Verdant

	Verdant Verdant may refer to: * Verdant Green, fictional undergraduate at Oxford University * Verdant Power, maker and installer of tidal power and hydroelectric systems * Verdant universities The verdant universities are an informal group of Australian universities. They comprise universities founded in the 1960s and 1970s and are sometimes called "gumtree" universities. These universities were established in their state capitals, ofte ... , an informal group of Australian universities founded in the 1960s and 1970s. {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Verdant Green ''The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green'' is a novel by Cuthbert Bede, a pen name of Edward Bradley (1827–1889). It covers the exploits of Verdant Green, a first-year student at Oxford University. Green is an undergraduate at the fictional Brazenface College. Different editions have varying titles, including ''Mr Verdant Green: Adventures of an Oxford Freshman''. The same characters reappear in a sequel entitled ''Little Mr Bouncer and his friend Verdant Green''. Background The work was first published in three separate parts, in soft covers, by James Blackwood, during the 1850s (1853, 1854 and 1857). Notices in early copies of the book indicate that they were first intended for sale at railway stations, for reading whilst travelling. Bradley himself had attended University College, Durham (whence his pseudonymBoth St Cuthbert and The Venerable Bede are buried in Durham Cathedral), graduating BA in 1848, but then went to Oxford for a year or so, studying to enter the chur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Verdant Power Verdant Power is a maker and installer of tidal power and hydroelectric systems. Their primary device is an underwater turbine, similar to a three-bladed wind turbine, that is designed to capture energy from tidal currents and (precipitation-driven) river currents. The company uses the trade term "kinetic hydropower" to distinguish their systems from those (tidal and hydroelectric) based on dam construction. The company's first project, the Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy Project, is several turbines in New York City's East River. Location Verdant's home base is situated between Manhattan and Queens on Roosevelt Island in the middle of the East River, a tidal strait running from Long Island Sound to Upper New York Bay.Powering the Future Underwater tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]