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Philippe Starck’s Revolutionair Wind Turbines | Styleture.com – notable designs and functional living spaces

The green movement has just gotten a boost from one of the most famous designers in the world. Philippe Starck has teamed up with the Italian manufacturing group PRAMAC to develop the first designer wind turbine designs for home use. The turbines come in two designs, and will produce 400 watts [...]

Electric vehicle proponents urge Oregon to take the lead

A combination of new tax credits, government incentives and education and industry partnerships could help spark Oregon’s nascent electric vehicle cluster.

So say government and business leaders who’ll soon unveil ideas to urge economic development within the growing sector. The Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Working Group will make its economic development recommendations to Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski, [...]

Clean Energy Works: Portland

Clean Energy Works Portland is a pilot program that will help up to 500 qualified Portland homes finance and install energy efficiency upgrades.

The pilot offers homeowners access to low-cost financing for energy efficiency home improvements, like new insulation or the installation of a high efficiency furnace or water heater. To help decide which upgrades and [...]

Solar Power: Turns Out That Yes, You Can Take It With You – All Tech Considered – Technology News And Culture Blog : NPR

I’ve been thinking about solar energy lately. And thankfully, it’s more interesting to think about right now than it ever has been. I’m looking for solar chargers — something light and durable that also works in partial sunlight.

Two things led me to look into all this — a bike and a boat.

As a [...]

A Once-Dark Polaroid Factory Goes Green : NPR

A Once-Dark Polaroid Factory Goes Green : NPR.

Many old factories around the country now sit dark and empty. But at a once-defunct Polaroid film factory in New Bedford, Mass., the lights are on again and a new industry is rising up inside the ruins of an old one.

The company Konarka makes solar panels, but not [...]

U.S. Climate Change Plan Is Idea Rich, Cash Poor : NPR

The warming climate is driving several thousand people north, to Copenhagen — for two weeks, anyway. Representatives from nearly 200 countries are gathering there to try to work out a new international treaty to curb global warming, one that would supplant the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012.

Prospects are dim, though, for a [...]

Your Crap, Our Compost — In These Times

Poop.

A generally fecal-phobic society reacts to the thought with a mix of snickering interest and fearful aversion, all dispatched in a single flush. But Nance Klehm, 43-year-old urban forager and grower, transforms human excrement into nutritious soil one bucket at a time.

Klehm’s Humble Pile, a local do-it-yourself human waste composting project, introduces a backyard alternative [...]

Urban Organic Gardener: Self-Watering Fire Escape Garden in NYC // Current

You don’t have to have a lot of outdoor space or cash to start an organic garden – in fact, if you’ve got a fire escape and some plastic containers in your recycling bin, you can grow everything from fresh greens [...]

Car of the Future Will Run on Its Own Waste Energy : CleanTechnica

Electricity is the ultimate portable fuel, so running a car on electricity opens a world of possibilities in terms of harvesting and using sustainable energy while on the go. Thermoelectric innovator Amerigon Incorporated has one especially interesting approach: capture the waste energy from the car’s engine exhaust and recycle it into electric [...]

Build It Green Home Tour 2009

Please join us for the eighth annual BIG! Home Tour and Info Fair on Saturday, September 19th, 2009

Eighteen green remodels and new homes will be open 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. in the Portland metro area. You’ll be able to chat with homeowners and contractors about solar panels, rain water harvesting, ecoroofs, affordable housing, [...]

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