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The Zero Emissions Race: Four Teams Compete To Go Around The Globe Using Renewable Energy

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Jules Verne’s Phileas Fogg, the main fictional character in the 1873 novel “Around the World in Eighty Days,” was an ambitious man. His passion was to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days, but he had nothing on Louis Palmer, the Swiss teacher who built his own solar car and took it around the globe to demonstrate the power and potential of solar energy. Now Palmer has inspired others, and tomorrow five teams from four continents are starting a race around the globe with electric vehicles. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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California Sues Fannie and Freddie to Save PACE

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo via flickr Last month, I wrote about how Representatives Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Representative Barney Frank, chairman of the House Committee on Financial Services, sent a letter to the Obama Administration trying to save PACE, the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program, which allows homeowners to finance their own solar panels or energy-savings retrofits by an addition to their property tax bill. Now California Attorney General Jerry Brown is suing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, w… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Solar Powered Fridges Have Huge Impact on Struggling Villages in Swaziland

Posted on June 5, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo: J. Novak Swaziland is one of the poorest and most rural nations in the world. Most of the villages have no running water, electricity, or refrigerators. But a new innovation is serving to make life a lot more manageable for rural families in Swaziland. The communal building in many of the villages now has a solar powered fridge. See how these responsible refrigerators are impacting many African villages…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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House for Booklovers is an Off-Grid Wood Wonder

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

All image credits: Gillean Proctor Wood Design and Building shows us a house for booklovers on a remote island in the Juan de Fuca Strait off the coast of British Columbia, designed by Helliwell + Smith, AKA Blue Sky Architecture. It is completely off-grid but on the north side of the island, setting up “a dichotomy between ocean views and sunshine.” It is designed to both harvest sunlight to the south and frame views to the north…. Read the full story on TreeHugger