Of all the three +/- million words I’ve written since I started 2GreenEnergy, I don’t think I’ve ever gotten anything more glaringly wrong than peak oil. The first chapter of my first book, in fact, was an interview with the …
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A Bit of the History of Solar PV Photovoltaics
Robert Benedict, a fellow I met at last year’s Intersolar show in San Francisco writes: Amazingly solar (photovoltaics) have already passed its golden anniversary (50 years) by the 11th year now or 61 years total. The birth of photovoltaics took place in …
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion – Telling the OTEC Story
2014 will be a year that I help my friends at Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation (OTECorp) expand their web presence, chiefly by popularizing their sister site, EmpowerTheOcean.com. My main strategy is video, brought along by social media. Everyone loves video — …
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Sustainability and the Proliferation of “Stuff”
About once a month or so, I like to write a short piece on the proliferation of “stuff” in our affluent Western lifestyles, and effects that this explosion of goodies is having on us. Mainly, I mention that our hyper-consumerism …
Sustainability Maven Annie Leonard and “The Story of Solutions"
Here’s another in the fantastic series of “The Story of Stuff” videos from Annie Leonard, called “The Story of Solutions.” Of all the people who impress me on this planet of ours, Annie’s very close to the top of the …
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World History, Energy Policy, and Sustainability
I hope everyone will take five minutes and watch the incredible video linked here, in which the genius Hans Rosling summarizes 200 years of world history. When you get finished picking your chin up off the floor in utter amazement …
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Coca Cola: Master Greenwasher
From the Story of Stuff: If you’ve followed our work, you know how we feel about Coca-Cola‘s sustainability claims (if you don’t, watch our video “EXPOSED: The Truth Behind Coca-Cola’s Advertising,” which we linked in our bio.) And it’s not …
Greenwashing in Single-Use Plastics Generates Lawsuits in Europe
From “The Story of Stuff”: A legal complaint against Coca-Cola, Danone, and Nestlé has been issued by a consumer body and two environmental groups in Europe. The complaint alleges the companies are misleading consumers into buying a product which is …
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Big Oil Enjoying HUGE Profits
From: The Story of Stuff Project While Americans were reckoning with sky-high gas prices at the pump last year, ExxonMobil reported on Tuesday that it made $56 billion in profits in 2022. That’s the most a Western oil company has …
Ridding Ourselves of Single-use Plastics
The Story of Stuff Project is asking Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, to ban the sales of single-use plastics from all U.S. national parks. Click here to add your name to the petition.
