Wouldn’t it be nice if you could literally generate energy just by dancing the night away?

Well, that’s the idea behind the London-based disco club called Club4Climate.

Club4Climate is the first ecological club on the planet, and if it proves to be a success let’s just say that more people might go out and get their dancing shoes on.

Some of the features of the club include:

• A kinetic energy generated dance-floor that combines quartz crystals, ceramics, other eco technology and dancing clubbers to generate electricity in the club
• Toilets that reuse rainwater
• Walls that change color when the temperature changes
• Wind turbine and solar energy system

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I’ve heard of so many different reasons why Portland, Oregon is a great, green place to live, but when I read about its new Green Microgym I was truly convinced of the city’s eco-friendliness.

This gym aims to become the first human-powered gym in the U.S., according to personal trainer and owner Adam Boesel.

Despite the gym being 2,800 square-feet, Boesel hopes that using both solar and human energy will “move the human powered renewable energy technology to the next level.”

I must admit that I think this is a great idea, but I needed to find further proof this this gym wasn’t just created by a couple of meatheads who jumped on the green bandwagon.

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