Via Got2BeGreenMany big metropolitan cities suffer from ugly smog and thick layers of pollution that can leave many with health issues like asthma or allergies. Fortunately a team of Italian inventors have found a solution for this increasing problem, pollution-eating cement.
Western Europe has already started to use the new cement called TX Active in building and streets. The town of Segrete in Northern Italy has repaved a street that sustains 1,000 cars per hour. Italcementi says it has measured 60 percent reduction in nitric oxide on that particular street.
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Noelle dEstries
Noelle d'Estries, an early GO employee who took on the varied roles of Community Manager, green celebrity blogger, and more. She currently runs worstcookever.com GO entered Noelle's life in February 2007 while she was burning tires in her backyard. A phone call from the green gods at GO, burnt out the fires. Now, Noelle happily wears her GO sweatshirt while eating organic veggies and asking for paper, not plastic. A regular at the local farmer's market, Noelle shuns raking leaves and lawn maintenance, while making gourmet foods constantly. When not staring at her computer screen, she spends time with her equally attractive dog, Tessa, cat, Tim and lover Paul. She currently holds all three point records at RIT and could eat avocados and drink wine for the rest of her life.
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