Originally posted at AlterNet
Some say print books are passé, but I still like curling up on the couch with a mind-expanding read. Here are my top picks for ecological and sustainable reading.
In a letter issued last week, the Environmental Protection Agency “moved toward revoking the largest mountaintop-removal permit in West…
Time magazine has an interesting list of the top 10 green stories for 2008. I liked re-reading them this morning. I can’t retrace quite how I…
One hundred and fifty years ago on Aug. 27, Colonel Edwin L. Drake sunk the very first well that produced flowing petroleum.
The discovery that…
by Charlie White via DVICE
Why tow around a bus-sized motorhome when you can create a 100-pound trailer that has nearly everything you need? Meet a guy named Paul, creator of this…
by Daniel Flahiff via Inhabitat
Buildings account for thirty-eight percent of the CO2 emissions in the U.S., according to the U.S. Green Building Council, and demand for …
by Maseeh Rahman in New Delhi via Guardian.co.uk
India has decided to push ahead with a vastly ambitious plan to tap the power of the sun to generate clean electricity, and after…
Gather ’round, dear readers, and I’ll tell you a little story that stinks. Even though it is filled with disagreeable smells, I think it will please you, especially if you’re among those folks who…
by Colin Barras via NewScientist
Artificial photosynthesis has yet to be cracked, but electrical engineers in the US think that synthetic leaves could be used to generate electricity in a…
By Bryan Nelson via CleanTechnica
