Geothermal is the bastard child of renewable energy. Constantly overlooked in articles and headlines in lieu of the much sexier solar and wind, which have become the go to cleantech representatives, geothermal energy use could quietly double in the next six years. It requires no fuel, can provide ba...

Eco Factor: Lighting system powered by solar cells. You might be having tens of emergency lighting systems and torches, but in case of a power failure, they are either hard to find or are mostly out of batteries. Solar-powered lights do well when it comes to charged batteries, but they too like othe...

I was in the sixth grade, shy, clumsy and feeling awkward in many social situations.  I was in Boy Scouts at the time and subscribed to "Boy’s Life," which was the magazine of the Scouts.  Each month, I read this magazine — cover to cover.   One month I disc...

Agence France-Presse: German engineering giant Siemens said Friday it has won one of its biggest ever renewable energy contracts, worth more than two billion euros (2.5 billion dollars) for wind turbines. "The agreement with Dong Energy (of Denmark) is one of the biggest orders in the history o...

Agence France-Presse: German engineering giant Siemens said Friday it has won one of its biggest ever renewable energy contracts, worth more than two billion euros (2.5 billion dollars) for wind turbines. "The agreement with Dong Energy (of Denmark) is one of the biggest orders in the history o...

Agence France-Presse: German engineering giant Siemens said Friday it has won one of its biggest ever renewable energy contracts, worth more than two billion euros (2.5 billion dollars) for wind turbines. "The agreement with Dong Energy (of Denmark) is one of the biggest orders in the history o...

Agence France-Presse: German engineering giant Siemens said Friday it has won one of its biggest ever renewable energy contracts, worth more than two billion euros (2.5 billion dollars) for wind turbines. "The agreement with Dong Energy (of Denmark) is one of the biggest orders in the history o...

As I mentioned in a previous post, the La Salette Center for Christian Living in Attleboro, Massachusetts will be offering a Lenten Series of discussions led by Father John Sullivan, M.S., and members of Pax Christi. This is particularly troubling since Pax Christi is a member organization of Cathol...

Saul Griffith led off Greener Gadgets 2009 with one of the best 40 minute explanations of why (to use his words) we're all a bunch of "planet fuckers" and what we can do to change that in terms of our energy ......

From Nikkei BP Nikkei Business Publications recently announced the results of a survey conducted with engineers in Japan's manufacturing industry on the current global recession. They were asked hard questions about the impact of the recession and measures to cope with it. I am a little surprised th...