Living on Sunshine: A Real, Sustainable Energy Model

Living on Sunshine: A Real, Sustainable Energy Model

A farmstead in Virgina has built a sustainable low-energy lifestyle. Can the rest of us follow their example?

By Alexis Zeigler | January 2, 2019 | Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Society | AC Power, Agriculture, Batteries, Community, Daylight Drive, DC Power, Fossil Fuels, Green Energy, Heat, Infrastructure, LEDs, Living Energy Farm, Photovoltaics, PV, Refrigeration, Renewable Energy, Scalability, Solar Power, Sustainability

Portland Becomes First US City to Stop Fossil Fuel Expansion

Responding to powerful grass-roots activism, Portland’s government passed a law, recently upheld by the Oregon Court of Appeals, to arrest further construction or expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure in the city.

By Kevon Paynter | March 7, 2018 | Community, Environment, Government, Health, Law | 350.org, Activism, California, Carbon Dioxide, Chevron, Civil Disobedience, Climate Change, Climate March, Energy, Environmentalism, ExxonMobil, Fossil Fuels, Idaho, Kayaktivism, Natural Gas, Oil, Oregon, Pipelines, Political Action, Portland, Propane, Renewable Energy, Shell, Washington, Willamette River

What If Your Electric Utility Was a Benefit Corporation?

The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) is an incredible organization dedicated to building up the economies and social health of [...]

By Matt Grimley | September 28, 2016 | Economics, Environment | B Corps, Benefit Corporations, Community Power, Electricity, Green Energy, Green Mountain Power, Power Generation, Regulation, Renewable Energy, Solar Power, Utilities