Habitat for Humanity Mississippi & Green Building

Read this case study and see what an affiliate is up to these days.

Electronic Flexible Newspaper

"Harry Potter's" newspapers are coming true soon.

Electricity from Air

Research is getting closer for electricity to be generated from air!

The Beauty of Straw Bale Homes

Love homes made with straw bales!

DOE Energy Basics

Start your research about renewable energy.

Financing Renewable Energy and EE

"Experience shows that the cost of renewable energy technologies falls approximately 20% every time accumulated production doubles."

Financing Sources and Mechanisms for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (pdf)

The Energy Efficiency Pyramid

"The Understanding" is an excellent place to begin.

The Power of Solar in Rural Africa

Read this and think about all the little we take for granted every single day because of abundant, "cheap" electricity (from non-renewable resources of course).

Energy Harvesting Film for Clothes

Research that may one day make our clothes generate electricity.

Habitat is Pushing the Envelope

Examples of how some affiliates are building.

Published in the Gambit Weekly

Yours truly is now in an article of local New Orleans free weekly. Does this officially make me an energy efficiency geek yet?!

Cardboard House

Auburn University's "Corucon" is made from unrecyclable cardboard.

Turning a Bike into an Electric Hybrid

Check out the Copenhagen Wheel Project. I really like this and think it's very cool, but part of the beauty of riding a bike is the exercise. Maybe this will help people drive less cars though...

Desalination Life Raft

This not just an extraordinary idea, but an excellent way to survive.

House Produces More Energy Than It Uses

"Home for Life" is the future of homes. Let's take that extra energy and power the car!

Japanese Tiny Houses

"The boom in quirky small homes was fueled by new design and materials technology, which have slashed the price of a custom-built home by as much as two-thirds, making these homes affordable for singles and middle-class couples."

Fossil Fuel Subsidies 10 Times Higher

“This analysis shows that the global direct subsidy for fossil fuels is around ten times the subsidy for renewables.”

Solar Charging Stations

Can't wait for these to become popular.

Cold Comfort

"When you look at the technologies that have changed our world over 50 years, like cars, and computers, and TV, we have debated their costs and benefits. But air conditioning has been humming in the background the whole time."

"Proximity Charging" for Electric Vehicles

Wireless charging will debut soon.

Kid Powered Energy

These designs are marvelous and exactly what the world needs.