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Letters from Costa Rica, Part II – Parenting in the Jungle
by Juliana Birnbaum Fox, fellow collaborator with Craig Mackintosh on the Sustainable (R)evolution Book Project. Editor’s Note: This is part…
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The German Disease
The scheme for supporting renewables that the UK is importing from Germany has been a disaster there. by George Monbiot:…
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On Rooftops Worldwide – a Solar Water Heating Revolution
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute The harnessing of solar energy is expanding on every front as concerns about…
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Life at Zaytuna: Closing the Loop
By Lindsay Dailey In a world where less than 1% of the planet’s fresh water is available for human consumption,…
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A Great Green Rip-Off
The feed-in tariffs about to be introduced here are extortionate, useless and deeply regressive. by George Monbiot: journalist, author, academic…
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Coal Fired Power on the Way Out?
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute The past two years have witnessed the emergence of a powerful movement opposing…
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Life at Zaytuna – Meet Red
Editor’s Preamble: People are increasingly disgusted with the cruelty, disease and pollution associated with factory farms. Events like the recent…
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Wave Power
Way back in the 1970s, in the oil crisis era, and around about the time I was experiencing carless days…
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Zero Carbon Australia?
A new study attempts to flesh out a blueprint for a rapid energy descent for Australia It’s clear that the…
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Jawaseri School Garden Project, Jordan
Just as I was leaving Jordan, after making the Greening the Desert II update video, another little project was just…
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Letters from Sri Lanka – Sarvodaya Builds Sri Lanka’s First Eco-Village
Part VII of a series – If you haven’t already, please read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV,…
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Micro-Hydro for a Slovak Village
A turbine with a 21 kWh generating capacity is the centrepiece of a little village in the mountainous north central…
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