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 … [Read more...] about The new black gold?
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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 truth. … [Read more...] about Video: Lester Brown on Plan B
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, … [Read more...] about Ola Altera: Changing Sweden's mind about fossil fuel
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 … [Read more...] about Offsets and upsets