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Beekeeping relieves land degradation in Kyrgyzstan
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Europe’s renewable energy supergrid
Europe's first electricity grid for renewable power will become a political reality, as nine countries formally link clean energy projects.
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Why do we over-consume?
In pre-modern times, societies that thrived were ones that developed high rates of consumption. Need we still be slaves to this trait?
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Give thanks and don’t shop: Buy Nothing Day 2009
Buy Nothing Day challenges raises awareness about the environmental impacts of overconsumption.
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How things work: Canada’s oil sands
Huge tracts of remote forested land are strip-mined to obtain a thick crude oil called bitumen from Canada's oil sands.
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Energy descent from peak oil: Collapse or evolution?
Is the tendency to categorise environmentalists and believers in peak oil as 'doom and gloomers' justified?
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Oil reserve estimates inflated?
According to a whistleblower at the International Energy Agency, the world is much closer to running out of oil than official estimates indicate.
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Fashion from trash
Bombastic Plastic of Bali designs and sews handbags, tote bags and wallets from fabric they create by fusing together reclaimed plastic shopping bags.
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The future is electric
If the 41st Tokyo Motor Show is any guide, major car manufacturers are taking the race to build eco-friendly machines seriously.
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Launching Debate 2.0: Not in my backyard
Debate 2.0 is an open arena for sharing your ideas on controversial topics. This session: NIMBYism (not in my backyard).
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New operating system for post-peak oil age
We need to re-orient international institutions and design a new Operating System (i.e. energy policy) for the post-peak oil age.
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The world’s next breath
Central to the Transition Movement is the belief that communities can be a catalyst for the societal redesign required to respond to climate change and the coming end of cheap oil.
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Japan, waking up to peak oil?
Japan’s economy is vulnerable to peak oil due to its high dependence on fossil fuels. But is the government moving fast enough?
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Blind Spot
Blind Spot is a film that shows how we've been conditioned to consume by an oil-based economic system, while ignoring the imminent implications.
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Brazil, bio-fuel and beef
Bechara Saab, a Brazilian rancher in the state of Paraná, has developed a way to convert a cheap waste product into feed for his cattle.
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Intelligence to fuel cars of the future
The Swiss Federal Institute for Technology in Zurich introduces an environmentally-friendly automobile called the PAC-Car II to the world.
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Plugging into wind
Many governments are setting higher wind energy targets but is wind power really that hot, or just a gimmick?
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