Clean Energy

How to tap the sun, wind, tide, and other planet-friendly sources of power.

The First Rural Women Heroes of Tombouctou

posted May 07, 2008

If a village in Tombouctou can be solar electrified against such tremendous odds adopting a Barefoot approach, then it is possible to replicate this process anywhere.

The First Women Barefoot Solar Engineers of the Gambia

posted Feb 14, 2008

See the solar installation in process, start to finish: follow two rural illiterate women from The Gambia who learn how to become Barefoot Solar Engineers.

Let the Sun Shine In (and some wind, too)

posted Feb 08, 2008

Barefoot Photographers :: Photo Essay :4:

posted Feb 08, 2008

13 Best Energy Ideas

by Sarah van Gelder

posted Jan 29, 2008

Investment in energy projects will total $16 trillion in the next two decades. Sarah van Gelder lays out over a dozen sustainable energy policies and technologies that can make our infrastructure more climate friendly.

Electricity: An Astonishing Abundance

by Guy Dauncey

posted Jan 29, 2008

Solar energy from photovoltaics, energy from wind, energy from waves and times and from geothermal sources add up to enough to transition from fossil fuels. It is doable.

Local Energy, Local Power

by Winona LaDuke

posted Nov 07, 2006

Energy for Democracy - wind on the Great Plains could power the country. Tribes are working to bring energy production home.

It Takes Energy to Make Energy

by Doug Pibel

posted May 11, 2006

Biofuel creation graphically explained.

Peak oil preview: North Korea & Cuba

by Dale Jiajun Wen

posted May 05, 2006

Cuba survived much more comfortably than North Korea after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the consequent diminished oil supply. The government reaction of both countries is examined as a precursor to Peak Oil throughout the world.

Questions for Students: Bringing Biodiesel from Colorado to Colombia

by YES! for Youth Education Program

posted Mar 10, 2005

Questions for reflection and discussion from the article "Bringing Biodiesel from Colorado to Colombia"

Making it Last

by Hunter Lovins

posted Aug 10, 2004

Hunter Lovins helped found and manage the Rocky Mountain Institute, famous for turning conventional wisdom about energy on its head. She’s still changing minds in the worlds of business, nonprofits, and government, showing a more sustainable path to prosperity.

Cool Technologies

posted Aug 10, 2004

Ten of our favorite simple ways to cut oil dependence.

Getting There on Less

by Guy Dauncey

posted Aug 10, 2004

How might we get around with less oil? Here’s a 12-step program to kick our addiction to gas guzzling.

Resource Guide: Can We Live Without Oil?

posted Jul 27, 2004

Books and website listings that deal with alternatives to oil, and conservation. energy efficiency and renewable energy/fuels, alternative transportation, understanding the problem with oil

Tribes Find Power In Wind

by Winona LaDuke

posted May 20, 2004

Intertribal Council on Utility Policy, COUP, first wind generator dedicated on Rosebud Reservation, clean energy windshed. sustainable homeland economic development. summer 2003.