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The World’s First Fully Solar-Powered Stadium

Solar panels are making their way onto a wide variety of buildings across the world including college residence halls, movie theaters and now, sports stadiums. Taiwan has a newly built stadium created for the 2009 World Games in July, and it’s 100% solar powered.
From Meta Efficient:
Designed by Japanese architect Toyo Ito, the stadium incorporates 8,844 [...]

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NBA Going Green for All-Star Events

This weekend’s NBA All-Star events will be the greenest ever, as the league takes unprecedented steps to make the festivities more eco-friendly. The NBA is buying green energy credits to offset the power it will use at the US Airways Center and the Phoenix Convention Center. They’ll also increase recycling and use Suns stars for [...]

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Surfing May Help Cystic Fibrosis Sufferers

Talk about a natural remedy: researchers have found that cystic fibrosis sufferers who surf tend to have healthier lungs than their non-surfing counterparts. It might just be the key to prolonging the lives of those with cystic fibrosis, who used to die as children years ago but as of now can expect to live [...]

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