(Ashden winner GERES has built greenhouses to improve farmers' yields with solar thermal energy in northern India)
Blog posts tagged with 'sustainable energy'
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Land-based livelihoods get boost from sustainable energy services
Posted by Carla Jones at Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Tags: Abellon CleanEnergy, agriculture, IDEI, india, irrigation, Poor People's Energy Outlook, practical action, renewable energy, sustainable energy
Tags: Abellon CleanEnergy, agriculture, IDEI, india, irrigation, Poor People's Energy Outlook, practical action, renewable energy, sustainable energy
Share this storyThursday, 2 February 2012
DiCampo on the reality of energy poverty in Ghana
Next week we open a unique exhibition, ‘Life without Lights’ on energy poverty in the developing world. Visitors will walk through a darkened gallery with solar lamps to heighten their experience. Juliet Heller spoke to the award-winning photographer, Peter DiCampo, about the motivation behind his insightful project.
JH:What made you take these photos?
Posted by Juliet Heller at Thursday, 2 February 2012
Tags: Life without Lights, lighting, Peter DiCampo, sustainable energy
Tags: Life without Lights, lighting, Peter DiCampo, sustainable energy
Share this storyTuesday, 17 January 2012
Use a solar lamp at our exhibition 'Life Without Lights'
Ever thought about how much light you need to power your life? Award-winning American photographer Peter DiCampo visited Northern Ghana to find out just how hard it is to live without access to something we take for granted. His images give insight into the experience of the 1.4 billion people who currently live without electricity; people relying on candles, kerosene lanterns or torches to carry out daily activities.
Posted by Carla Jones at Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Tags: energy, Life without Lights, Peter di Campo, solar, sustainable energy, UN International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Tags: energy, Life without Lights, Peter di Campo, solar, sustainable energy, UN International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Share this storyWednesday, 12 October 2011
Join us in the global push for Energy for All by 2030
We’ve joined a group of influential European and Sub-Saharan civil society groups in calling on the EU to achieve universal energy access and eradicate energy poverty by 2030. The initiative, “Energy for All by 2030” aims to grab the attention of European leaders and leverage European funds to bring sustainable energy to everyone, but focusing particularly on Africa, the region hardest hit.
The initiative calls for European leaders to:
Posted by Juliet Heller at Wednesday, 12 October 2011
Tags: energy, sustainable energy, Year of Sustainable Energy
Tags: energy, sustainable energy, Year of Sustainable Energy
Share this storyFriday, 29 July 2011
Fancy some sustainable skills? Come and study at CAT!
CAT's Kim Bryan makes you an offer you can't refuse....
Posted by Gloria Dawson at Friday, 29 July 2011
Tags: architecture, cat, energy efficiency, green jobs, renewable energy, skills, sustainable energy, training
Tags: architecture, cat, energy efficiency, green jobs, renewable energy, skills, sustainable energy, training
Share this storyTuesday, 1 March 2011
Ban Ki-moon calls on Hollywood to help get across the idea of "sustainability"
The U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked Hollywood for help in the fight against global climate change. He told senior Hollywood figures at a forum on global climate change that "Together we can have a blockbuster impact on the world."
The LA Times reports:
About 400 writers, directors, producers, agents and network executives attended the outreach events: a series of panels at the Hammer Museum, moderated by Larry King; a lunch for selected bigwigs; tete-a-tete meetings between high-powered industry players and top U.N. officials; and a star-studded dinner where Ban was introduced by Charlize Theron, and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa took a turn playing the drums.
Ban Ki-moon told his audience:
"You have power and influence to send to millions and billions of people around world. To make planet Earth environmentally sustainable is a political and moral imperative."
The LA Times reports:
About 400 writers, directors, producers, agents and network executives attended the outreach events: a series of panels at the Hammer Museum, moderated by Larry King; a lunch for selected bigwigs; tete-a-tete meetings between high-powered industry players and top U.N. officials; and a star-studded dinner where Ban was introduced by Charlize Theron, and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa took a turn playing the drums.
