Water extraction and purification stystems. Organic Gardening, Modern Homesteading, Renewable Energy, Green Homes, DIY Projects – MOTHER EARTH NEWS. Home Page: NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Project. German village generates 321 percent more renewable energy than it needs, earns millions selling it back to national power grid.
(NaturalNews) Developing a renewable energy system that creates energy independence and even a considerable new source of revenue is not some sort of sci-fi pipe dream. BioCycle reports that the German village of Wildpoldsried, population 2,600, has had such incredible success in building its renewable energy system. Wildpoldsried generates 321 percent more renewable energy than it uses, and it now sells the excess back to the national power grid for roughly $5.7 million in additional revenue every single year. By utilizing a unique combination of solar panels, "biogas" generators, natural wastewater treatment plants, and wind turbines, Wildpoldsried has effectively eliminated its need to be attached to a centralized power grid, and created a thriving renewable energy sector in the town that is self-sustaining and abundantly beneficial for the local economy, the environment, and the public. While you’re up, print me a solar cell. The sheet of paper looks like any other document that might have just come spitting out of an office printer, with an array of colored rectangles printed over much of its surface.
But then a researcher picks it up, clips a couple of wires to one end, and shines a light on the paper. Instantly an LCD clock display at the other end of the wires starts to display the time. Almost as cheaply and easily as printing a photo on your inkjet, an inexpensive, simple solar cell has been created on that flimsy sheet, formed from special “inks” deposited on the paper. You can even fold it up to slip into a pocket, then unfold it and watch it generating electricity again in the sunlight. Graduate student Miles Barr hold a flexible and foldable array of solar cells that have been printed on a sheet of paper.Photo: Patrick Gillooly The new technology, developed by a team of researchers at MIT, is reported in a paper in the journal Advanced Materials, published online July 8.
Sustainability Workshops for Families. The North Amherst Community Farm is offering a series of sustainability workshops for families and kids this August called "Building Sustainability Together - Skills for Kids and Families" Activities are hands-on and accessible to kids ages 5 and up, accompanied by a caretaker. The workshops will be held on three consecutive Wednesdays from 10am to noon, and one Saturday from 2-4pm. Worm Bin Composting Date & Time: Wednesday, August 17th - Time 10:00AM - 12:00PM Location: North Amherst Community Farm, home of Simple Gifts Farm, 1089 North Pleasant St.
In this workshop you will learn the basics of vermicomposting - composting in a small bin using red worms. The cost is $10 for a caretaker and child attending together, and $3 for each additional child. The workshops will be held rain or shine. Harvest the Sun Date & Time: Wednesday, August 24th - Time 10:00PM - 12:00PM For more information on the North Amherst Community Farm, please see our web page here: Spain's Gemasolar Array is the World's First 24/7 Solar Power Plant! Torresol Energy has overcome one of solar energy’s biggest challenges: operating when the sun doesn’t shine. The 19.9 MW Gemasolar concentrated solar power plant in Spain’s Andalucia province has two tanks of molten salt (MSES) that store heat energy generated throughout the day.
Unlike normal plants that have less thermal storage or none at all, this stored energy enables Torresol to satisfy peak summer energy demand long after sunset. A joint venture between Spanish giant Sener and Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s Future Energy Company, the Gemasolar plant has hurdled one of alternative energy’s biggest obstacles. Check out a video of the operation after the jump! The MSES consists of 60% potassium nitrate and 40% sodium nitrate. Gemasolar is expected to produce approximately 110,000 MWh of energy each year – enough to power 25,000 homes. . + Torresol Via Forbes.
Produce Free Electricity For Your Home and Appliances in Just 48 Hours With The "Howard Johnson Motor" (HoJo Motor) - The only "Free Energy Device" to have 3 U.S. Patents! Green Blog About Sustainable Communities, Green Homes, Blog About Eco Living. By Leslie Berliant - Sustainablog When I was 6 years old, I wanted to be a farm lady. That’s what I wrote in my Dr. Seuss My Book About Me. Given that I talked my landlady into letting me dig up part of my front lawn to plant a vegetable garden last summer, that might still be the case.
Like all the shareholder members of the farm, we were invited to come to the farm and pick and take whatever we wanted on top of our weekly delivery. It was as part of Luna Bleu that I learned how to cook pea vines and kohlrabi and make sorrel and spinach pesto from the recipes they put in our boxes. One of the great things about Luna Bleu was that along with their weekly vegetable delivery, for an extra fee, they would also deliver fresh milk, yogurt, beef, lamb, pork, poultry and eggs from the farm.
. - Farmers receive needed capital to run the farm from shareholders who pay for their entire share in advance of the growing season. - Members share both the risks and the rewards.