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December 2010

Energy

Army readies to sever from the grid

Plan to measure the effectiveness of microgrids and their potential to make energy infrastructures more efficient and cyber-secure

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Res Publica publishes our call for off-grid UK villages

Res Publica, a London Think Tank for “Radical Traditionalists” has published Nick Rosen’s call for off-grid settlements in the UK.

The Disraeli Room is ResPublica’s blog, where experts, fellows and friends of all political stripes from the worlds of policy making, social innovation and entrepreneurship meet to swap ideas, debate and provoke.

“Policymakers need to recognise that, whilst it may not, in the short-term, become a mainstream housing offer, it is an idea worth taking seriously and that on its own will make a noticeable difference,” wrote Nick Rosen in the blog posting.

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Land

Indiana zoning battle

72-year-old Dick Thomson “not sanitary” because he does not have a sewer nor running water

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People

Chinese greener than US

The common perception of China is a culture so hell-bent on economic growth that it doesn’t have time for the luxury of environmental awareness. That view needs to be revised if a raft of recent surveys of Chinese attitudes to the environment are to be believed.  Study after study has found that Chinese consumers are in fact significantly greener than their western counterparts when it comes to concern for the environment and preparedness to act on global warming.
As the number of Americans worried about climate change declines, Chinese consumers are undergoing a green revolution according to a survey by market research company Nielsen and Oxford University.  31% of Chinese consumers identify the environment as a higher priority than the economy, compared to 17% of U.S. consumers and 28% of UK consumers. The number of Chinese consumers who describe themselves as “very concerned” about the environment has increased in the last year from 30% to 36%.

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Energy

Daryl Hannah slams Steven Chu

Says Mexico Climate Change conference center is over-air-conditioned and condemns Chu for proposing “nothing concrete” in his keynote speech.

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Water

Can this bucket save the world?

Pieter Hoff’s Groais is an off-grid tree incubator that could help reforest an area the size of Canada wiping out our carbon emissions in the process.

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