Here’s an interesting article from my colleague Gary Tulie of Buckinghamshire, England. Readers may wonder why I always throw in Gary’s location whenever I mention his name; it’s because it gives me an excuse to go find a beautiful picture of his region. (more…)
Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland (pictured) has a powerful new motivation: saving the planet, and even the dire warnings of this week’s IPCC report aren’t slowing her down. (more…)
I haven’t seen my old high school friend Bruce Wilson (pictured) since we graduated 45 years ago, but I’m happy to say that we’ve reconnected with one another, at least via phone and email. He was a kind, non-violent sort back then, and it didn’t surprise me, shortly after I launched 2GreenEnergy in 2009, that I learned that Bruce had been hard at work in applying his skills as an engineer to making the world a better place to live, with his status as a certified LEED Contractor (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional). (more…)
Here’s a video on synthetic fuels. This is an important topic for people to understand, but this particular presentation contains so many misleading claims, that it does more to confuse and misinform the viewer than to elucidate the subject. (more…)
France, where bicycling represents about 3% of all trips taken, wants to be more like The Netherlands, where that figure is 30%. So what’s the plan?
It’s all nicely explained in this video linked here. (more…)
Sustainable building brings about extensive advantages for the environment, but it also has a host of benefits for occupants. It is of the utmost importance that we consider the well-being, health and satisfaction of those who reside within its walls.
What are the dangers? (more…)
It depends on how you define “thing.” There is a “thing” called a unicorn in the sense that lots of people talk about them, they’re in kids’ books, etc.
And, to be fair, clean coal actually does exist in the physical universe, not unlike ocean current energy. Yes, it’s of no value due to the fact that it’s outrageously expensive compared to competitive approaches, but it’s very much a thing in the usual sense of the word.
I’m not sure that voter suppression is uniquely American, but it is strange, isn’t it? If you want a democracy, shouldn’t you, almost by definition, be encouraging all citizens to vote? If you want an oligarchy, why not have the guts to say so? (more…)
A young Danish girl in the grass.
This video on Denmark will make you smile, while explaining what makes this small country such an excellent place to live (for everyone except sun worshipers).
Denmark is a good example of government-at-work in the best possible sense of the phrase. (more…)
I normally link to, rather than reprint, others’ pieces in their entirety, especially if they’re longer than a paragraph or two, but I’m thrilled to make an exception with this masterpiece by Esquire Magazine’s Charles Pierce. In the same breath, he communicates the horrible truth of what’s occurring in America, along with a haunting description of the hollow emptiness that most Americans carry around with themselves as a result. (more…)
