In the interest of bringing EcoWorldly readers first hand and up-close reporting on renewable energy I had originally planned to visit the dam this weekend in order to relate my experiences of bungee jumping off a 720 foot high hydro-electric energy installation. However, in the interests of meeting editorial deadlines I ultimately had to settle with a video from YouTube. It’s worth watching just to appreciate the sheer scale of this installation.
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Renewable Energy: When The World Is Not Enough

Gore, Bono Talk Poverty, Warming at Davos
Former Vice-President Al Gore and Irish rock singer Bono addressed the World Economic Forum on Thursday in Davos, Switzerland on tackling climate change and global poverty.
Video: diary of a green snowboarder
Cool video showing how to be a greener snowboarder by travelling to the Alps without using planes or cars.
Cat-napping outcry after fur traders admit buying animals killed in Britain
The disappearance of hundreds of household cats has sparked calls for an official inquiry amid fears that they could have been killed, skinned and turned into blankets.
Concern has been fuelled by the existence of a legal Swiss trade in cat fur, which is reputed to be good for rheumatism. But cat blanket retailers have denounced allegations of widespread cat-napping across the border in France as absurd. They insist that they buy skins from wild felines killed in Switzerland and Britain.
Get Naked for Global Warming - Greenpeace Sponsors Naked Campaign
Greenpeace organizes hundreds to gather on Switzerland glacier for naked statement.