solar powered vehicle, the third of its […]

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Wearable battery that charges up your devices on the go being conceived in Kiwi-land

April 13, 2011by 3wheeledcheese Leave a comment

Seems like the world is just so keen on alternative energy, that everyone’s now taking the human body too to be a power house of sorts! Piezoelectricity is quickly catching on […]

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Philippines tests electric trikes to cut emissions, oil imports

April 13, 2011by 3wheeledcheese 1 Comment

(Reuters Life !) – The Philippines launched a test of 20 electric tricycles in metro Manila on Wednesday under an Asian Development Bank programme it hopes will cut air pollution […]

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Green Scene, Tuk Tuk (Mototaxi)

Tuk Tuk coming to American roads

April 11, 2011by 3wheeledcheese 4 Comments

  We recently reported on the unfortunate demise of the Bajaj 3-wheeler from the American market due to slow sales. Happily, a new brand of funky 3-wheelers is set to make […]

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Green Scene, Tuk Tuk (Mototaxi)

World’s largest solar energy producing parking lot to come up in Saudi Arabia

April 7, 2011by 3wheeledcheese Leave a comment

Solar power generating parking lots have been around for quite a while now. We’ve seen the one planned for the Industry Metrolink Station in California and the Canopy Parking Lot […]

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Automobile Industry to go Bananas

April 5, 2011by 3wheeledcheese Leave a comment

Bananas have never been known to power cars before. In fact, bananas have never really had anything to do with cars before. Brazilian scientists however, have revealed that fibers from […]

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Ramon Knoester designs the Recycled Island from garbage

April 5, 2011by 3wheeledcheese 2 Comments

Artificial man-made islands are a common site today, artificial islands made out of garbage aren’t! Designer and architect, Ramon Knoester hailing from Holland thought of a novel way to use […]

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