Showing posts with label Green Energy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Green Energy. Show all posts

20 June 2013

Anima Mundi

Will you survive the transition of human industrial civilization happening now due to peak oil and climate change? Can you see the forest for the trees, the earth for the dream, the universe for the seed? Anima Mundi is an innovative documentary about the planetary animal called Gaia and the human animal we deny, we deny at our own peril, yet a peril that is perfect in design.

Featuring:
David Holmgren – co-founder of Permaculture
John Seed OAM – Deep Ecology
Stephan Harding – Gaian Ecology
Vandana Shiva – Human Rights
Michael C Ruppert – Peak Oil (as seen in the movie Collapse)
Michael Reynolds – Earthships (as seen in the movie Garbage Warrior)
Noam Chomsky – Activism
Dr Mark O’Meadhra – Integrative Medicine
Dr Christine James – Psychology
Permablitz – Permaculture



Peak Oil



28 November 2012

Here Comes The Sun

The sun could easily provide the planet with sufficient energy, if only we are willing to change and to invest in harvesting that solar energy...


11 September 2012

John Howe: Solar Inventions

John Howe, a retired mechanical engineer, created several amazing solar inventions that all work beautifully.
See a solar powered tractor, a real solution for agriculture of the future. "Suburbia is going to have to re-localize into community centers and grow their own food and a vehicle like this would be ideal because it could easily do the gardening for 20 households in a suburban setting." he says. See the solar chain saw, the solar powered golf cart -- and his sporty solar car! This is the kind of creative and forward thinking person you want in your neighborhood. His advice: "Buy a solar panel and play with it. They're amazing: turn them on and they work. They work forever."

4 May 2012

Samso: The Renewable Energy Island

Clear Thinking, Investment and Cooperation.

Welcome to Samso, an island off the coast of Denmark. Here is an example of something so remarkable: a community pulling together, investing together, and succeeding at becoming completely energy independent. In 1998 they had a bold plan to switch to renewable energy. The civic leaders hit the road and convinced 450 island residents to invest in wind power. The farmers liked the idea of making money on the power they could sell back to the grid, as there is plenty of wind on the island. They formed a cooperative and put up 2 windmills. Private investors put up another 5. These windmills produce more electricity than the island consumed, and they recouped their investment completely within a few years.
Meet an electrician who installed his own wind turbine. He powers his whole house, an electric car and again, because of selling energy back to the grid -- his $30,000 wind turbine will have paid for itself in just 5 years. He can look forward to a lifetime of no energy bills, and needs no gas for the car. When the islanders decided to install 10 offshore windmills, they produced so much power that Samso was now completely carbon neutral. 'We would rather buy our energy from our neighbor or another investor on the island than we would pay (suppliers in) The Middle East or an oil company. We just like the money to stay on the island.' says a resident.
This is truly a fascinating example of clear thinking and cooperation -- spread the word!

1 April 2012

Peak Oil: Understanding The Challenge And Looking Forward

A video in order to inform regarding peak oil and the reality we will need to rethink how we do things for the future.

4 November 2011

Michael Reynolds: Earthship Webinar

Michael Reynolds, inventor of the Earthship Concept sits down 'with the world' live, over the internet at the Phoenix Earthship. Entirely powered by the sun and the wind, the 'Earthship Webinar' is broken down into 8 parts and covers all aspects of Earthship Biotecture.



Part 2



Part 3



Part 4



Part 5



Part 6



Part 7



Part 8


20 October 2011

Justin Hall-Tipping: Freeing Energy From The Grid

What would happen if we could generate power from our windowpanes? In this moving talk, entrepreneur Justin Hall-Tipping shows the materials that could make that possible, and how questioning our notion of 'normal' can lead to extraordinary breakthroughs.


29 May 2011

The Solar Power Village

In the peace research centre Tamera (Portugal) the first prototype model of Juergen Kleinwaechter's solar technology in combination with the social knowledge of Tamera is being developed. This pioneering synergy between technology, nature and human being is a vital element in any strategic proposals towards a global culture of peace.



Part 2



Part 3