September 14-16, 2010
Marquette Hotel, Minneapolis, MN
Hosted by the Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment, with significant funding support from the Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment (IREE), is pleased to host the fifth of five continental conventions of the Global Sustainable Bioenergy (GSB) Project. North American convention co-chairs Jon Foley, director... Read More

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We can't expect the governments and big business to get too enthusiastic about alternate fuels (the good kind) because they won't do it unless they find a way to attach a meter to the sun and the wind so they can CHARGE us for it. 

Therefore, it's up to us as individuals to investigate and tinker with alternate energy sources. It's up to us to invest in PV panels for our homes and small businesses. It's up to us to install solar concentrators for heating our water and air. It's u... Read More

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The following is a letter that I sent in to Every legislator from the state level up to President Obama, regarding Hemp. Hemp is quite possibly the best natural resource on earth, but do your own research and draw your own conclusions.

Please take the time to send one yourself after you have finished reading, and feel free to copy any or all of this letter. This is extremely easy to accomplish at www.change.org by searching the site for Legalize Marijuana.

Much more interesting... Read More

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Mining and the industrial world bring us our quality of life.  A product is not made until the raw material is extracted from the ground. 

Along with Bio hydraulics their is a heavy demand for grease for wheel bearings, industrial ovens, industrial refrigerators, etc..

Every time heavy equipment or industrial operations are wash ed or maintenced there fluids and greases have a chance to escape into our environment.  Now that can stop.  Our mission is to... Read More

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WASHINGTON, March 10 - A group of nine leading biomass companies has formed the Biomass Thermal Energy Council (BTEC), a non-profit association dedicated to advancing the use of biomass for heat and other thermal energy applications. The founding members of BTEC include biomass fuel producers, appliance manufacturers and distributors, and supply chain companies that represent the breadth of interests in the fast growing biomass thermal energy industry.

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