Today’s Solutions: December 03, 2024

Talkin' 'bout my gen

Talkin' 'bout my generation

Good news! Soaring energy costs could get even worse, spurring a new era in which people make clean power for themselves. Blaine Greteman | September 2008 issue In the 1920s, millions of rural Americans got their energy the same way they got their butter—they made it themselves. Off-grid when Read More...

Power couple

Power couple

Rebekah and Stephen Hren took a 75-year-old house and turned it into a model zero-carbon home. Here’s how. Diane Daniel | September 2008 issue Rebekah Hren stands over the small desk in the bedroom she and her husband Stephen share in Durham, North Carolina, and powers up their Mac mini. She Read More...