Anyone who has stopped by or enrolled in a clean energy program at one of Community Energy’s many community outreach tables may have noticed our miniature 1-foot model wind turbines made from pewter.  In the fall, the editors of Norwalk, Connecticut-based E, The Environmental Magazine, noticed our miniature model and thought one would make the perfect prop for their upcoming “Wind Power” issue.  Yes, that’s a model wind turbine...

Two weeks ago, Al Gore returned to Capitol Hill to press the case for quick action on climate change legislation, particularly the components in President Obama’s stimulus package that he feels will spur renewable energy and energy efficiency investments.

His accomplishments and impact on the debate are well known by now, and the world is preparing for the next round of climate negotiations in Copenhagen in December. With the former vice...

In 1722, a Dutch admiral landed on Easter Island, a tiny isolated piece of land nearly 2,000 miles off the west coast of South America.  As the first visitor from the western world, the admiral estimated the indigenous population to be about 3,000 inhabitants.  These inhabitants, he noticed, were living in conditions of constant warfare, finding housing in caves and resorting to atrocities like cannibalism. However, later generations...