Tag: Appropriate Technology - Page 7
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Blowing Hot and Cold on Ground Source Heat Pumps
The people at Green Building Elements do their usual thorough explanation of GSHPs, or ground source heat pumps (which I still refuse to call geothermal) saying that :
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Gas Stations of the Future: Waste Land?
Transport Infrastructure Will Change With the i-MIEV electric car being rolled out sooner than expected and electric vehicles like the G-Wiz and Vectrix becoming ever-more common sights on our streets, it's a good time to start figuring out what the
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Snowcamp Aquaponics: DIY Fish Farming with Zero Experience
Couple Document Aquaponics for Complete Beginners From my video roundup of DIY aquaponics systems to posts on the Growing Power urban farm and Backyard Aquaponics Magazine, the idea that we can produce both high-quality protein and fruits and vegetables
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Solar-Powered LED Lanterns: A Replacement for Kerosene?
In the developed world when we talk about renewable energy, most of the time we talk about solutions which tie into the electric grid and ways to make these more available. Apart from those people who purposely choose to live off-grid, pretty much
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New Offset Industry Body Has Emissions Reduction Focus
Offsets Must Be Matched With Reductions As we've said many times, from our guide on How to Green Your to Carbon Offsets to our coverage of Eurostar's eco-efforts, offsets are only a small part of the answer when it comes to fighting climate change.
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DIY Aquaponics: A Video Roundup
From our original post on aquaponics to our coverage of Milwaukee’s proposed Urban Aquaculture Center, the community focused Growing Power farm or Backyard Aquaponics Magazine, the concept of integrating fish farming with hydroponics in a mutually
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Backyard Aquaponics: Bringing Food Production Back Home
The concept of aquaponics certainly seems to be capturing folks’ imaginations right now. Only
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Growing Power: Urban Aquaponics, Vermiculture and Sustainable Agriculture
When we reported on the proposed Urban Aquaculture Center (UAC) last week, commenter Luke informed us of a video featuring UAC affiliates Growing Power — a collective of urban community farms experimenting with aquaponics, vermiculture, greenhouse
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The Urban Aquaculture Center: Aquaponics Goes Big
While traditional aquaculture comes with both benefits and drawbacks, many folks believe it may play an increasingly important role in feeding a hungry world. And with urbanization continuing apace world-wide, anything that can bring food production
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Climate Care Enables Efficient Stove Offsets to Achieve Gold Standard
As JP Morgan's Bruce Tozer mentioned briefly in our interview with him about his company's acquisition of UK offsetting pioneers Climate Care, the internationally recognized Gold Standard is likely to play a big role in maintaining consumer
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"Solar Water Disinfecting Tarpaulin" is the 2008 Metropolis Next Generation Design Winner
Clap your hands and say "Yeah!" for Eric Olsen, the winner of the 2008 Metropolis Next Generation Design Prize. The architect and college professor took home the fifth-annual prize for his response to this year's theme of water.
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Triodos Launches US$17m Renewables Investment Opportunity
Triodos, the European ethical savings bank, has made our pages many times before, and there's a reason it is so popular with the green crowd. Triodos annual meetings are far from the usual bank fodder, seeing experts convene to discuss everything
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Surviving Peak Everything: The Guardian on Community-led vs Individual Responses
We've already noted that survivalism is the new black, and with climate change, peak oil, and rising food prices all vying for our attention, it's little wonder that folks all over are thinking more and more about what they would do if our
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Utility Builds Replica 1930s House to Test Renewables
We had to do a double take on this one. A UK energy company is building a brand-new house, to 1930s standards, in order to go green. The idea isn’t entirely as daft as it sounds. E.On, one of the largest energy companies in Britain, is teaming up with
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Jeremy Leggett on a "Crisis to Dwarf Previous Crises"
We're pretty avid watchers of Solarcentury CEO Jeremy Leggett here at TreeHugger. From our interview with him back in 2006, to his recent musings on why greed is good for the renewables industries, Leggett never fails to stir up an interesting and
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First Eco Browser Debuts on Earth Day
Wouldn't it be nice to support a green cause by just being online? Today, just in time for Earth Day, the first green browser breaks onto the scene. Maybe you've already heard of Flock, a social web browser that in effect, puts all your social
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Solar Payback Reasonably Profitable, Even in the UK
Last year Guardian columnist Ashley Seager crunched some numbers on whether solar was a good investment for his London home, and after including government subsidies he concluded that an installation would be more profitable than putting his money in
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Solar Hot Water: The Guardian Agrees With Us
Only last month we were wondering why more houses don’t have solar hot water heaters – in fact, we were advocating that every house should have one. It seems others are agreeing with us, with Lucy Siegle over at The Guardian
