Those of you who frequent this blog may remember an entry back in June about an upcoming "turbine hugging" picture from a community wind event in the UK.  Well, I have kept checking their website, http://www.ecoweek.info/WORLDRECORD/worldrecord.html to no avail.  Finally I contacted them by e-mail to see if/when a picture might be posted.  While it is still not up on their website, th

The Wedge Co-op, a local cooperative in Minneapolis, MN recently
published an article about community wind from Windustry! If you are
looking for a brief look into wind energy, check out the article here. This article was part of the Wedge's August/September Newsletter.

Thanks!
Tiff, Summer Intern 2008

It might be fun to be part of the largest human wind turbine ever this coming Sunday at the Blue Green Alliance Green Jobs Rally at St. Paul College. The rally is from 1-4 p.m. with the wind turbine being formed around 2:40 p.m. Jim Hightower, always entertaining and thought-provoking will be speaking.

Let's say you are flat-out opposed to the notion that human activity is warming the climate. Then there's no need to shut down any coal plants, right?

Here's something to put a smile on your face. Just when you think you've seen everything wind related... Check out this short YouTube video.

Do you wonder sometimes about situations where serious conservationists and/or advocates for local control and democratic process butt heads with renewable energy enthusiasts who, in their concerns about climate change simply want to get converted to renewables as fast as possible?

In January 2007, Windustry, along with Twin Cities Public Television and Erika Johnson, released NEW ENERGY, a half-hour documentary that tells the story of how wind, biofuels, and other renewable energy technologies are contributing to the region’s energy security, economic sustainability, and integrity of our natural resources.

As new ways are discussed to reduce our collective carbon footprint in the United States, a recent article in The New Yorker highlights a small island in Denmark that is living the reality of being completely carbon-free.

Through the diligent efforts of many people over an extended period of time, community wind energy has become a favorably recognized concept in the upper mid-west, with a number of concrete examples of successful projects already in evidence. Still, this brand of wind energy production is unfamiliar in many other parts of the United States.