How To Reduce Startup Costs & Reach Economic Sustainability

The verdant countryside of Costa Rica

Editor’s Note: Throughout the tropics, forests have been devastated by demands from growing human populations for fuel and building materials. Equally significant has been the removal of trees by industrial logging operations. In Central America, these forces have caused [...]

Organic by Default: The Irony of Organic Farming in India

A modern organic farm in Rajasthan, India

Editor’s Note: Organic farming is either really expensive or really cheap, depending on where you live and whether or not you are certified. Not only are the “natural” pesticides and fertilizers increasingly marketed by agribusiness as costly or [...]

Natural vs. Synthetic Pesticides

90% of pesticides used today are synthetic

Editor’s Note: Over the past twenty years remarkable advancements have been made in the science of “safe” pesticides. Organic, or natural pesticides have received the most acclaim and certainly have the endorsement of environmentalists. But a great deal of progress has been made [...]

Blowing in the Wind: The U.K. Aims to Substantially Increase Wind Generated Electricity

Today in the U.K. wind only generates 649 MW

Editor’s Note: Wind power began to be viewed as a serious contender to provide competitively priced renewable energy over 20 years ago, when search for sources of energy to replace fossil fuels began to [...]