2010 July

Aquaponics a Sustainable Food Alternative

July 30, 2010 By Glenn Meyers 1 Comment

Travis Hughey, founder of Barrel-Ponics, features a system where plants grow without soil, fed by fish waste, and where fish feed on water plants for nutrition.

Demand for Solar Panels Drains Supply

July 29, 2010 By Dawn Killough 9 Comments

Due to increased demand for solar panels, manufacturers are scrambling to meet the industry’s needs.

Buckminster Fuller Institute Announces 2111 Call for Entries

July 28, 2010 By Glenn Meyers Leave a Comment

We’re looking for solutions that address multiple problems without creating new ones down the road— integrated strategies dealing with key social, economic, environmental, policy and cultural issues.

Energy Efficient Garage Door Tax Credit

July 26, 2010 By Chris Keenan 2 Comments

It isn’t easy being a homeowner right now. The country is only just beginning to recover from the biggest economic crises since the great depression, home values are way down, unemployment is high, and things just keep getting more expensive; including energy bills. There are lot’s of great ways to reduce our energy consumption, helping [...]

Welcoming the World’s First Molten Salt Concentrating Solar Power Plant

July 25, 2010 By Glenn Meyers 1 Comment

The Archimede plant is “the first in the world to use molten salts as the heat transfer fluid and is also the first in the world to integrate a combined-cycle gas facility and a solar thermal power plant for electricity generation.”