It’s not environmentalists selling us a “doom-and-gloom” future, but our culture of consumerism that’s telling us everybody on the planet can — and should — have everything we want. That message, promoted by business, the media and government alike, is unsustainable and setting us on the path for a future
Jurdy encounters yet another gnawing problem …
Hello Readers After the unsurprising disappointment in Copenhagen last month, it is once again that my thoughts are reinforced: Economics will drive the move to a low-carbon economy, especially when the price of oil rises. However – we at Greenbang have tasked ourselves with making 2010’s news on non-oil dependent
wind energy
Britain’s announcement today that it had awarded development rights for 32 gigawatts of new wind energy puts the UK in a whole new region of the global renewables map, as you can see by the two graphics below. First, here’s how Britain stacks up today among the world’
wind energy
Living on an island nation gives people a unique perspective on their place in the world. Consider, for example, the island countries being threatened by rising sea levels thanks to climate change. Though tiny in size, their populations roared during the recent climate talks in Copenhagen to express their outrage
Jurdy offers a wintertime warning …
food security
We’ve dubbed 2010 the “year to really start worrying about food security,” and now we want to hear your thoughts. Where do believe the best solutions lie for feeding an ever-more-hungry planet? Will they involve: * The miracles of food technology: Lab-grown meat, nanotech wizardry and genetically modified crops that
food security
It started already last year, but 2010 is shaping up to be the year in which the issue of food security takes on a greater sense of urgency. Why? Because policy-makers have connected the dots about where current trends are taking us, and it’s scaring them silly. Consider the
grumpy environmentalist
Editor’s note: Two years ago, Stephen Waddington moved with his family from Ealing, London, to rural Northumberland. He joins the Greenbang team to write an occasional feature about his family’s attempts to renovate a 300-year farmhouse and live by eco principals. Stephen is the managing director of Speed,
hydrogen
Editor’s note: The following is part one of an ongoing series Greenbang will be publishing to review how each element in the periodic table fits in with the vision of a cleaner, greener economy. Hydrogen, the first entry in the periodic table of elements, is not only the lightest
renewable energy
Antarctica’s the coldest, driest continent on the planet, and it’s also the windiest. Couple that with the fact that the summer months bring round-the-clock sunshine, and you’ve got an ideal spot for taking advantage of wind and solar power. That’s just what a number of Antarctic
Smart Grid
Following is a guest commentary penned by Jonas N. Olsen, vice president of marketing and sales for On-Ramp Wireless Inc., which provides the first purpose-built wireless system for efficiently connecting billions of hard-to-reach devices in metro scale and other challenging environments. A variety of wireless systems and topologies are being
