Unity, Maine - Tuesday May 21, 2013

 

Fascinating new research.
Stanford University Electrical engineering Professor Shanhui Fan and graduate students Aaswath Raman and Eden Rephaeli have developed a solar cooling device that may be able to supply air conditioning without using electricity to poor and off-the-grid areas.

Locally owned businesses can help communities thrive - and survive climate change.
by Stacy Mitchell via Grist

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Why fixing up old homes is greener than building new ones
via Grist

Trash, Recycling and the Heartbreaking Lessons of YouTube Ethnography
by Thomas Hayden via The Last Word On Nothing

Is there really 100 years' worth of natural gas beneath the United States?
By Chris Nelder via Slate.