Getting Green Off The Grid

Somehow I don’t think this will make it on MTV, but it’d be neat if it did.
Celebs%u2019 Off-the-Grid Cribs

Looks very promising. And it’s free!
MIT OpenCourseWare | Chemical Engineering | 10.391J Sustainable Energy, January (IAP) 2007 - Spring 2007 | Home

This course assesses current and potential future energy systems, covers resources, extraction, conversion, and end-use, and emphasizes meeting regional and global energy needs in the 21st century in a sustainable manner. Different renewable […]

It’s an unfortunate fact of life that people are lazy, myself included. While I dream of retrofitting my house and garage with solar and wind power and other technologies, sometimes it’s best to start with something new. Which is what the PowerPod home is - an off the shelf solution to getting off […]

Need some more of these near Michigan.
Boonville Daily News - News

Visit the Ozark Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Expo at Les Bourgeois Winery in Rocheport, Mo. Sept. 22-23 to find answers to these questions and more. The event will run Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to […]

My dream.
Columbia Missourian - Going green to the extreme

Their strawbale home has earth floors, a three-season kitchen is on the deck outside and 24 solar panels are propped up in the front yard.
The toilet doesn’t flush, two pet goats have replaced a weed-eater and their “big screen” is a view of the meadow behind their […]

Neat invention. Adding water may not be practical, but if you collect rainwater, then it won’t be so bad.
The Zeer Pot - a Nigerian invention keeps food fresh without electricity

The zeer is a large pot inside which fits another smaller pot with a clay lid. The space between the two pots is filled with […]

Many companies are profiting from the green movement. But not all are as green as you think.
Buying Into the Green Movement

Critics question the notion that we can avert global warming by buying so-called earth-friendly products, from clothing and cars to homes and vacations, when the cumulative effect of our consumption remains enormous and hazardous.

Yay.
Winston-Salem Journal | Off the Grid: More homeowners, mostly in the West, ditching commercial power

Owners of about 250 homes in the Three Rivers community near this Central Oregon lake are far from homesteading or camping out. But they are among a growing number of Americans who shun power lines, choosing to live “off the grid,” […]

Yes, start them off young.
ThunderRidge students imagine ‘City of the Future’ > General Business > Stories > Centennial > YourHub.com

s a graduation requirement, students at ThunderRidge High School must complete a senior project. Last summer,a group of seniors who hadn’t yet decided on a project, listened to Highlands Ranch resident Steve Taraborelli’s vision […]

The world’s first use of solar power. It is a big change, just to make sure the clothes are out in the sun during a nice day. But every little bit helps.
In warming world, time to reconsider the clothesline

It’s good advice, of course. A dryer is typically the second biggest electricity-using appliance […]