Why The EU Is Kicking Our Clean Energy Ass
By Susan Kraemer: The EU signed Kyoto in 1997, and passed laws to lower emissions by 2005. Five years later it had double the wind power of the US, and ten times the solar power.
EARTH Archive
Academia.edu – $4.5M in Funding, 3M Unique Monthly Visitors – Can They Change Science Publication?
Don’t call it “Facebook for Scientists” – it’s not about socializing, it’s about knowledge.
Geologists Find Source of Stonehenge’s Inner Stones
By Mark Brown, Wired UK: A team of geologists from Britain have pinpointed the exact quarry that Stonehenge’s innermost circle of rocks came from.
SOLAR POWER CHEAPER TO PRODUCE THAN MOST ANALYSTS REALIZE, STUDY FINDS
By Joe Romm: According to Dr. Pearce, the real cost in 2011 is under $1 per watt for solar panels purchased in bulk on the global market.
NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMPETE TO BECOME GREENEST
By Anthony Advincula: Last Friday, Solar One and city officials announced the launch of a public school-wide competition that will award a total of $30,000 to schools that can achieve the most energy savings by next April.
Naomi Klein: Addicted to Risk
Days before this talk, journalist Naomi Klein was on a boat in the Gulf of Mexico, looking at the catastrophic results of BP’s risky pursuit of oil.
Brene Brown: The Power Of Vulnerability
My entire research career has been fueled by a commitment to bring to light the emotions, thoughts, and behaviors that we all experience but never discuss
Wind Power Unlike Any Other On Horizon
by Lauren Craig: SheerWind is a Chaska, Minnesota-based start-up with a wind power generator concept that looks nothing like any wind turbine you have ever seen.
How Social Media Is Ruining Our Minds
Written by Aaron Saenz: The ongoing creation of Web 2.0 has transformed the average internet denizen into a strange hybrid of producer and consumer.
Sheryl Sandberg On Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders
When Pat Mitchell invited me to speak at TEDWomen, everyone assumed I would talk about social media.