Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project Blanketing the Web with Climate Science

the climate reality project's 24 hours of reality logo

Update: Sister sites Planetsave and Eat.Drink.Better (post not live yet) will both be livestreaming the 24 Hours of Reality event. It starts tonight at 7 pm Central Time. Editor’s note: As someone who’s donated 24 straight hours of time and work for a couple of different causes, I’m looking forward to the Climate Reality Project’s 24 [...]

Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage Seeking Loans for Solar Grid Project

sunflower in front of a solar panel

Editor’s note: As a long-time fan, and still relatively new board member, at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, I’ve always been impressed with their willingness to push just a bit further in terms of making the village both sustainable and comfortable. The grid project, which Zachary Shahan of Cleantechnica describes in more detail below, is pretty ambitious… [...]

Bike Share Programs Can Now Monetize Carbon Credits

bike share

Editor’s note: I was all set to write a post about CityRyde‘s Inspire software, which gives bike sharing programs and businesses another way to generate revenue: measure, and then sell, carbon credits generated from their bicycles. But since I was a bit behind on the story, I thought I’d check to see what other sites [...]

Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Program RelayRides Attracts Big Investors

peer to peer car sharing service relay rides

I’ve become a real fan of the peer-to-peer car sharing concept, and may even have to try it if a service ever becomes available here (because my car’s often just parked… why not make a little off of it). Still, I wondered if the business model itself would catch on, as some of the same [...]

Afghan City Builds its own Internet Network from Reused Materials

villagers using diy internet network in afghanistan

We’re big fans of do-it-yourself projects… from outdoor ovens to solar air heaters to, well, houses. But a DIY internet network made from reused materials in the developing world? That’s really cool! We’ll let our friends at sister site Insteading tell the story…