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Looking to nature creates a second chance for Welsh Farmers
Faced with a dramatic 75% decline in farming through disasters as diverse as Chernobyl and BSE, many Welsh hill farmers decided to pack up and try a new line in...
Global Offgrid Journalism
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Necessity is the Mother of Invention in India
By C.R.Bhattacharjee, 21/10/04 What happens when being off-grid is a necessity and not an option? India has nearly 25000 villages, located in islands or remote ...
Campaign to change Planning permission
At the BBC they call him the Jamie Oliver of Architecture, but we think of him as the Corbusier of TV presenters: Architect Charlie Luxton made his BBC series o...
Free electricity, from fryer grease
Green Trust, a renewable energy research center, powers their facilities with waste vegetable oil. Their 12.5 kw Detroit Diesel 2-71 generator (the VeggieGen) h...
Cycle in the city
The International Cycle Show 2004, London, is taking place right now, until the 26th Sept, at the Business Design Centre in Angel. Your chance to see the new 20...
On the ropes and off the grid
How a couple lost everything they owned and still found happiness — off-grid...
BBC TV series on unusual places to live
Finding and buying your first home has never been harder, we are told, so it should come as no surprise that people are looking for other ways to live. And ther...
Biofuel conversion kits
Running your car on vegetable oil will save money and reduce your impact on the environment. It is possible to convert diesel cars to vegetable oil by simply in...
Inspiration comes first
The Eco- marathon we previewed last week was a close contest between ‘Inspiration’ and ‘Team Green’ on Sunday at the Grampian Transport ...
Scotland hosts eco-car race
The lightest, smallest cars in the world will be competing this weekend in a strange car race in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Hydrogen car Gh2ost and its driver Tea...
Techno rickshaws in India
Bicycle rickshaws with a difference are a feature of the roads of Uttar Pradesh, India, this year. The rickshaws are part of a project called Infothela (or info...