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Energy and Other Events Monthly

January 30, 2022 By gmoke

These kinds of events below are happening all over the world every day and most of them, now, are webcast and archived, sometimes even with accurate transcripts. Would be good to have a place that helped people access them. This is a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: columbia, ecology, energy, environment, harvard, mit, NESEA, net zero, remewables, sustainability

Zero Net Energy – January 19, 2022

January 19, 2022 By gmoke

Ithaca, NY raises $100 million to decarbonize its buildings https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/19/ithaca-new-york-raised-100m-climate-proof-buildings https://inhabitat.com/ithaca-raises-100m-to-decarbonize-buildings/ 18 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: architecture, building science, city planning, ecology, energy, energy efficiency, environment, sustainability

Global Carbon Budget 2021

January 11, 2022 By gmoke

Global Carbon Budget 2021 Abstract https://essd.copernicus.org/preprints/essd-2021-386/ Full preprint:  https://essd.copernicus.org/preprints/essd-2021-386/essd-2021-386.pdf 2020, Fossil CO2 emissions (EFOS) declined by 5.4 % … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: carbon, climate, co2, energy, sustainabiity

Local, National, International Energy (and Other) Events Listings for January, 2022

January 6, 2022 By gmoke

These kinds of events are happening all over the world every day and most of them, now, are webcast and archived, sometimes even with accurate transcripts.  Would be good to have a place that helped you access them. Anybody know of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: biodiversity, climate, COVID, ecology, education, energy, ENSO, environment, gender equity, germany, harvard, Jewish, mit, pandemic, smart buildings, trees

Electric Appliances as Virtual Power Plants

January 5, 2022 By gmoke

“We’re thinking we can turn water heaters, refrigerators, thermostats, electric vehicles and batteries into virtual power plants [VPPs]” to help balance the grid's increasing clean electricity, Jigar Shah, director of the DOE Loan Programs … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: DER, doe, ecology, electricity, energy, environment, sustainability, VPP

Old Solar: Equal Rights to the Sun

December 23, 2021 By gmoke

“Produced by Bonnie Symansky, this video, Equal Rights to the Sun (1979) documents citizen [led] solar energy projects organized in the Boston area by the Urban Solar Energy Association (USEA - founded by Barbara Brandt [Susan Baldwin, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: community-activism, do it yourself, energy, environment, history, renewables, solar, solar-energy, sustainability

ANAI: 40 Years of Ecological Development in Costa Rica

December 2, 2021 By gmoke

I wonder how many people remember the New Alchemy Institute which, from 1969 to 1991, experimented with wind power, solar power, intensive regenerative agriculture, aquaculture, and many other ideas now becoming big business and a way out … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: agroforestry, aquaculture, ecological design, ecology, environment, Hatchville, New Alchemy Institute, sustainability

City Agriculture – November 14, 2021

November 14, 2021 By gmoke

Living the Noom - near net zero energy buildings with vertical forests https://www.yankodesign.com/2021/07/22/breathtaking-residential-building-in-mexico-comes-with-its-own-vertical-forest-and-solar-panels-on-its-terrace/ El Terreno - a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 09-boston-elections, agriculture, climate, ecology, energy, environment, food, gardening, sustainability

Energy Event: MIT Materials Day Symposium: Role of Materials in Addressing Climate Change & Sustainability

October 8, 2021 By gmoke

These kinds of events are happening all over the world every day and most of them, now, are webcast and archived, sometimes even with accurate transcripts. Would be good to have a place that helped people access them. The local … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: calendar, climate, education, energy, environment, events, materials, materialsscience, mit, sustainability

Media Crime

September 23, 2021 By gmoke

Each TV network has 24 hours of prime time every week. CBS has 16 hours of crime shows Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday are 3 hour blocks of crime. Sunday maybe even more if you count the segments on 60 Minutes on crimes. NBC … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: #PPTV, cbs, crime, entertainment, media, nbc, propaganda, public-relations, tv

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