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Off-grid? We were never on
Poster power Perhaps the biggest obstacle to the take up of off-grid technologies, says the Wall Street Journal Asia, could be their rapid success. Rising deman...
Home insurers pay us to go off-grid
Two leading insurers now offer rebuilding poiicies that allow you to make your house better (ie greener) than new. Plans set to be law before the next election....
Build a summer cabin for $2000
All the materials you need to build a cheap small cabin in the woods plus an estimate of the costs...
Invention Nation A Show To Catch
Christmas Eve the Science Channel ran an all nighter on their new show Invention Nation. With only six episodes so far it is definitely a statement to the innov...
Cheap power for all
New micro nuclear reactors from Toshiba will be deployed worldwide from next year. The first will be installed in the isolated township of Galena, Alaska, which...
Whither The Utopia Experiment?
Inside story of the Utopia Experiment and why the volunteer recruits have taken over the project....
Eco-celeb twitter
Kevin Spacey, Uma Thurman, Kylie Minogue, Alicia Keys, Annie Lennox, Al Gore, Melissa Etheridge, Paris Hilton (yuk!)...
Simple in the City 2 – Window boxes
Will work for food If living in a metropolis means that I can...
Daryl boosts eco-interest
Daryl Hannah reiterates her commitment to living off the grid...
Saffy back on the grid
Actress Julia Sawhala ends her off-grid relationship and leaves the solar panels behind....
Dystopia Experiment
The UK Utopia project split widens, as the founder leaves to finish his book, and volunteers take over the running....
For women in need of a loan
Natalie Portman fronts FINCA -micro-loans for female third world entrepreneurs....