Over the weekend, I set up a worm composting bin. Worms eat as much as their own body weight each day. Which means a small composting bin is sufficient to dispose of an average families food waste. To learn more about how to set up a composting bin take a look at this video from 365 Days of Trash. ...

In World War II, as the cost of food was steadily rising, the US government promoted the idea of Victory Gardens. Families and communities were encouraged to plant vegetables in their back yards or on vacant lots. By 1943, nearly a third of all vegetables harvested came from Victory Gardens. Growing your own was food was perceived as a patriotic duty to support the war effort, and people reaped the benefit of this family and community building...

Just read a very interesting article in the New York Times on the green investment strategies by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a VC firm in Silicon Valley. Kleiner Perkins has raised about $1 Billion for 40 green start-ups in the hopes of cashing in big when green energy costs become competitive.

A co-worker of mine is off the grid in everything except electricity. The problem she and her husband face is a common one: the upfront cost of investing in solar technology is simply too high. As far as I am concerned, as a society, we ought to be able to leverage solar power throughout the West and the Southwest at a minimum. Really, there is no technological reason not to utilize solar power throughout the United States, except perhaps for...

I just read an interesting short note in IEEE Spectrum that mentioned the Kirin brewery in Japan using Fuel Cell technology to power the brewing process. What is so elegant about this solution is that the fuel cell consumes biogas created during the brewing process. In other words, the fermention is creating the beer and the energy for the brewing process. Very cool! If we conduct a Gedankenexperiment and extrapolate potential fuel savings if...