Tag Archives: eco-friendly
Green Thursdays: Renewable Energy – firing up new industries in South Africa
From Greenpeace Africa: Since the 1990s, wind and solar power installations around the world have grown faster than any other power plant technology. This rapid expansion reached a high point in 2010 when it provided enough capacity to supply electricity … Continue reading
Green Thursdays: Getting ready to react to Fukushima
From New York Times: Reacting to Japan’s Fukushima disaster, the nuclear industry is preparing to present regulators with a streamlined package of voluntary safety improvements that it says could be put into effect quickly — although they would not be … Continue reading
Green Thursdays: Google sets solar plant deals
From Reuters: Google Inc and TransCanada Corp announced deals to buy solar power projects on Tuesday, just days after billionaire Warren Buffett made his second major purchase in the sector. Prices for solar panels have fallen more than 40 percent … Continue reading
Green Thursdays: Turn The Eiffel Tower Green?
From EcoGeek: A concept to turn the Eiffel Tower into a giant green wall has been proposed as a symbolic statement of “the reconciliation of nature and mankind.”The plan calls for 600,000 plants to be attached to the structure using … Continue reading
Green Thursdays: Woody Guthrie’s 1942 New Year’s Resolutions Resonate Today
From Tree Hugger: Boingboing/via Mark at BoingBoing shows us Woody Guthrie’s new years resolutions for 1942. The great American folksinger (This Land is Your Land) had some that would be good for all of us today, such as Eat good-fruit- … Continue reading
Green Thursdays: 2011 – The Year In Extreme Weather
From Tree Hugger: Jamiesrabbits via Flickr/CC BY 2.0 I’d just finished posting about the incredible amount of havoc wreaked by extreme weather events in 2011–there were 32 different disasters that each cost over $1 billion, and one that cost as … Continue reading