The new black gold?
Biochar - charcoal derived from burning plants - can boost crop yields and help fight climate change. Andrew Tolve | July/August 2010 issue In the summer of 2002, scientist and entrepreneur Danny Day sent a lab assistant to retrieve some charcoal from behind Day’s lab in Blakely, Read More...
Video: Lester Brown on Plan B
Ode Editors | June/July 2009 issue Lester Brown was invited to speak at the Aspen Environment Forum, in Aspen, Colorado on March 25, 2009 on getting the market to tell the environmental Read More...
Ola Altera: Changing Sweden's mind about fossil fuel
Prominent cancer scientist Karl-Henrik Robert calls Ola Altera a silent hero of the energy sector. Andrew Tolve | Jan/Feb 2009 issue The transformation caught everyone by surprise, even the people who pulled it off. In 1981, 90 percent of Sweden's power plants burned fossil fuel, while just 10 Read More...
Offsets and upsets
Is carbon offsetting a help or hindrance in tackling climate change? Duncan Clark | November 2008 issue Steve and Lisa met while on holiday in Spain, and quickly fell head over heels for each other. That Christmas, at a party, Steve got drunk and unavoidably repeatedly cheated on Lisa with Cheri, Read More...