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Through research and outreach that inspire action, the Worldwatch Institute works to accelerate the transition to a sustainable world that meets human needs. The Institute’s top mission objectives are universal access to renewable energy and nutritious food, expansion of environmentally sound jobs and development, transformation of cultures from consumerism to sustainability, and an early end to population growth through healthy and intentional childbearing.

Posts by Worldwatch Institute:

How Electric Cars Are Doing In China

image via BYD

Despite progress, the Chinese government and automobile industry are still far from a full blossoming of the domestic EV market.

Solar Lamp Countries And The Developing World

One Degree Solar

Small solar portable lamp companies are learning how to navigate the relatively unstructured business environments of developing countries.

Chinese Solar Giant Collapse Should Offer Pause For Reflection

image via Suntech

As the market cuts out the least efficient firms, as with Suntech, a healthier and more mature solar industry will emerge.

Healthy Solar Industry Will Emerge From Failures

image via Suntech

An industry-wide consolidation will cut out the least efficient firms, like Suntech, leaving a healthier and more mature solar industry that will continue to grow.

Methane Gas Project An Exploding Energy Source In Rwanda

A barge for the Lake Kivu KivuWatt project in Rwanda (image via Rwandan government)

An innovative energy project on Africa’s 2,700 square kilometer Lake Kivu is generating electricity in a region beset by both geochemical and geopolitical instability.

Jamaican Poultry Producer Pecks Away At Solar Power

The Jamaica Broilers "Best Dressed Chicken" mascot looks forward to solar power. (image source: Facebook, Best Dressed Chicken)

The largest poultry producer in the Caribbean is also one of the companies pioneering the transition to renewable energy in that part of the world.

Geothermal Energy, Along With Hydro, Slowing In Growth

geothermal energy

The Worldwatch Institute takes a look at how consumption growth slowed for geothermal and hydropower technologies compared to recent years.

Renewable Energy And The Dominican Republic

The DR’s National Energy Commission leads by example using Net Metering to reduce monthly bills. This solution also provides surplus renewable energy to the grid, reducing the country’s total amount of fossil fuel-based energy.

Worldwatch Institute talks about how renewable energy could help reforms in the Dominican Republic’s energy sector.

El Salvador Looks To Be A Geothermal Energy Hotspot

Geothermal power

Worldwatch Institute reports on steps El Salvador is taking to make use of its geothermal energy potential along the Pacific Ring of Fire.

Americans Vote for A New Energy Future

President Obama

Worldwatch Institute talks about how Americans voted for a more clean energy future by re-electing President Obama to a second term.