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Think Bigger: Hidden Costs of Design Decisions
Steven Forrester’s small Colorado engineering firm is four years old. While he started DMA Engineering during tough economic times, he is holding his own because of clients like the city of Louisville, where his firm recently designed a solar thermal lap pool for a city recreation center.
Take Action: Together We Can Help Create a World Thriving, Verdant and Secure
Listen to RMI Chief Scientist Amory Lovins explain why donor support is so critical to help us find, practice and scale solutions that the world needs.
Iran, Electric Cars and Our Stuck Narrative
With Iran threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz, chokepoint for the passage of 17 percent of globally traded oil, this is a good time to introduce myself to Outlet readers. This set of issues—oil addiction and the vehicle-centric, land-abusing society it engenders—has a lot to do with why I joined RMI as editorial director after a 30-year newspaper career.
Whom Do We Follow on Social Networks?
Over the past year, RMI significantly increased its use of social networks as a means for informing and learning from today’s discourse around energy. Here are a few of the folks we follow on twitter.
Solar Horizon for 2012 Shows Shadows, Bright Spots
The U.S. solar industry ends 2011 with a mix of news that’s being interpreted both as a sign that solar is near a mainstream tipping point and that it is in deep trouble. Which is it?
