Hearing Aid Solar Charger

This hearing aid solar battery charger is produced in Botswana by Godisa Technologies Trust (this web address seems to be unavailable as of June 2011 when I checked it, but the solar hearing aid charger can be purchased via Biocoustics Instruments Inc. or at SolarEar.com).The company, established in 2002, meets a growing need for reliable and affordable hearing aid batteries. Their amazing hearing aid solar battery charger solves the problem, using the sun’s free energy... Read More

Fighting Energy Poverty in Africa

Approximately 74% of the African population lives without reliable safe electricity in 2009. The Alliance for Rural Electrification and the World Future Council have recently announced a partnership to put greater cooperative effort behind changing things in Africa. Currently there are some charitable organizations like AREED or Solar Aid UK that have ongoing projects promoting entrepreneurial ventures using Solar Energy products, but now more change is coming. That’s not... Read More

Sahara desert as solar power source

Scientists have conducted more studies on utilizing the Sahara desert to collect solar light for electricity production. The main proponents, of what seems to some like fantasy, would like to see this happen as soon as possible, a plan which would involve putting cables under the Mediterranean sea that could carry the power to Europe. The costs are enormous and that doesn’t address a host of other hurdles to overcome. One thing is sure, some European leaders are pressing... Read More

energy video

A selection of energy movies and video that examines the politics of global energy demands, the energy industry, peak oil and the renewable energy revolution. The unified message Illustrated in many of these films is our tenuous relationship with oil and other finite energy sources as it relates to every facet of our daily lives, warning that our dependence on non-renewables provides no future.

energy video

Nuclear Waste Documentary