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How the nation can get on “top” of sustainability challenges
It’s no secret: many places in our country are hot. While that may appeal to beach bums and bikini-lovers, it also brings with it huge environmental consequences and economic pressures, most notably in massive energy bills for cooling and a large cloud of emissions–carbon and Read More...
The new black gold?
Biochar - charcoal derived from burning plants - can boost crop yields and help fight climate change. Andrew Tolve | July/August 2010 issue In the summer of 2002, scientist and entrepreneur Danny Day sent a lab assistant to retrieve some charcoal from behind Day’s lab in Blakely, Read More...
For the good of Gaia
Eco-visionary James Lovelock believes catastrophic climate change is on the way—and we should start preparing for it now. Marco Visscher | November 2009 issue He seems to lead the life of a typ_ical scientist-cum-inventor. For over thirty years, James Lovelock has quietly worked in his laboratory Read More...
Ode's 2009 Organic Top 20
A garden of earthly delights — Ode’s annual pick of products that are good for your body, your soul and the planet. The Editors | May 2009 issue Back in March, First Lady Michelle Obama made a bold statement when she picked up a shovel and began digging up a patch of White House lawn to plant Read More...
Hydrogen in every home
How the Japanese are trying to slash energy use and CO2 emissions—by installing fuel cells in people’s backyards. Winifred Bird | April 2009 issue Yasushi Kawamori has a power plant in his backyard. Not the kind that belches clouds of CO2 into the atmosphere, but the kind that’s small Read More...
Making money a renewable resource
How Peter Liu, a former oil industry engineer, stopped designing petrochemical plants and started the first green bank in U.S. David Bank. David Bank | December 2008 issue Several years ago, when the drips through our ceiling could no longer be ignored, we decided to install solar panels along Read More...
Offsets and upsets
Is carbon offsetting a help or hindrance in tackling climate change? Duncan Clark | November 2008 issue Steve and Lisa met while on holiday in Spain, and quickly fell head over heels for each other. That Christmas, at a party, Steve got drunk and unavoidably repeatedly cheated on Lisa with Cheri, Read More...
The Courthouse Effect
Our planet is getting warmer. This poses a threat to all of us. Politicians are failing to turn the tide. So do corporations and consumers. Here's a glimmer of hope: Lawyers in the U.S. are gearing up to file suit against industries creating greenhouse gases. Jurriaan Kamp | June 2006 issue Back in Read More...
Power couple
Rebekah and Stephen Hren took a 75-year-old house and turned it into a model zero-carbon home. Here’s how. Diane Daniel | September 2008 issue Rebekah Hren stands over the small desk in the bedroom she and her husband Stephen share in Durham, North Carolina, and powers up their Mac mini. She Read More...
Cancer's Achilles' heel
An old, once-abandoned theory about cancer is revived, offering hope for a raft of new non-toxic treatments. Tony Edwards| June 2008 issue Medical progress is invariably considered futuristic, but one bit of buzz in the world of cancer research surrounds a man who did most of his work in the 1930s. Read More...