The new Liam F1 wind turbine for home that outbeats PV solar panels in 2023. Yes, you heard me right, this amazing device can generate more electricity than solar panels, and it's virtually soundless, compact, and easy to install. How is that possible? Well, stay tuned and find out! Video Source
Editor’s note: Marshall Brain – futurist, inventor, NCSU professor, writer and creator of “How Stuff Works” is a contributor to WRAL TechWire. Brain takes a serious as well as entertaining look at a world of possibilities for Earth and the human race. He’s also author of “The Doomsday Book: The Science Behind Humanity’s Greatest Threats.” This is the first of... Continue Reading →
Repost: True terror: Ten worst things climate change will soon deliver to our world
The last decade was defined by commitments to tackle the climate crisis. It began with a slow trickle and ended in a torrent of countries, cities and companies announcing goals to end deforestation, shift away from coal, transition to electric vehicles and more. Many of these commitments were in pursuit of a massive goal –... Continue Reading →
Repost: 3 Essentials to Make Climate Action Stick
Repost: The Solar PV panel that provides electricity AND heat for your home!
Solar photovoltaic panels provide electricity for homes, businesses and utility scale grid providers. Ironically though, the hotter they get in direct sunshine, the less effective they are at producing power. So, what if we could harvest the heat, remove it from the panel, and do something useful with it? 'Killing two birds with one stone',... Continue Reading →
Repost: Eating Our Way to Extinction | Official Documentary
Narrated by Kate Winslet, ‘Eating Our Way to Extinction,’ a Cinematic Feature Documentary addresses the elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about... Will we be the next species on the path toward extinction? Subscribe here: https://bit.ly/SubscribeEatingOurWayT... Eating Our Way to Extinction is a cinematic feature documentary, taking audiences on a journey... Continue Reading →
Repost: What Your Bank Really Does With Your Money | Climate Town
STUFF YOU CAN DO 1) GET ON SOCIAL MEDIA and let these banks know you’ve had enough. Write a little note to tell them how you feel. Get creative. But maybe something like: 'Hey guy, I noticed you’re loaning billions of your customers’ dollars to the fossil fuel industry. I don’t like that. And if... Continue Reading →
A mix of high-tech and old-fashioned energy efficiency tactics can deliver carbon-neutral buildings, right now. But the U.S. needs to pick up the pace. Is it too much to ask Americans to take their foot off the gas and reset their thermostats? On March 18, the International Energy Agency released a 10-point plan for reducing... Continue Reading →
Repost: It’s Time for a Net Zero Building Boom
Jonathan Mabry has lived in Tucson, Arizona, for the last 35 years. The Southwestern city of about 526,000 people has sunny weather for two-thirds of the year and gives residents a sweeping view of the mountains, he said. But for many years, that came at a cost. Mabry, the city’s historic preservation officer from 2007... Continue Reading →
Repost: Why Old Buildings Are the Key to Transforming a City…
Thoughts, Prayers, Rage, Resistance
A night to remember just how grim the oil industry really is I’m writing this late at night on the West Coast. I’ve spent the evening at a rally in Sacramento, listening to residents from around the area tell about the effects of oil drilling on their lives: the asthma, the cancers, the spills. And... Continue Reading →
Some big wins, and some big campaigns launching! The next phase of the climate fight is going to center on the big banks that fund the fossil fuel industry. It’s going to be big, loud, and important—and there are signs this week that it’s already starting to be effective. Climate activists have been taking on... Continue Reading →
Bill McKibben | Strap in! The fight against dirty banks heats up
. P R E A M B L E . We stand at a critical moment in Earth's history, a time when humanity must choose its future. As the world becomes increasingly interdependent and fragile, the future at once holds great peril and great promise. To move forward we must recognize that in the midst... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 