Going to the gym traditionally means burning calories and expending energy — but what if it we could harness that energy and use it to power the machines we’re using and the iPods we’re clutching? At the University of Oregon, students have the opportunity to do just that. On May 11th, the UO rec center [...]

On Saturday people around the world switched off their lights for an hour to highlight the severe threat of climate change. Gauging by the amount of countries and monuments that took part, as well as the publicity generated by all the efforts, Earth Hour 2009 seems like it was a huge success. Now all we [...]

Here at Wend we consume a fair amount (ok, a hell of a lot) of green news, so we’re all well versed in tomorrow’s Earth Hour 2009. But if you aren’t eco-news freaks like us, here’s the lowdown to get you up to speed:
What: Earth Hour is an annual international event organized by the World [...]

If you’re still a believer in “clean coal” you won’t be after this video. Thanks to Appalachian Voices for putting this together in order to get the word out about the horrendous environmental effects that the burst at Tennessee Valley Authority back in December has had.

Last week’s coal sludge disaster in Tennessee is still fresh on our minds. When 2.6 million cubic yards of sludge broke through a dike at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Kingston Fossil Plant, concerns were raised about toxic chemicals that may be leaking into the ground and flowing downriver. Not to mention the destruction for the [...]

Yeah, we run a cool publication. We run awesome stories by real people, we blog, we make podcasts, and we find Sasquatches. But after reading an alarming article this morning, I realized the number one reason why Wend should get your love and respect: we don’t ship useless crap across oceans just so you can [...]

Thanks to our friends at bikeportland.org for digging up this political attack ad from Pennsylvania that appeals to everything that is wrong with everything in America right now.
In the ad, Kathy Dahlkemper is accused of encouraging the citizenry to make personal sacrifices to save energy. Among the [cough] revolutionary and [cough, cough] “wacky” ideas she [...]

You might not have expected it from the state known for its big whig oil execs, but Texas just approved a $4.93 billion wind power transmission power, giving a major boost to the development of wind energy in the southern state.
Texas is actually already the largest producer of wind power, but transmitting it has been [...]

Even the friendliest of the eco-friendly produce waste — as progressive as we might be, at the end of the day we still end up with a handful of un-compostable, un-recyclable waste. What is an environmental activist to do? Turn that waste into power.
The City of Ottawa, Ontario recently approved the building of a waste-to-energy [...]