Can the USA stop using coal, oil, and nuclear energy by 2050, and can that transition prove economically advantageous? These two questions drove Amory Lovins and the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), a Colorado-based “think and do tank,” to write Reinventing Fire, a “roadmap for navigating the United States economy through the end of the fossil-fuel …

Affected by power outages due to tsunamis, storms and various other kinds of extreme weather, growing numbers of people around the world are thinking that it’s a good idea to generate at least some, if not all, the electricity they need at home and off-grid. Becoming even partially energy self-reliant is also seen as a …

Art enhances the cultural environment and clean technology improves the physical environment. It’s inevitable that the two would collide at some point. LAGI, or Land Art Generator Initiative, is a project intent on making that connection happen by creating cleantech art. They host a biennial design competition to source the greatest looking, most functional clean …

Advances in LED technology are driving innovation in energy efficient lighting, and that’s bringing the power of artificial light to communities across the globe, as well as making clean, energy efficient, portable lighting more widely available in the developed world. Just take a look at Nokero’s N200, a durable, portable and economic solar-powered LED light …