Getting Green Off The Grid

The makers of Duck Tape sponsor the Greenbuild Expo.
Duck Tape brand Duct Tape: Henkel Consumer Adhesives Home

Fascinating reading. Makes me want to do this with my house.
Power on a Shoestring / 21-year experiment finds ways anyone can cut energy costs
The house, officially called the Humboldt State University Campus Center for Appropriate Technology (CCAT), was lovingly converted by students on a shoestring budget 21 years ago to be a living experiment […]

Perhaps another way to reduce your energy bill this winter. We’re already feeling the pinch. Time to fire up the fireplace and turn down the thermostat.
Burning Shelled Corn

Samuel Mockbee and his students recycle old materials to create new and interesting buildings.
In Alabama, a Poor County Is Rich in Modern Architecture - New York Times
Music Man’s house, with colorful glass embedded in concrete floors and shelves that move on skateboard wheels, is one of about 40 buildings conceived and built by the Rural […]

From the U.S. Department of Energy comes this guide to making your own electricity.
EERE Consumer’s Guide: Making Your Own Clean Electricity
Generating electricity using your own small renewable energy system fits the circumstances and values of some home and small-business owners. Although it takes time and money to research, buy, and maintain a system, many people […]

Can human beings produce significant amounts of energy just by doing our daily routine?
SPACE.com — People Power: Capturing The Body’s Energy For Work On and Off Earth

What NASA and the Pentagon want to do is scoop up electrons from what bodies in normal activity produce: heat, motion, flexing and stretching, compression, urine, and body heat. […]

A guide to making your own power from scratch.
Welcome to OTHERPOWER.COM

If you’ve got water on your property, use it!
Re-Energy.ca: Renewable Energy from Water - Build Your Own Small-Scale Hydroelectric Generator

An in-depth article about artificial flavors, and the future of food.
The Observer | Food monthly | Food: David Rowan explores the cutting edge of food technology
But turn instead to publications with names such as Food Chemical News, Food Engineering, Food Product Design and Food Technology , and you quickly realise that the multi-billion-pound food industry […]

From the son of BioDiesel Man comes BioDiesel Works.
BioDiesel Works - fuel your car from recycled vetable oil