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Save our Mountaintops
PeopleMar 5, 2009

Save our Mountaintops

Judd PalinThe clean-up crews are slowly moving in to deal with the smoking craters and ecological detritus of the Bush years. The latest teams actress Ashley Ju...

Apple’s solar strategy
PeopleMar 1, 2009

Apple’s solar strategy

It’s possible that Apple’s future just got sunnier. Employees at computer, phone and software company Apple  have filed a patent to place solar cell...

Next-gen info processing
Courses, guides & tutorialsFeb 14, 2009

Next-gen info processing

If you are reviewing your carbon footprint, consider a data storage and retrieval system now being sold on the internet. The product does not need a plug or a b...

Oscars not green this year
PeopleFeb 12, 2009

Oscars not green this year

Sheryl Crow at Green bash The Oscars ceremony has abandoned last year’s pretence of being “green” – whatever that meant at the time.  With the exception of last...

Survivalist shopping list
PeopleJan 14, 2009

Survivalist shopping list

Financiers and business people name the key things you will need to help your family survive the next two years...

Pisim in the wind
Courses, guides & tutorialsJan 3, 2009

Pisim in the wind

Kids can be green too...

Maverick millionaire
PeopleDec 30, 2008

Maverick millionaire

Exclusive interview with founder of Lush cosmetics who funds protest groups others would not touch...

Steven Chu Interviews
EnergyDec 21, 2008

Steven Chu Interviews

In his first interview, energy secretary-designate, Steven Chu, says “we have to immediately start decreasing the amount of energy we use”...

Simple Solar Homesteading Book Review
CommunitiesDec 19, 2008

Simple Solar Homesteading Book Review

Before our big move off the grid, I did a lot of research to learn everything I could about living off-grid. I used the internet as my main source of informatio...

Eco Innocence
PeopleDec 15, 2008

Eco Innocence

We are living through a massive extinction of species on Earth The true innocents are the planet’s endangered species....

In New Hampshire: the only lights in town
PeopleDec 13, 2008

In New Hampshire: the only lights in town

An off-grid home in power-starved New Hampshire is the only building for miles with heat and light. Now lets feel smug about being off-grid...

Boston prof goes off-grid crazy
Courses, guides & tutorialsDec 12, 2008

Boston prof goes off-grid crazy

Top writer and academic Lou Ureneck opts for an off-grid holiday home...