Renewable Energy
Vauban, the totally sustainable village
Vauban, a town of about 5,000 inhabitants in Germany that is barely 10 years old, was built as a model of sustainability. People began to move there around 2001. It is close to the university city of Freiburg. All of [...]
Greengov Challenge: ideas for turning the US Government green
The US government is the largest energy consumer in the US economy. Being so, its decisions can influence the economy greatly. What would happen if the government decided to consume only renewable energy? This sector would be given a strong [...]
Enriching discussions at the World Forestry Congress, in Argentina
The 13th World Forestry Congress has taken place this past week in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This Congress is organized every six years, in different cities of the world, and is attended by around 6000 people from more than 160 countries. [...]
Is the internet sustainable?
The internet is undeniably one of the greatest inventions of recent times. For many of us, it would be very difficult to imagine everyday life without this tool, and it would be unthinkable for those of us who have been [...]
Around the world in a solar plane
Aviation is a concept very intimately tied to our current economy, and it is based exclusively on the consumption of oil. We would still be far from being able to manufacture or operate our Boeings and Airbuses if we were [...]
Artificial photosynthesis, the best solar power
What is the perfect solar panel? Plant leaves. Yes, plant leaves transform sunlight into vital energy. Many scientists have tried to imitate the photosynthesis process done by plants. Some have come close in one way or another, but so far [...]
Biofuel: friend or foe?
Biofuels have gone from being called the “great green hope” to being considered an ecological problem. Why? The reason is that industrialized countries are only interested in biofuels because they are cheaper, and to them it doesn’t matter where these [...]
Solar power to convert CO2 into biofuel
Previously here at Sustentator we’ve talked about two very interesting carbon dioxide absorption systems, but they both have the same problem: once we take this greenhouse gas out of the atmosphere, what do we do with it? One proposal is [...]
