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Energy (and Other) Events Monthly – December 2022

November 29, 2022 By gmoke

**Conferences** TEDxMIT: What Defines a Mind? Sunday, December 4 ————— **Lecture Series** Economic Diversification in Nigeria: The Politics of Building a Post-Oil Economy Thursday, December 1 Beyond Data: Reclaiming … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: agriculture, carbon, climate, energy, environment, events, sustainability

Environmental Demonstrations Ideas from 1970s Science Fiction

November 18, 2022 By gmoke

John Brunner was a UK science fiction writer active from the 1950s through the 1990s. Some of his work was truly prescient, mostly the four novels Stand on Zanzibar (1968), The Jagged Orbit (1969), The Sheep Look Up (1972) and The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: demonstrations, direct action, ecology, energy, environment, Insulate Britain, Just Stop Oil, preparedness, solar, sustainability

Energy (and Other) Events Monthly – November 2022

October 29, 2022 By gmoke

Events at the colleges and universities in Greater Metropolitan Boston, MA. Saturday, October 29, 2022 Energy (and Other) Events Monthly - November 2022 **Conferences** 2022 C3E Women in Clean Energy Symposium & Awards … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate, COP27, ecology, energy, environment, events, listings, sustainability

Zero Net Energy – October 20, 2022

October 20, 2022 By gmoke

An energy rule of thumb is one third of energy goes to buildings, one third goes to industry, one third goes to transportation. The technology is certainly available to reduce the energy that goes to buildings drastically, nearly to zero … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: architecture, buildings, ecology, electricity, energy, energy conservation, energy efficiency, environment, insulation, sustainability

Energy (and Other) Events Monthly – October 2022

October 1, 2022 By gmoke

**Conferences** Cambridge Science Festival Sunday, October 2 - Sunday, October 9 ———— HONK! Festival 2022 Friday, October 7, 3 PM – Sunday, October 9, 6 PM ———— Winter Is Coming: Europe’s Energy Crisis and What It Means … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate, conferences, design, development, ecology, education, energy, environment, harvard, lectures, mit, renewables, sustainability

Insulate Britain Was a Bargain

September 18, 2022 By gmoke

Insulate Britain (https://insulatebritain.com) is an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion which demanded that the British government fund insulation for all public housing by 2025, and, by the end of 2021, the government must create a plan to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate, DIY, ecology, efficiency, energy, environment, heet, housing, insulate, retrofit, sustainability, UK

City Agriculture – September 11, 2022

September 11, 2022 By gmoke

Sweden’s first carbon-positive district, Ljusekulla integrates agriculture throughout its 80 hectares https://www.skanska.se/en-us/about-skanska/sustainability/h22/ljusekulla/ hat tip: We Don’t Have Time … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: agriculture, climate, ecology, energy, environment, gardening, sustainability, urban agriculture

Energy as a System, Systems as Synergy

September 4, 2022 By gmoke

MIT has designed a program which maximizes the production of wind farms by operating the wind farm as a system, not individual wind turbines. Reducing downwind turbulence within the whole wind farm can increase energy production by 1.2% to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Donella Meadows, ecology, electricity, energy, environment, r-buckminster-fuller, renewables, sustainability, synergy, systems, thermodynamics, windpower

Studying 100% Renewable Energy Studies

August 23, 2022 By gmoke

the war that matters is the war against the imagination all other wars are subsumed in it. Diane di Prima, “Rant" On the History and Future of 100% Renewable Energy Systems Research (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9837910) is a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ecology, electricity, energy, environment, futures, renewables, solar, sustainability, windpower

Zero Net Energy – August 2022

August 18, 2022 By gmoke

Net zero energy city planned for Egypt, with plans to produce more energy AND food than it consumes https://urb.ae/projects/nexgensustainablecity/ https://inhabitat.com/first-climate-positive-net-zero-city-in-the-world/ Hotels With … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: city planing, climate, climate resilience, ecology, efficiency, energy, net zero emissions, net zero energy, renewables, sustainability

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