Earth Hour Photos from Around the World

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

This is a little bit late but I was on vacation for a week and didn’t see this great collection of before/during Earth Hour photos from around the world until today.

Earth Hour 2009 Vote: Earth Vs Global Warming

Posted on March 28, 2009 by Doug Gunzelmann .

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Earth hour traces its origin back to Sydney Australia in 2007 (Earth Hour already happened there by the time you read this!) when businesses and residents turned off their lights for one hour to make a statement about energy use and global warming. Today is your chance to vote for Earth by [...]

Power Shift 2009 Economic and Climate Crisis Summit

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Doug Gunzelmann .

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Coming up in the last weekend in February in Washington DC you can join tens of thousands of like minded individuals meeting to discuss, listen, and learn about the economic and climate crisis we face and how to reclaim our future.

Blight: Solar Panel Blinds and Lights

Posted on February 13, 2009 by Doug Gunzelmann .

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The solar panel Venetian blind design by Vincent Gerkens is a green technology that captures solar energy during the day and gives it back at night. Blight is entered into this years Greener Gadgets Design Competition and melds the old with the new. At the end of the month greenUPGRADER will be visiting the Greener [...]

Recycle Your Steam with the Osmos Eco-Grower

Posted on January 23, 2009 by Doug Gunzelmann .

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Jonathan Banton of the UK designed this contraption, which sits atop your cooking veggies or pasta, and captures the water vapor and steam produced to hydrate the growing plants.

Ready to Put Some E. Coli in Your Tank?

Posted on January 15, 2009 by John Platt .

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Around the world, scientists are working on new kinds of biofuels that could help reduce our reliance on oil- and coal-based energy. The latest development comes out of UCLA’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, where a team led by professor James Liao has come up with a way to convert E. coli bacterium into [...]

Coffee as Biofuel: Good to the Last Drop

Posted on December 23, 2008 by John Platt .

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Ah, that first cup of coffee in the morning. It really gets you moving. And soon, it could get your car moving, too.

Reuse Heat, Save the Planet

Posted on December 11, 2008 by John Platt .

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Electric and mechanical power produce heat. That heat, according to research from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), could be a ready source of energy — enough to cut U.S. carbon dioxide emissions by 60% by 2030.

Zounds! Sound Is Energy!

Posted on December 3, 2008 by John Platt .

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Solar, wind, biofuels, tidal power — all green, all sustainable. But they are not the final word in power.
In fact, your very words could create power, according to new research out of Texas A&M University.

22 Years Until Clean Energy?

Posted on November 17, 2008 by John Platt .

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How long will it take us to get to a truly clean-energy economy? Five years? Ten? Twenty-two?
That number might seem arbitrary, but many organizations and scientists see the year 2030 as a reasonable and do-able goal to achieve total clean, renewable energy.
Quite a few of those scientists are gathered in Atlanta today for the IEEE [...]