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...
Video: Life with a hydrogen fuel cell
Take a tour through the Kawamoris' house and see a brief interview with Mrs. Kawamori on having a hydrogen fuel cell that powers the family's home. Ode Editors | April 2009 Read More...
Blue Energy: A potential source of renewable energy
What do you get when saltwater and fresh water meet? A clean, renewable source of power called blue energy. Diane Daniel | March 2009 issue The blades stutter a bit at first, but after a couple of halting starts, the tiny propeller on the miniature windmill is soon turning at top speed. The fuel: Read More...
Albina Ruiz Rios: A passion for recycling
Author and consultant John Elkington says he is inspired by Albina Ruiz Rios's passion for recycling and the environment. John Elkington | Jan/Feb 2009 issue Scene: a quiet gathering of Optimists Anonymous. It's my turn to speak. So I admit it: I'm John, and I'm an optimist, though sometimes you Read More...
Ola Altera: Changing Sweden's mind about fossil fuel
Prominent cancer scientist Karl-Henrik Robert calls Ola Altera a silent hero of the energy sector. Andrew Tolve | Jan/Feb 2009 issue The transformation caught everyone by surprise, even the people who pulled it off. In 1981, 90 percent of Sweden's power plants burned fossil fuel, while just 10 Read More...
Green technologies buy time for the environment
Meeting the challenge of the global climate crisis isn’t impossible if we start investing in innovative green companies.. Amy Domini | December 2008 issue The Earth 's population has grown staggeringly in a single lifetime, from less than 3 billion in 1960 to 6.7 billion. And with China and Read More...
Norway puts hydrogen-powered cars on the road
Norway is creating a network of hydrogen filling stations to power cars that run on fuel cells. Diane Daniel | December 2008 issue From Oslo, where most Norwegians live, the nearest hydrogen filling station is about two hours away, first along a freeway, then down a smaller, winding highway and Read More...
On the road again
After a false start in the 1990s, electric cars are back - and it looks like they're here to stay. Diane Daniel | October 2008 issue I’m having no problem keeping up with Monday morning rush-hour traffic on Highway E18 heading west into Oslo, Norway, although I do wish I knew which exit I Read More...
Talkin' 'bout my generation
Good news! Soaring energy costs could get even worse, spurring a new era in which people make clean power for themselves. Blaine Greteman | September 2008 issue In the 1920s, millions of rural Americans got their energy the same way they got their butter—they made it themselves. Off-grid when Read More...
Down and dirty
How carbon farming, the practise of putting CO2 back into the soil, can help fight global warming. Jay Walljasper| June 2008 issue Of all the potential solutions for global warming, this has to be one of the, well, most unusual: “Eat a local grass-fed burger.” Yet John Wick is entirely serious Read More...