Photos win prize
A collection of photos we reviewed in May has won a prestigious prize. The photos of Maine off-gridders by Keliy Anderson-Staley won the Griffin Award in Boston.…
June 19, 2010
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A collection of photos we reviewed in May has won a prestigious prize. The photos of Maine off-gridders by Keliy Anderson-Staley won the Griffin Award in Boston.…
SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE HOUSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE – 18th June
REP. BAIRD: I thank you, Ms. Woolsey. I wouldn’t expect the panelists to be aware of this, but the gentleman now about to ask questions is probably the leading authority in the Congress on some of this because he is virtually off the grid, if not entirely off the grid, and has been doing renewable energy in his home, walking the talk for many, many years. So with that, I’m pleased to recognize Dr. Bartlett.
REP. ROSCOE G. BARTLETT (R-MD): Thank you very much. You know, in thinking about these alternative energies, we need to think about them in a different context. The context in which we ordinarily consider them is the present context where about half of our electricity comes from coal. And if you’re comparing these renewables with fossil fuels, they aren’t going to look very good, because the quantity and quality of energy in fossil fuels is just unsurpassed.
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Meet some of the characters from my next book – Off the Grid: Inside the Movement for More Space, Less Government, and True Independence in Modern America
I traveled around America meeting these extraordinary people and writing about their lives. Above all I wanted to find out WHY they live off the grid. In this film you will find author Carolyn Chute, explaining why she lost trust in the system — because she had little money, a hospital refused to let her in to have her baby – who was stillborn as a result. Meet author Alan Wiesbecker, who wrote In Search of Captain Zero: A Surfer’s Road Trip Beyond the End of the Road
For the next two weekends a few private households in the ancient University town of Cambridge will be creaking open their doors for an eco-home tour (you need to book).
Caroline Lucas the UK’s new Green MP — her performance in the next parliament will be crucial to the wider acceptance of Green politicians.…
Vinegar, a salad spinner and a toilet plunger are some of the everyday materials being used in a low-tech medical revolution that is transformomg healthcare off-grid and in the third world.
The new developments come as a reaction to the increasing complexity of modern medical technology which is not only expensive, but can only work in large centralised hospitals. Great if you live in a city. Not so great if you live in the boondocks, or in a country without medical infrastructure.…
The SImpsons have gone off the grid because of high electricity prices – but they did it wrong…
Dugout Dick dies in his Idaho cave at 94 – an iconic figure from another age…
Canadian village boosts its population by offering free lots to those willing to live off the grid…
The UK Green manifesto promises major redistribution of income and less reliance on centralised power.…
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