Essex county - the most populous in the United Kingdom - will be embarking on an interesting experiment this coming fall. In an attempt to reduce the county government’s energy consumption by a third, the council has passed an initiative to turn off select street lamps in its rural townships from midnight until 5am.
Timer […]
Check out this bad boy! The gang from the Alternative Energy Zone - which is a Burning Man community that bills itself as ‘free of stinking, noisy, polluting generators‘ (see here) - are the mad inventors behind this rather unique weiner roaster.
I guess cooking your processed meat tubes over a pile of burning sticks […]
If you’re in the northeast US and looking for something to do this weekend, you couldn’t do wrong by taking a jaunt up to the Forget-Me-Not Farm in Tinmouth, Vermont and indulging yourself in a couple of days of renewable energy workshops and awesome music from the solar-powered stage at SolarFest 2006. Set to […]
Jeff at Sustainablog has pointed to an interesting development taking place in Scotland. Earlier this week, government officals proposed a change to the region’s building code that could lead to a significant boost in renewable energy use.
If implemented, it would become mandatory for all new housing developments and other buildings to generate a minimum […]
A couple of quick updates on what’s happening here at Unplugged Living…
First off, to let all of you know that my lovely wife is due to give birth any day now, so at some point within the next week or two, I’ll be disappearing for a few days. Once we’re home and settled though, […]
This thing rocks! I love push reel mowers, but when you’ve got over half an acre of lawn like I do, they become a bit tedious. Most of my neighbours may have big fancy gas-powered rider mowers, but I’d prefer one of these any day.
Unfortunately, I don’t know any welders. I wonder […]
These are cool - Renaissance Lanterns from SmartHome. They’ve taken your standard solar-powered LED garden lights and turned them into old-fashioned looking lanterns wherein the light actually flickers like a candle.
Made of glass and metal, a full-day of sunny goodness provides enough charge for up to 10 hours of nightly illumination. The units […]
The Dutch government recently asked some designers to come up with ideas for new styles of wind mills that might better blend in with the landscape. One group - calling themsleves 100MW Mountains - suggested grouping up to 10 turbines in arrangements like a floral bouquet.
I’m not sure what to make of the idea. […]
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