Hydro turbines can be big

Intro to Small-Scale Hydro by Rory Bowen
There’s something completely relaxing about watching moving water flowing past you, on its journey to an unknown destination. Why not harness the power within the water? Because that running water contains energy. The key to making hydro-power work for you is to maximise the amount of energy you generate from the available water (you can buy the gadgets you need to harness your water power from http://www.offgrid.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=OS&Category_Code=HP9 ) (more…)

Green chic

Actor Brad Pitt is fronting an eco-show on WETA, Washington DC’s PBS Channel tonight, featuring an off-grid house by a German architect.

The show’s PR says it will cover some of the smartest recycled, energy-efficient, materials-conscious buildings on the planet

It is buildings not cars, says Pitt, that are the worst eco-offenders. They “use 40 percent of the world’s energy and emit 50 percent of its greenhouse gases.” (more…)