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World Meteorological Organization: Heatwave Decade

July 16, 2013 By gmoke

The World Meteorological Organization recently released their Global Climate Report: Decade of Extremes (pdf alert: http://library.wmo.int/pmb_ged/wmo_1119_en.pdf and video at http://youtu.be/qSz7U0C0bsY) looking at general weather … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate, climate-change, ecology, energy, environment, green, heatwave, history, meteorology, weather, world-meteorological-organization

Swiss Solar Boat (and French Polar Pod)

July 7, 2013 By gmoke

On June 25, the world's largest solar ship, the MS Tûranor PlanetSolar (http://www.planetsolar.org), was docked in Boston and hosted a symposium on water and climate change, "From the Alps to the Atlantic." This 35 meter by 23 meter … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Antarctic, Arctic, biology, climate-change, ecology, energy, environment, france, Gulf Stream, oceans, Recommended, Rivers, solar, Switzerland, water

Free Energy: Solar and Dynamo LED Keychain Lights

April 30, 2013 By gmoke

Last year, one of the vendors at NESEA's Building Energy conference (http://www.nesea.org/buildingenergy/) gave away a keychain fob, a little two LED hand crank light. This year, another vendor gave away three LED solar keychain lights. A … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: dynamo, ecology, energy, environment, LED, NESEA, poverty, solar

The Failures of the Environmental Community

February 5, 2013 By gmoke

The failures of the environmental community have been (a) giving up on a "no regrets" strategy that concentrates on all the things the majority can agree on whether or not they believe in "global warming" (b) concentrating on legislative … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate-change, ecology, environment, Theda Skocpol

The Next Industrial Revolution Is Ecological

December 2, 2012 By gmoke

John Todd could be considered one of the founders of ecological design. For the past forty years or so, he has been building enclosed ecologies, first, for growing fish, John was one of the original growers of tilapia in the USA, and later … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ecological design, ecology, environment, john-todd, ma, wastewater treatment

Occupy Sandy

November 3, 2012 By gmoke

http://techpresident.com/news/23062/hurricane-sandy-moves-occupy-wall-street-protest-people-powered-recovery A group of people from the Occupy Wall Street movement is collaborating with the climate change advocacy group 350.org and a new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 350.org, disaster, ecology, economics, emergency, energy, environment, fema, gandhi, Hurricane Sandy, Occupy Wall Street, preparedness, recovers.org, solar

Building Resilient Communities: John Robb at the NYC Maker Faire

October 17, 2012 By gmoke

John Robb is a MA-based strategist and theorist of modern warfare. His book, _Brave New War_, is the best introduction I know of to small group warfare, the way technology has enabled ad hoc groups like Al Quaeda and others to wage war … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate-change, ecology, energy, environment, john-robb, local economies, permaculture, relocalization, resilience, urban agriculture

The Cambridge, MA Solar Tool

October 7, 2012 By gmoke

You can now estimate with great detail the solar electric potential of any roof in Cambridge, MA by just typing in an address on a webpage, the Cambridge Solar Tool (http://cambridgema.gov/solar). For instance, the double triple decker … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cambridge, climate-change, ecology, energy, environment, ma, mit, PV, solar

Massachusetts Clean Energy Economy

August 29, 2012 By gmoke

The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center has released their 2012 Massachusetts Clean Industry Report (http://www.masscec.com/index.cfm/cdid/13913/pid/11150) There are 4,995 clean energy firms and 71,523 clean energy jobs in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ecology, efficiency, employment, energy, massachusetts, solar, wind

Ecological Restoration: Cleaning the Fisherville Mill Canal

August 7, 2012 By gmoke

The Fisherville Mill Canal on the Blackstone River in Grafton, MA has been contaminated for decades by #6 fuel oil in its waters. John Todd Ecological Design (http://toddecological.com/) with the participation of the town of Grafton, USEPA, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bioremediation, canals, ecological design, ecology, energy, environment, john-todd, ma, New Alchemy Institute, water

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