New sandals arrived in the mail today. The tag was rather inspiring. From Ocean Minded
Support the 10 Million Solar Roofs Act
Support the 10 Million Solar Roofs Act
Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Leaders Reid and McConnell: On behalf of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the national trade association for the U.S. solar industry, and the undersigned leaders in the solar marketplace, we are writing to you in support of S. 1108, the 10 Million Solar Roofs Act of 2011.
via: www.solarfeeds.com
I’m joining up with the Bike Nation.
Would you?
Good cause, for every mile not driven in a car, Clif Bar will donate $1 to a charitable organization.
Apple commits to renewable power for US data centres
Apple commits to renewable power for US data centres
The company says it plans to use exclusively solar power to run all three of its high-consuming server centres Apple plans to power its main data centre entirely with renewable energy by the end of this year, taking steps to address longstanding environmental concerns about the rapid expansion of high-consuming computer server farms.
via: www.guardian.co.uk
Saudi Arabia Promises $109 Billion in Solar Power Investment
Saudi Arabia has long been a wealthy country because of its enormous oil reserves. But the kingdom also is rich in sunlight, and it now promises to invest over $100 billion to develop 41 gigawatts of solar electricity by 2032.
via: inhabitat.com
Wind.
Mother Earth Should Not Be “Owned, Privatised and Exploited” : Interview with Tom Goldtooth
In this report from IPS , Aline Jenckel interviews, TOM B.K. GOLDTOOTH, executive director of the Indigenous Environmental Network. Credit:Courtsey of Tom Goldtooth UNITED NATIONS, May 9, 2012 (IPS) - For centuries, indigenous peoples and their rights, resources and lands have been exploited.
People For Bikes is at a half million pledges.
Just imagine - 1,000,000 unified voices speaking for improved bicycle infrastructure and a break from our dependence on oil-powered transit.
Breakthrough wind turbine produces drinking water
What if your source of electricity also gave you clean drinking water?
That’s the promise of new technology developed by the French engineering firm Eole Water, first conceived in the late 90s by a man who collected water from his air conditioner. He reasoned that if an air conditioner could help him accumulate water, so could other types of machines, so he set about merging the production of electricity and water.
Today, that dream is alive and well. Eole’s turbines are currently undergoing rigorous tests in Abu Dhabi following months of development and fine tuning in France. The company says that each turbine is capable of producing up to 1,000 liters of clean drinking water per day, or about 62 per hour, simply by filtering moisture out of the air and funneling it to a storage tank below.
Thibault Janin, Eole’s director of marketing,told CNN reporter Eoghan Macguire that the turbines can cost up to $790,000, and that the company is targeting poor, water-starved regions like Africa, South America and Indonesia first.
“We have just started the commercial aspect of this product but the price is not that expensive when you compare it with the long term solution that it gives,” he reportedly said.
Over 884 million people struggle for or go without access to clean water on a daily basis,according to the U.S. Director of National Intelligence. The director warned recently that the world faces a growing potential for water being used as a “weapon” unless rapid improvements in technology can mitigate the growth of drought weary communities.
