Renewables – July 17
£110M plan to turn human and cow waste into electricity
Footpaths to generate electricity
BART paying more in bet on solar power
Waste
Waste – July 13
A truly cool city would feature a short stroll to the local worm bin
How to curb food waste
Trash collectors (students in poor barrios find their own solution)
Community Solutions – July 10
Greensboro urged to prepare for oil crisis
A British town’s attempt to kick the oil habit
Vancouver debates zero waste
Solutions & sustainability – July 9
Recovery parks, free geeks and plasma: Vancouver debates zero waste
Europe – July 7
Britain declares war on food waste
EU’s Barroso adds fuel to German nuclear debate
Changed times for food & farming at the Royal Show.
Housing & urban design – July 2
Canada: Today’s suburbs, tomorrow’s slums?
Rob Hopkins Film Review: Garbage Warrior
Elephant in the Drop-Off Zone
Consumerism – July 2
China Watch: Plastic bag ban trumps market and consumer efforts
Australia: Gimme shelter from affluenza
Sex and the City and handbag insanity
Dysfunction – June 26
Canada’s tar sand El Dorado… or is it?
‘I’m waiting for riots in the streets’ – Britain at war over rubbish
Conservative government destroys Atlanta like Gen. Sherman never could (water)
`Demographic winter’ is just overheated rhetoric
Biofuels – May 31
Food report criticizes biofuel policies
Forced labor in Brazil’s sugarcane fields
Global biofuel output to soar in next decade
As oil prices soar, restaurants learn to lock up old grease
Sweden turning sewage into a gasoline substitute
Environment – May 23
Study: climate inaction could cost trillions
Oceans turning acidic decades earlier
A sea of synthetic trash
China’s energy and environment (interview)
Renewables – May 20
Stockholm: Separating food waste is profitable
Burning wood: issues for the future
Quietly, wind farms spread footprint in U.S
Dr. Harry Zervos: Photovoltaics beyond conventional silicon
Community solutions – May 10
Many hands make light work of saving energy
Community gardens grow communities
Biodegradable home products, ready to rot
Building an ecologically sensible home