Ban Ki-moon told his audience:
"You have power and influence to send to millions and billions of people around world. To make planet Earth environmentally sustainable is a political and moral imperative."
Share this storyMonday, 29 November 2010
How to talk about "sustainability"
The Dutch journalist Joris Luyendijk (left) says that the way to talk about sustainability is in terms of processes in which individuals are making something sustainable.It's so weird that sustainability is boring because the word "interest" both connotes your interests as a human being, your interest in staying alive, and your "interest" in being interested in something. So you would expect these things to converge.
But then, on this very threatening phenomenon of the destruction of our ecosphere, you can't get people interested. All sorts of things that are boring when they come out of a scientific journal, or a scandal, or a media moment, might be interesting when it is part of the hero's journey towards a desirable goal, sustainability.
Posted by Ashden Awards at Monday, 29 November 2010
Tags: sustainable energy
Tags: sustainable energy
Share this storyTuesday, 9 November 2010
Is a Republican town in Kansas the greenest in the world?
Is Greensburg, a Republican-voting town in Kansas, where many people are sceptical of climate science, actually the greenest town in the world?On May 4, 2007, Greensburg, Kansas, was destroyed by an F5 tornado. Almost every building in town was leveled. Eleven were killed, dozens injured. Yet within days, the people of Greensburg had committed to rebuild their town, and to rebuild green. Today, Greensburg is the greenest town in the USA, and maybe the world.
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Pic: Greensburg Community Art Center (H-t: Inhabitat)
Share this storyTuesday, 26 October 2010
Gamesa invests €150 million in offshore wind in UK
Yesterday morning, the Prime Minister, David Cameron, said, "I want us to be a world leader in offshore wind energy."
A few hours later, the Spanish company, Gamesa, announced plans to base the worldwide centre of its offshore business in the UK, investing up to €150 million through 2014.
Gamesa will also create a wind turbine blade manufacturing plant, a turbine assembly plant and associated R&D centre, port logistics and operation and maintenance services at different locations across the UK.
The British Ambassador to Spain, Giles Paxman, blogs today that this is:
a terrific vote of confidence in the UK’s future leadership in wind energy.
A few hours later, the Spanish company, Gamesa, announced plans to base the worldwide centre of its offshore business in the UK, investing up to €150 million through 2014.
Gamesa will also create a wind turbine blade manufacturing plant, a turbine assembly plant and associated R&D centre, port logistics and operation and maintenance services at different locations across the UK.
The British Ambassador to Spain, Giles Paxman, blogs today that this is:
a terrific vote of confidence in the UK’s future leadership in wind energy.
Posted by Ashden Awards at Tuesday, 26 October 2010
Tags: renewable energy, spain, sustainable energy, uk, wind power, wind turbine
Tags: renewable energy, spain, sustainable energy, uk, wind power, wind turbine
Share this storySunday, 24 October 2010
This week is "Energy Saving Week"
This week is Energy Saving Week. At the Energy Saving Trust - which helps people be more energy efficient in their homes and save money on their energy bills - they are going to concentrate on one area of energy efficiency each day:
Monday 25th Launch day
Tuesday 26th Insulation
Wednesday 27th Generate your own energy
Thursday 28th Energy saving products
Friday 29th Transport
This blog will also be hearing about energy efficiency from members of the Ashden Awards team. There will be reports and photographs from both Mike's eco-refurbishment of his new home and Juliet's success in turning her Edwardian terraced house in Essex, which had "felt small, cold and dark", into a SuperHome. We'll also hear about Sarah's visit over the weekend to another SuperHome, this one belonging to John Doggart, chairman of the Sustainable Energy Academy, an Ashden Award winner in 2009.
Posted by Ashden Awards at Sunday, 24 October 2010
Tags: superhomes, sustainable energy, sustainable energy academy
Tags: superhomes, sustainable energy, sustainable energy academy
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