
Events
News and events about renewable energy and green living.

DiCaprio interview
Leonardo DiCaprio explains exactly why he spends time campaigning about Global Warming when he could be partying by a pool....

Sienna Miller greenwash
More C-list celebrities put their name to Gobal Cool. Its not global and its not cool, but that’s ok because nobody’s listening, except the tabloid ...

Florida’s first eco-town takes shape
Florida realtors and scientists announced plans to create an energy-efficient, environmentally progressive community called “Sky” on 571 forested ac...

Jackson Browne’s off-grid ranch
Browne: saintly In his new eco-TV series Ed Begley has just outed singer songwriter Jackson Browne as a long-time off-gridder. Browne, who used to go out with D...

Cave dwellers of Oz
Visitors at underground Motel The tiny outback town of White Cliffs in far north-west New South Wales can now claim a place in Australia’s engineering his...

Arson campaign torches eco-homes
A third eco-home in central Somerset went up in flames this week, following an arson attack at a prototype round house in Moorlinch and a fire that destroyed Gl...

Utopia project update
Trouble in Paradise Its some time since we reported on Dr Dylan Evans, who resigned as a lecturer on evolutionary psychology from the University of the West of ...

Unplugged – Guardian article
Nick Rosen in his research RV Thousands of people are choosing to live in homes without mains electricity, gas or water. Are these the eco-townies of the future...

Free extracts from “How to live off-grid”
The Off-grid web site has started publishing extracts from the summer hit, “how to live off-grid” by Nick Rosen; You can see the first extract here...

US off-grid feature doc
Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa, by documentary-makers Randy and Jeremy Stulberg, explores an off-grid community in the US, and what it means to live off-grid....

The Amish: Solar Champions
The Amish are embracing solar power. In the largest Amish community in the US 80% have installed photovoltaics....
