Events
News and events about renewable energy and green living.
PhD in living off-grid?
Here are two University press releases issued today that may be useful if you live in Iowa or Texas. DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 3 — Drake University issued th...
How ARCO helped kickstart the pot industry
Exclusive interview with former ARCO exec who made sure the company’s revolutionary solar panels helped enable large scale pot-growing in N. California...
Tankless water heaters
In my experience tankless water heaters are the way to go in areas with little sun. In sunny areas, water can act as an energy sink, absorbing excess energy fro...
Zach Galifianakis helps Prop 19
A schleppy best guy pal, with man-slob habits and a predilection for white wine and cannabis....
NPower rips its customers again
One of the UK’s biggest power companies has been caught with its hand in its customers pockets –again, and has been forced by regulators to pay back nearly $100...
Prepper product sales keep growing
For the price of insuring your car for a year, you can purchase a bit of catastrophe insurance for you and your family...
“Off the Grid” is Off the Charts in Key Biscayne
“The Key Biscayne Times” September cover story, OFF THE GRID “generated more mail and more comment than anything the BT has published in recen...
The Flintstones 50th
Early-modern consumers yearned to return to nature, sensing somewhere along the way, America had taken the wrong turn...
Low-tech Biomimetics – wag the dog
How a clothing company invented a better moutaineering jacket by learning from a damp dog....
PG&E was paid to repair San Bruno gas line, never spent the money
It is not clear if the money was handed over, but the following year PG&E came back asking for a further $5m for the same work...
Ex-Pres Clinton turns Meat to Veggie Lover
The recent declaration by former US President Bill Clinton that he is slowly turning vegetarian awed the crowd. In an interview, the former president admits th...