“On the 40th anniversary of the famous ‘Blue Marble’ photograph taken of Earth from space, Planetary Collective presents a short film documenting astronauts’ life-changing stories of seeing the Earth from the outside – a perspective-altering experience often described as the Overview Effect. The Overview Effect, first described
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“Meet Earl, a revolutionary tablet engineered for the most extreme of outdoor situations. Built for survival, Earl works where today’s smart phones and tablets cannot. Style meets efficiency with Earl’s intuitive design, fusing Android 4.1 together with an energy sipping E-Ink screen and the latest in GPS,
Read more →In light of today’s Annular Solar Eclipse, we put together this nifty infographic for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!
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The Real Goods Solar Smart Electric Sweepstakes is now open! This year we’re giving away a 3-year lease for a smart electric drive (also known as the Smart ForTwo or the smart ED) plus a 1.5 kW solar electric system installed on the winner’s roof to charge
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“Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” Revisited Of the three ingredients in the environmental movement’s “reduce, reuse, recycle” mantra, “reduce” is most often overlooked. “Reuse” is celebrated by a culture of artists who transform would-be trash into sculptures, mosaics or birdhouses, and by a niche market of products that extend
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There is an expression derived from Scottish philosopher Thomas Reid that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. It’s clearly true in the literal sense, but has come to be used figuratively to illustrate the importance of well-roundedness in strategies, teams, projects, etc. The
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Want to know more about going solar with Real Goods? Energy Hunter’s George “Woody” Wood did, so he stopped by a Winchester, Massachusetts home on the day of its solar system installation to ask the homeowner and the Real Goods Solar installers all about it (as well
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We just can’t appreciate some things when we’re young. Baths, vegetables, going to school – few children honestly enjoy them. And bees…just the thought of the fuzzy little pollinators’ stingers is enough to drive some children to tears. Of course, we don’t all grow to enjoy everything
Read more →When John G. of Oceanside, CA saw the chance to participate in the BMW ActiveE trial program, he jumped at the opportunity. “I’m not an environmentalist, but I am concerned about our dependence on fuel and how it’s impacting the environment. Electric vehicles make a point to
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It may be doubted whether there are many other animals which have played so important a part in the history of the world as these lowly organised(sic) creatures. CHARLES DARWIN on EARTHWORMS, 1881 Everyone’s heard of a back yard compost pile, but did you know you can
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