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“The conventional energy industry is the biggest corrupter in the world.” “If there is no change by 2030 there will be a bigger economic crash than the recent banking collapse.” “The system must change.” “Renewables are the only solution.” – Hans-Josef Fell, member of German Parliament, Spokesperson for Energy and Technology, Faction Alliance90/The Greens While [...]
Heavy Pedal Cyclecide Bike Rodeo is a consortium of inventors, bike mechanics, artists, musicians and visionaries who love bikes and building stuff. Their wild imaginations having created all manner of beautiful recycled bike art machines- everything from a wacky two-wheeled Chupacabra to a complete bicycle-powered carnival. Bicycles are seen not only as a vehicle, but [...]
25% of all the world’s large-scale terrestrial migrations have already ceased due to habitat loss and human-caused changes to the landscape, and it may not be long before all migrations disappear entirely. That according to a new study, which warns that with continued population growth, development and habitat encroachment, storied epics like those of wildebeest [...]
While we here at EcoLocalizer generally try to put a focus on the good eco-oriented stuff people are doing around the country, we’ll occasionally spot an egregious instance of anti-green behavior that shouldn’t go unmentioned … at least for the sake of public awareness. And that’s the case with today’s post, in which we point [...]
Greenpeace calculates that the exploitation of less than 1% of the total solar thermal potential of the sun would be enough to stabilise the world climate through massive carbon dioxide reductions. Some large scale technologies must become viable to even approach this level. One’s first thought on solar energy is often the photo voltaic systems [...]
