Hot water for Chile's slums, courtesy of the sun
A public housing project aims to improve the quality of life of Chile's poor, while also lowering emissions.
SANTIAGO, Chile — Jacquelin Marin has no running hot water at home. For a while, she had no real home at all. But soon she'll have both, with the sun heating water for her showers.
Marin and her neighbors are part of a pilot program to install solar water heaters in the houses of low-income families. For Chile — a country with stark economic inequality and few fossil fuels...
Nuclear Japan: A pox on MOX?
Quake-prone Japan upgrades its nuclear power plants. Anti-nuke activists go radioactive.
Full Frame: Death of the Colorado River
As the Colorado River disappears, a photographer captures the suffering on both sides of the US-Mexico border.
South Africa protects endangered cycads
Beautiful plants from the time of the dinosaurs now threatened by thieves.
Seychelles threatened by global warming
Indian Ocean islands hit by rising sea levels and bleaching coral reefs.
Kenya throws zebras to the lions
Kenya is rounding up zebras and moving them to drought-stricken Amboseli Park so the lions will have enough food.
Cyprus: Could water shortage bring peace?
A pipeline from Turkey could supply enough water for all of Cyprus — if Greek Cypriots decide to use it.
Turning trash into fashion
Environmentally-conscious firm in Ghana recycles plastic bags into stylish totes.
Buy Gnomeclothes and Use Fewer Plastic Bags
Citizen Green - Global Green - March 13, 2010 15:06 ET
A local health food store, Sun Spot Natural Market, sells locally made handmade items like cloth napkins and sandwich wraps. I was so impressed with them that I went to meet and interview the business owner/awesome seamstress, Michelle McKeon. Michelle is a Californian who...
Thermopower Waves: A New Discovery at MIT
The Green Skeptic - Global Green - March 13, 2010 01:17 ET
Think of electrons as flotsam on a wave as it moves across the surface of the ocean. That's how scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) describe a previously unknown phenomenon, which they are calling "thermopower waves." A thermal wave is a moving pulse...
DC Environmental Film Fest Starts March 16th
The Pump Handle - Global Green - March 12, 2010 21:39 ET
Our DC-readers should check out the many offerings of the annual Environmental Film Festival, which will run from March 16-28. This year, food is a major theme, and the festival’s press release highlights several films about the challenges of feeding the world’s...
Why we bother
Real Climate - Global Green - March 12, 2010 19:30 ET
A letter from a reader (reproduced with permission): Dear RealClimate team: I have a background in biology and studied at post-grad level in the area of philosophy of science. For the last few years, I have been working on a book about the logic of argument used in debates...
Help EWG do bottled water research - and win a prize!
Enviro- Blog - Global Green - March 12, 2010 11:41 ET
Last year we took a close look at 100s of bottled water labels to see how good (or bad) manufacturers are at sharing important information with consumers - like my mother, who buys it by the box (me = biting tongue; gotta pick your battles, right?). When you buy water to...
Doing the Right Thing
The Environmental Working Group writing team, Authors of the "Kid-safe Chemicals" blog - Global Green - March 11, 2010 10:15 ET
It’s not news that getting anything substantive through Congress these days is like pushing very big rocks uphill, even when there is remarkable consensus on the topic. That’s why a broad array...
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