Ahhh...a nice hot shower in the morning! Notwithstanding my mother's admirably spartan cold showers, I think this is the definition of "civilization". (Not surprisingly, my mother is also fond of "ice swimming"; I just have visions of the thermal shock of such a "polar... more

"So crazy it just might work": Viable or not, these oddball ideas might just represent the kind of creativity that will lead to a sustainable energy breakthrough: Surprising solar The fuel: Solar power beamed from space How we can get it: Solar panels in geostationary orbit... more

Most people want to eliminate waste energy. In fact most people want to eliminate waste, period. But, where some people see lemons, a group of innovative entrepreneurs see lemons…albeit stinky lemons rotting inside garbage bags at municipal landfills. Yes, there is a move to turn our... more

One of the most hotly debated green technologies is wind. And while harnessing it for energy has been around since the age of sailboats and windmills, industrial scale wind farms raise a whole new set of issues. Here in two separate interviews are two experts with differing views on harnessing... more

In honour of our wonderful pale blue dot of a planet, I challenge you to join me in devoting ten minutes to a greener existence. Here are ten things to make your day a whole lot more granola, and you don’t even have to stand up! Just so I’m not lying or over committing your time, I... more

Electricity – the cleanest and most versatile form of energy the world has ever known – is not what you were taught in school. (It’s actually much cooler…) You won’t believe this… Let’s take the simplest example of electricity I can think of: a... more

When we set out to see what major organizations are making serious use of green energy, the last folks we thought we’d run into were the world’s biggest company and the world’s oldest Christian church – albeit one location in Toronto. But that’s exactly who we found... more

When in-doubt, we could do worse than asking “what would they do in the movies?”  While some of Hollywood’s most imaginative plot devices may not offer anything more than fun entertainment and a lot of scientific dead ends, others “just might be crazy enough to work... more

When I first saw it, I thought it was a parking ticket machine. It was big, shiny and rectangular and sat on the pavement next to the curb. But, as I got closer, I made out the words on its sign: ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION The moment I realized what it was, I broke into a grin and got... more

Word is there’s a worldwide energy problem. Apparently, if we don’t change our ways, worst-case-scenario pundits talk about an ELE (for non-texters, that’s an Extinction-Level Event). Not a big deal considering that life on Earth has already survived several ELEs, but it would be... more