Living Hero interview with Vandana Shiva
Kirjoitettu 10.3.2010, kategoria Sekalaista, Uutiset.
Around the world civilian rights to food and water are being eroded by the patenting of life forms and by privatization of water systems. Some farmers have been hit with law suits for patent infringement, while they were planting heritage seeds. The outspoken, multi-talented Vandana Shiva, joins us to talk about these and other issues of capitalist globalization. She is a celebrated ecofeminist, grassroots activist, research physicist, author, and international advocate for alternatives to global corporate hegemony.
Lähde: Energy Bulletin
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Gas - Mar 10
Kirjoitettu 10.3.2010, kategoria Uutiset, Öljyhuippu.
-US EPA chief concerned about gas drilling fluids
-Europe the new frontier in shale gas rush
-The true cost of shale gas production
-The Natural Gas Shopping Spree Quickens
Lähde: Energy Bulletin
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Prototype Solar Power-Assist for Buses
Kirjoitettu 10.3.2010, kategoria Sekalaista.
Sunpods Inc. is California-based manufacturing company. They produce modular, fully integrated and tested solar power generation systems. Recently they have come out with an idea of the first solar power-assist system for buses. They should be applauded for developing it in a mere six weeks. Their partner is Bauer Intelligent Transportation. The system developed [...]
Posted in: Public Transit, Solar Power, Transportation
Lähde: Alternative Energy
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The Story of Transition Tales
Kirjoitettu 8.3.2010, kategoria Sekalaista, Uutiset.
This is the story of Transition Tales, a small group within Transition Town Totnes. One of the aims of this project is to raise awareness within Primary and Secondary School children of the transition solution of community led response to the twin challenges of Peak Oil and Climate Change by creating positive stories.
Lähde: Energy Bulletin
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Collaboratively We Are Really, Really Smart
Kirjoitettu 8.3.2010, kategoria Uutiset, Öljyhuippu.
KrisCan talks with designer Ken Eklund, the creator of World Without Oil, an online game that dealt with the first 32 weeks of a global oil crisis where players were encouraged to contribute stories, podcasts or videos that chronicled their experience of an imagined reality…
Lähde: Energy Bulletin
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Environmental film wins Academy Award
Kirjoitettu 8.3.2010, kategoria Polttoaineet, Sekalaista, Uutiset.
The Cove's poster image
There were two environmental films in the Best Documentary category at the 2010 Academy Awards, but it was a film calling for an end of dolphin slaughter in Japan that took home the Oscar statuette.
The Cove was directed by Louie Psihoyos and features former Flipper , Ric O’Barry, who now dedicates his life to putting an end to the captive dolphin industry.
The movie focuses on a particular fishing village in Japan, Taiji, where every year thousands of dolphins are corralled and brutally killed, turning the sea around the village into a huge pool of blood. Dolphin meat is notorious for being laden with mercury. Besides, the real profit comes from the multi-billion captive dolphin industry, to which the fishermen sell some of the dolphins they capture.
Besides the shocking theme, the film captured the world’s attention for its action thriller structure. In order to make the film, the activists had to use state-of-the-art equipment to avoid the locals’ paranoid and aggressive surveillance, as the filmmakers were not welcome to film the gruesome proceedings in Taiji. The result is a mixture of investigative journalism and stunning imagery that culminates with the revelation of what goes on at the cove.
The producers now hope that the Oscar win will increase exposure for the film in Japan, although those interested in continuing with this cruel and environmentally unsound trade have been making threats against them.
The popular exposé of the food industry Food Inc. was the other environmental movie competiting for the Best Documentary award.
Trailer for The Cove
Lähde: EnergyRefuge.com Blog
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Energy-Recycling Artificial Foot
Kirjoitettu 7.3.2010, kategoria Sekalaista.
It should come as no great surprise that walking with a prosthetic limb is difficult. According to a newly published paper on prosthesis, walking with a prosthetic foot requires 23 percent more energy than walking naturally. This is because a natural gait returns and recycles energy in an efficient way, but a prosthetic limb [...]
Posted in: Human Power, Inventions
Lähde: Alternative Energy
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The smart grid field is expected to grow to $ 16 billion by 2015
Kirjoitettu 7.3.2010, kategoria Sekalaista.
Power grid markets have been attracting investors, businesses and policymakers around the world, where the highly developed interest in the benefits of smart grid technologies and metering is growing.
Lähde: Topix
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For 2 leaders, state is a player in fight for jobs
Kirjoitettu 7.3.2010, kategoria Sekalaista.
The right government spending - for state universities, research grants and incentives - can transform South Carolina into a hub for automotive, alternative energy and biomedical research, House Speaker Bobby Harrell thinks.
Lähde: Topix
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Got Data and Regs!
Kirjoitettu 6.3.2010, kategoria Sekalaista, Uutiset.
Going organic is proving to be a good investment for small and medium-sized farmers—and they are receiving some government protection against Big Agriculture as well.
Lähde: Energy Bulletin
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