Actress Cate Blanchett applauds Danny Kennedy's work in the solar power industry. He helped in turning the Sydney Theatre Company into a green building. Cate Blanchett | Jan/Feb 2010 issue I first met Danny through my husband, Andrew, and have followed his work on clean … [Read more...] about Danny Kennedy: Solar energy entrepreneur
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Passive House: Super energy efficient housing
How a new kind of home which produces more energy than it consumes, can drastically reduce fuel bills and CO2 emissions. Ursula Sautter | June/July 2009 issue Governments around the world are scrambling to address the twin crises of our times—the recession and climate change—by … [Read more...] about Passive House: Super energy efficient housing
We need to take responsibility for what we buy
Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence and Social Intelligence, says we need to work on our collective relationship with the planet. In his new book, Ecological Intelligence, he argues we can do that in part by making smarter shopping choices. E.B. Boyd | June/July 2009 … [Read more...] about We need to take responsibility for what we buy
Brown is the new green
Advertisers love the word "green." British journalist Nick Rosen doesn't - not anymore. On off-grid.net, the website he edits, he argues environmentalists should wear a different color now. Marco Visscher | March 2009 issue What's wrong with green? "Green was a word that stood … [Read more...] about Brown is the new green