TREC (The Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation) wants clean renewable energy for Europe, the Middle east, and Africe. They propose building multiple solar energy plants in the deserts of Africa and the Middle East, as well as wind power on the coasts of west Africa and Europe, plus biomass, geothermal, and hydro.

The image details their proposed plan, a supergrid of renewable enegy (and desalinization plants) throughout the area. Let’s hope it happens!

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Build it and they will come.

According to a new study, Energy Star buildings have higher occupancy and rental rates plus higher psf sales than non-green buildings.

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Check their Ecosocialism and the Fight Against Global Warming interview with editor Ian Angus.

Ecosocialism has grown out of two parallel political trends — the spread of Marxist ideas in the green movement and the spread of ecological ideas in the Marxist left. The result is a set of social and political goals, a growing body of ideas, and a global movement.

As a body of ideas, ecosocialism argues that ecological destruction is not an accidental feature of capitalism, it is built into the system’s DNA. The system’s insatiable need to increase profits — what’s been called “the ecological tyranny of the bottom line” — cannot be reformed away.

Incidentally, Ian emailed me and asked if he could use the theme for Polizeros as a template for the relaunch. I said sure, and sent it along, he tweaked it considerably, and the result looks great. I got the theme for free from here, modified it, now Ian has done the same. No money changed hands nor did it need to. Which is kind of a socialist process when you think about it!

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No, I mean really underground.

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