Nobel Prize goes to Kenyan environmentalist Great news from Sweden (and how often do you get to say that?): the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Kenyan environmental activist [ … ]
Is SRI DOA? Paul Hawken has an essay up on Alternet that continues his campaign to clean up socially responsible investing. You may remember his resignation from the board of [ … ]
Yet More Poop into Power From ABC news via Grist, another story on the possibilities of turning organic wastes (and not just “wastes” in the euphemistic sense) into electricity. Wastewater [ … ]
Deep Thoughts… from Dave Pollard’s “How to Save the World” on “small is beautiful, intentional communities, and how we get from here to there…
A First… That’s right — Sustainablog’s first “adult content” warning. From Grist, a story on one of the most novel ways to raise money for the rainforest… those whacky Europeans!
Boy, I hate it when that happens… Had a fun, fact-filled post almost ready for you, and then in my urge to close down multiple windows deleted it…. arrggghhh! Anyway, [ … ]
Woo Hoo! From Reuters UK via Grist, there’s reason to celebrate: the Russians have approved Kyoto. Think Dubya saw this when he looked into “Pooty-Poot’s” soul?
Solar hydrogen fuel on the way First, it’s good to see Alternative Energy~Renewable Energy blog back in action. Found this item from Science blog there — apparently, the Australians have [ … ]
Green Cars of the Future WorldChanging’s report on green cars at the Paris Motor Show. From hybrid to hydrogen, the Europeans are moving ahead…
Harvesting the Wind in Kenya From WorldChanging, commentary on an Alternative Energy Blog story about wind-powered generator use in Kenya. Will the developing world beat us to the punch on [ … ]
Umbra on Gas I go through the same turmoil as this Grist reader on choosing where to buy my gas — Exxon and Shell are definitely the most convenient, but [ … ]
Catching up (sort of…) So much good stuff on WorldChanging over the past several days, that rather than trying to hit all of the high points, I encourage you to [ … ]
Green Power Goes to College From Alternet, stories of college students working to bring alternative energy to their campuses. One might expect such things at the environmentally-focused Unity College of [ … ]