Getting Green Off The Grid

It’s gardening time again!
Gogglemarks - Backyard Composter

Since it’s essentially just a drum on a fixed axle with some holes poked in it, it was fairly easy to build one myself on the cheap. I settled on a design that maximizes air and drainage, keeping the compost moist but not wet, and aerated but not dry. […]

With video. I wonder how many places this thing is street legal.
BRENT HATCH

I’m just a regular guy that knows very little about motors, efficiency, etc. Man, some engineer should be able to have a field day coming up with all kinds of solar powered alternatives to our mobile lives. I should […]

Since the town was destroyed, it makes sense to start over in a more efficient way.
Greensburg, Kansas: Extraordinary Transformation : TreeHugger

Imagine a community for 1500 people designed as a state of the art working model for green building and energy, hybrid design efficiency and genuine intelligent design. A community that generates revenue by producing excess […]

The article mentions using compressed air, it uses grid power anyway. Has anyone come up with a solar or wind powered air compressor?
On the other hand, it only takes a few seconds to fill the tanks with compressed air.
The Air-Powered Motorcycle by Jem Stansfield : TreeHugger

He took carbon-fiber air tanks that are usually used […]

A list of things not to do on Earth Day. Really, shouldn’t every day be Earth Day?
Earth Day Don’ts : The Alternative Consumer

Simple, helps keep garbage where it belongs, uses less garbage bags, and gives people an incentive to throw things away by watching this thing operate. Eventually the novelty would wear off, but it would take a long time to get everywhere.
BigBelly Solar Trash Receptacle : The Alternative Consumer

The BigBelly is a self-powered compacting trash […]

It’s easier to change things when there’s less red tape to go through.
More towns committing to green movement | APP.com | Asbury Park Press

Many local governments across New Jersey and the nation are also taking formal steps to “go green.”
Some examples: Westwood is converting its fleet of police cars to gas-saving hybrids. Austin, Texas, is […]

Economies of scale are pushing the prices down. That, and high energy prices.
ENN: Inexpensive residential wind turbine

California based Freetricity’s E2D Windmaster is a roof-mounted small residential wind turbine that comes with an affordable price tag. Though it sports a small propeller that could prove hazardous to hummingbirds and the like (though its size and […]

Hopefully they can make this work in the near future.
New Ways to Store Solar Energy for Nighttime and Cloudy Days

The idea is to capture the sun’s heat. Heat, unlike electric current, is something that industry knows how to store cost-effectively. For example, a coffee thermos and a laptop computer’s battery store about the same amount […]

Factories are excellent places for off-grid energy. They have all that roof space for solar panels and wind turbines, it seems like such a waste of space to let it sit there unused.
Ecotricity to build a third turbine for Ford - News - Ecotricity

Built under Ecotricity’s Merchant Wind Power scheme (MWP), the existing two […]