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Posted 6 days ago
Concerns about global warming, rising fossil fuel prices, and oil insecurity have prompted calls for a new energy economy, one that replaces fossil fuels with renewables. The sun is an enormous reserv
Posted 6 days ago
Last summer, I got hooked on the idea of baking pizza and bread outdoors in a wood-fired oven. Baking outside, in a super hot oven with a brick hearth, (the way bread is really meant to be baked) was
Posted 1 week ago
If you a blogger, web media producer, or some other kind of internet content creator, it's hard not to admire Annie Leonard. She, along with the folks at Free Range Studios, took the rather weighty to
Tags: analysis
Posted 1 week ago
When I stumbled upon this video of the production of an Adidas 2010 World Cup soccer ball, it struck me as a huge lesson in embodied energy. Embodied energy is a term to describe all of the energy tha
Posted 1 week ago
By Lester R. BrownThe harnessing of solar energy is expanding on every front as concerns about climate change and energy security escalate, as government incentives for harnessing solar energy expand,
Posted 1 week ago
Windows are very frequently a source of lost heat in your home. Older homes may suffer from only having single-paned windows, which lose a large amount of heat, and even newer double-paned insulated w
Posted 2 weeks ago
While many of us in the environmental community literally rejoice in the growth and prominence of the creation care within evangelical Christianity, I'd guess we're still trying to figure this m
Posted 2 weeks ago
Everybody loves mushrooms. (Well, almost everybody. I sure do, at least.) Unfortunately, mushrooms fetch a high price in supermarkets, and even worse, they are often subject to pesticides and other ha
Posted 3 weeks ago
The past two years have witnessed the emergence of a powerful movement opposing the construction of new coal-fired power plants in the United States. Initially led by environmental groups, both nation
Tags: political
Posted 3 weeks ago
There's a revolution happening in the middle of the country, outside of urban influence, in the rolling prairies, and nestled amongst fields of corn, wheat, and soybeans. You might be surprised to lea
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