Wednesday, July 22, 2009 will be a memorable day for those who live in Asia – as they’ll witness the longest solar eclipse in the 21st century, lasting for six minutes and 39 seconds. The eclipse will reach this six-minute maximum duration point over the Pacific Ocean. The eclipse will be visible in and around [...]

In what could be the most ambitious renewable-energy projects to be launched, twelve of Europe’s largest blue chip firms have signed an agreement to build a $555 billion solar thermal project in the Sahara desert. In a bid to pump clean power, the project named “Desertec” has outlined plans that will scatter for hundreds of [...]

Zhang Xiaoqiang, vice-chairman of China’s national development and reform commission said that Beijing would easily surpass Europe’s current 2020 targets for the use of wind and solar power hoping to now reach targets three times higher. This is a part of China’s ambitious plans to increase in its use of wind and solar power over [...]

Seven astronauts boarded the shuttle today, led by Cdr. Scott Altman at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center this afternoon. Despite one warning signal right after liftoff, they safely reached orbit within eight minutes and are cruising space at more than 17,200 miles per hour. The desination is the Hubble Space Telescope, whose batteries, cameras and gyroscopes [...]

Oh Arnie is a man of the Earth. He not only loves his eco-friendly vehicles, but he also loves his wacky tabbacy. Yes, bust out the twizzlers, kids – it’s 420! According to the editor of High Times, Steven Hager, the term “420″ originated in 1971 at San Rafael High School,  among a group of [...]

From a worldwide concert, to a motion picture, it seems that everywhere you look Al Gore is urging people to decrease their carbon footprint. With the latest elections it seems that Al Gore isn’t the only one who is discussing this topic, but does it have the staying power to actually have an impact on [...]

The Obama economic stimulus package, which invested so heavily in renewable energy like wind and solar power, is finally having an effect on the green industries. In a statement to the NY Times the vice-president of Sharp Solar, Ron Kenedi, said that although December, January and February had been “miserable,” things are starting to pick [...]

I love simple solutions and nothing seems simpler than Practical Solar’s Home Heating- Mirrors. The concept is so basic it makes me wonder why this is relatively new solar technology for homes. Like the massive desert solar farms that use hundreds of mirrors to reflect light at a central pipe with liquid in it, home-heating [...]

The Age of Stupid premiered on March 15 in London. The film is a drama documentary set in 2055 depicts a world that has been ravaged by climate change and the inability to react on the part of humans. The Age of Stupid explores the critical threshhold we’re at in history – when, we were [...]

With California in dire straights, the Govornator believes the children are the future, announcing on Monday that he is using stimulus money to fund the California Green Corps, a new California program that will train young adults between 16 and 24 years old to work in green-tech industry. “The Green Corps will help underprivileged young [...]