renewable energy

In the world of sustainability, it’s easy to romanticize the Scandinavian countries. They seem to have everything going for them: bike baths, energy efficient homes, natural gas vehicles, etc. But even environmental leaders have their flaws.
On Wednesday, Greenpeace dropped 18 tons of coal outside Sweden’s government offices in order… Read the rest

Yesterday Australia passed a law that will require 20% of the country’s electricity to come from renewable sources by 2020. That will match targets set by the European Union last year. But some Australian leaders are worried that the target isn’t enough and that more aggressive cuts in greenhouse gas… Read the rest

Greenscool, a non-profit organization that installs renewable energy systems in impoverished schools around the world, just launched its first project in Guaymas, Mexico. One of the primary goals of the Guaymas Project is to salvage solar panels in neighboring San Carlos, Mexico, and repurpose them to help power a primary … Read the rest

Pushing for renewable energy to help fight the battle against climate change in the United States and the rest of the Western world is important, but doing so in the developing world is equally so. In fact, according to the United Nations Development Program:

Developing countries, and the poorest people … Read the rest

Large sporting events, even if they are for fairly environmentally low impact sports like cycling and running, take their toll on the environment. A well run cyclocross race is a conglomerate of various energy sucking systems: computers to log race times, sound systems and PA’s to alert spectators what’s going… Read the rest