Charlie Stross and Near-Future Fiction
Friday, October 31st, 2008 Posted in Green News, Imagining the Future | Comments OffCharlie Stross says some very smart things about near-future fiction and the difference between techno-thriller science fiction and the sort of science fiction that is about predicting the present in ways that illuminate change: In my view, ...
The Best of Worldchanging Canada: An Anniversary Retrospective
Friday, October 31st, 2008 Posted in Columns, Green News | Comments OffOctober 31 marked the second year since the founding of Worldchanging Canada! This excellent blog has flourished under the direction of editor Mark Tovey, and has set the bar high for our other local iterations. Even ...
Headlines from Worldchanging Seattle (10/31/08)
Friday, October 31st, 2008 Posted in About Worldchanging, Green News | Comments OffThough the economy of the Pacific Northwest is faring much better than other regional economies around the U.S., the effects of the current recession will still force our state and city governments to re-examine their budgets ...
The Atlas of Hidden Water
Friday, October 31st, 2008 Posted in Green News, Resource - Planet | Comments Off[Image: From the "atlas of hidden water." Check out the original PDF or simply view it larger]. An "atlas of hidden water" has been created to reveal where the world's freshwater aquifers really lie. "The hope," New Scientist ...
The End Is Nigh (Now With Charts!)
Friday, October 31st, 2008 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffGeologists predict that oil production will decline within a decade. As I'm sure you've noticed by now, gas prices have fallen back from the phenomenal highs of last summer. The immediate cause has been the economic ...
Tesla Motors seeks cash to keep moving forward
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Electric-car race could strain lithium battery supply
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Dow Corning Solar Solutions Updates and News
Thursday, October 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffGermany’s Largest Pitched Roof Thin-film Solar PV System Installed
Thursday, October 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffGermany's largest thin-film pitched roof system has begun operations. The system was constructed by Riedel Recycling at a facility where the company is using the former coal mixing hall in Moers for the storage and preparation of building materials.
UK Group Plans to Cut the Costs of Offshore Wind
Thursday, October 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffFive major international energy companies have joined forces with the UK's Carbon Trust in a US $50 million initiative to reduce the cost of energy from offshore wind by 10% or more.
Interior Department To Open 190 Million Acres to Geothermal Power
Thursday, October 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced last week that it plans to make more than 190 million acres of federal land in 12 western states available for geothermal energy development. DOI's Final Geothermal Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) ...
New REC PV Complex To Be Built in Singapore
Thursday, October 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffEngineering company M+W Zander has signed a contract to be the contractor for the new solar photovoltaics manufacturing complex in Singapore being developed by Norway's Renewable Energy Corporation (REC). The contract, valued at more than EUR 100 million [US $127.37], ...
Dutch Farmers Ready For Wind Energy
Thursday, October 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffWEOM, a subsidiary of Nuon, and 63 farmers have partnered in the wind turbine consortium De Zuidlob, have entered into a cooperation agreement that aims to develop a wind farm of at least 108 megawatts (MW).
Enfinity Completes 6.5 MW of Installations in Spain
Thursday, October 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffEnfinity Management has completed and opened four ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in Spain. The projects are the first ground-mounted systems the company has installed and have a total installed capacity of 6.5 megawatts (MW).
AAER Signs 100-MW Turbine Reservation Deal with Mont Louis Wind
Thursday, October 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffAAER Inc. announced that it has signed a Reservation Agreement for 61 of its 1.65-megawatt (MW) wind turbines with Mont Louis Wind L.P. for the company's 100-MW wind farm project in Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis, Québec. The 61 A-1650 turbines are scheduled for ...
Citizen Renaissance: A Conversation Toward a New Economy
Thursday, October 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Resource - Business | Comments OffA few months ago, we posted about a WWF-UK report that predicted the "green" consumer craze would eventually hit a wall. According to the report's author, Dr. Tom Crompton, the marketing approach to green products, green ...
Smart Garage: An Integration Revolution
Thursday, October 30th, 2008 Posted in Columns, Green News | Comments OffIn order for the future to be sustainable, it must be more interconnected than the present. Think in terms of biomimetic design on the grandest scale of all: In order to recognize every possible opportunity to ...
Reader Report: National Conference on Dialogue & Deliberation
Thursday, October 30th, 2008 Posted in Communications and Networking, Green News | Comments Offby Phil Mitchell One of the least talked about but most far-reaching worldchanging innovations is the development of new processes of citizen-centered democracy. These processes (such as citizen assemblies) are not just solutions to specific problems; they ...
Waste Towers
Thursday, October 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Urban Design and Planning | Comments Off[Image: London waste towers, designed by Dow Jones Architects, via Building Design]. London's Dow Jones Architects have proposed "a radical series of waste-crunching towers across London to help meet recycling targets and generate low-cost energy for local ...
Panasonic wants to make you green
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