Collaboration / Emerging Technologies / Food & Farming / Purchasing Green / Sustainable Design
Pioneer City 2030: What the Energy System of the Future Looks Like
Patrick Mazza, 3 Jul 09 The energy system of the future is being founded now. New energy systems and technologies are growing on an accelerating curve: • Buildings that are green, super-efficient and fully managed by digital technologies have become economically competitive. • Hybrid vehicles...
Kunstler: Stop Calling Americans “Consumers”
Joe Romm, 30 Jun 09 I was at a small meeting on peak oil Friday — Executive Summary: We’re peaking now! James Kunstler, author of The Long Emergency, was there. He is in the Mad Max/Lovelock/Wall-E school of dystopia, and so I have a...
Worldchanging Interview: Emily Cummins
WorldChanging Team, 30 Jun 09 By Spring Greeney Innovator. Entrepreneur. Advocate. All this, and only 22 years old. But when I asked British university student and designer Emily Cummins where she draws her inspiration, her answer was surprisingly humble. "I had a really inspirational granddad...
Backseat Driver: Car doubles as Eco-Instructor
WorldChanging Team, 26 Jun 09 By Hannah Bullock It’s a well-known fact that a vehicle’s gas mileage depends a lot on how it’s handled. By now, we all know the rules of eco-driving at least vaguely: watch your speed, don’t accelerate too quickly, avoid harsh...
Interview with IRENA Director General Nominee Hans Jǿrgen Koch
Ben Block, 25 Jun 09 Wind and solar power and other "new" renewable energy sources provide Denmark with more electricity, on a percentage basis, than any other country. This accomplishment can be attributed in large part to the work of Hans Jǿrgen Koch. For more...
