Renewable Energy | Your Olive Branch News

News
All
Member
Staff
External

Activism Through Art Encouraged by Coal-Free University

Indiana Daily Student
October 14th, 2011

The Beehive Design Collective, an organization committed to activism through art, will be making its way to Bloomington today. The group has spent the last two years preparing to show the world “The True Cost of Coal.”

(+6 rating)

Loading ...

Fukushima Gives Renewable Energy a Chance

IPS News
August 23rd, 2011

After decades of not bothering to switch off the lights in unoccupied rooms in their Tokyo home, Masayoshi Sakurai and his children now meticulously make sure they do.

(+8 rating)

Loading ...

Renewable Energy Wins, Controversially

IPS News
July 14th, 2011

Australia has taken a major step in reducing its future greenhouse gas output with the announcement of a plan that will initially place a tax on every tonne of carbon pollution produced by hundreds of the country’s major emitters.

(+4 rating)

Loading ...

Germany decides to abandon nuclear power by 2022

Salon
May 31st, 2011

Choice will make country the first major industrialized nation to go nuclear-free in 25 years

(+3 rating)

Loading ...

Denmark Invests the Most in Clean Energy per GDP

Yale Environment 360
May 10th, 2011

China leads the world in total investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency, although as a percentage of overall economic activity Denmark ranks first in clean-tech spending, according to a report by the conservation group WWF.

(+4 rating)

Loading ...

Business, Resilience and Transition

Permaculture Principles
September 7th, 2011

“In many ways business is already ahead of the rest of us in terms of some of the thinking approaches that are required for energy descent. They are used to thinking ‘lean’ and getting the most out of things. The shift will be from merely prioritising output to thinking more widely. These principles offer a good lens through which to look at how to build resilience for business.”

(+5 rating)

Loading ...

Model Home in Senegal Shows Off Renewable Energy Technology

VOA News
July 20th, 2011

In Senegal, a model green house is showcasing renewable energy technologies as part of efforts between the Israeli and Senegalese governments to improve food production and reduce dependence on fossil fuels.

(+3 rating)

Loading ...

Celcius biodigester recycles organic waste into usable energy

Green Launches
June 3rd, 2011

Kitchens today have had a paradigm shift away from those in the past when it comes to design and technology used. Designer Marcela Vanesa Céspedes has come up with an efficient way to dispose of organic waste in your kitchen itself and at the same time create a bit of renewable energy too.

(+3 rating)

Loading ...

Wadebridge moves closer to becoming UK’s first solar town

Solar Power Portal Video
May 23rd, 2011

Wadebridge in Cornwall has moved another step towards becoming the first solar powered town in the UK, as PV installations begin to go up across the municipality. The area aims to generate at least a third of its electricity from solar and wind power by 2015, which is the equivalent of 15,000MWh a year.

(+1 rating)

Loading ...

“Beyond Coal” Underwear Line & Underwear Activism

Planet Save Video
April 20th, 2011

This Earth Day, the Sierra Club and underwear company PACT have teamed up to fight coal-powered campuses with college student activism… in underwear, of course.

(+2 rating)

Loading ...