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Get People Back on the Land for Health and Peace –AASHE 2008

In the space of an hour, Vandana Shiva, physicist and agricultural activist, managed to connect the oil and human labor inputs required by modern agriculture, the nutritional deficit of monocrops, … Read more

Chasing Clean Fuel in the Lab

The idea of an efficient, clean-burning, sustainable fuel that could power everything from cars to commercial skyscrapers is a seductive one. Currently, many world-class research labs and over 200 small … Read more

Redirecting the Waste Stream: Using waste vegetable oil as fuel

As petroleum products become more expensive and concern over greenhouse gases rises, biofuel is the word on everyone’s lips. So far, two primary sources are in production. Ethanol, which is … Read more

Moving Past the Low-hanging Fruit at University of Missouri

One of our Chill Out! competition winners, the University of Missouri, has accomplished the admiral task of reducing their energy use by 19% per square foot since 1990, while still … Read more

Closing the Biodiesel Loop!

Check out what Appalachian State is doing to close the biodiesel loop!  They use food waste, solar panels and even naturally filter and use the waste water.  Check it out!  … Read more

Campuses Taking the Lead on Global Warming Solutions

"Sea-bed plan to store carbon", a recent BBC News article, details the theory that storing carbon dioxide under the sea could help to reduce global warming and will probably pose no … Read more

Second Campus in Maine to Meet 100% of Electricity Needs from Greener Power

Following in the footsteps of College of the Atlantic, Bates College announced recently it will purchase all of its electricity from renewable energy sources in Maine, specifically biomass generating plants … Read more

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