The Beam The Beam Magazine is a quarterly print publication that takes a modern perspective on the energy transition. From Berlin we report about the people, companies and organizations that shape our sustainable energy future around the world. The team is headed by journalist Anne-Sophie Garrigou and designer Dimitris Gkikas. The Beam works with a network of experts and contributors to cover topics from technology to art, from policy to sustainability, from VCs to cleantech start ups. Our language is energy transition and that's spoken everywhere. The Beam is already being distributed in most countries in Europe, but also in Niger, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Japan, Chile and the United States. And this is just the beginning. So stay tuned for future development and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Medium.
December 20th, 2018 | by The Beam
A sustainable and lasting peace between North and South Korea can succeed only if renewable energy is set as a fundamental cornerstone in the process, where a peace plan for the Korean peninsula should be based on 100% renewable energy.
December 19th, 2018 | by The Beam
The story behind the Bhoomitra (Friends of Earth) documentary
December 18th, 2018 | by The Beam
The regenerative city vision needs to be driven by strong political leadership capable of setting ambitious yet realistic goals, able to gather momentum across society and mobilize different stakeholders towards such a common vision
December 16th, 2018 | by The Beam
Germany is often praised as being the frontrunner in the transition to renewable energy. It is shutting down its nuclear power plants by 2022, and their capacity will be replaced by renewables. Today, the country already produces 38% of its electricity from renewable sources, mostly wind and solar. Its long-term goal is to reach 80–95% by 2050. But is Germany on the right path to reach these goals?
December 15th, 2018 | by The Beam
Local farming initiatives are revolutionizing the food market in France and India
December 13th, 2018 | by The Beam
The World Bank and US government have been planning support for a new coal plant in Kosovo for over a decade. But could the falling cost of renewable energy combined with cutting-edge air pollution research change the equation?
December 13th, 2018 | by The Beam
Alhough the resource has been central to power generation in Zimbabwe, innumerable people experience hell within the dangerous ‘coal hell pits’ of Hwange each year, with most catastrophes going undocumented
December 13th, 2018 | by The Beam
Solar energy empowers indigenous people to protect their life, culture, and ancestral homeland.
December 12th, 2018 | by The Beam
In the age of post-truth, fake news profoundly marked the 2018 Brazilian race to the presidency. Technological tools that once promised a more inclusive and informed democratic process were massively used to mislead the electorate in the country. In such turmoil, any debate on the actual policy agendas of the candidates simply did not happen, let alone discussions on one of the most pressing issues of our time: climate change
December 11th, 2018 | by The Beam
Roxana Bucată is a Romanian journalist specializing in energy. She took a trip around Europe to see what Romanians can learn from the experiences of its EU neighbors
December 10th, 2018 | by The Beam
The decisions taken today will have a major impact on the world of tomorrow. Climate change action (or inaction) of people today can jeopardize rights and well-being of generations to come as well as environmental sustainability.
December 9th, 2018 | by The Beam
“As with every struggle for a social good, leaders are needed to step up and show the way, to build a new norm,” writes Rob van Riet and Anna Skowron from the World Future Council
December 7th, 2018 | by The Beam
A message from our friends at Solar Sister
December 6th, 2018 | by The Beam
Women in Thailand's Pattani Province are rising to oppose a planned coal-fired power plant with potentially serious environmental and health impacts for their families and the Pattani Bay community.
December 5th, 2018 | by The Beam
An interview with Michael Krieger, Competence Centre for Nature Conservation and Energy Transition (KNE) in Berlin
December 2nd, 2018 | by The Beam
Air pollution is one of the leading threats to child health, accounting for almost 1 in 10 deaths in children under five years of age.
December 2nd, 2018 | by The Beam
We sat down with Philipp Schröder, sonnen’s Managing Director and Chief Global Sales & Marketing Officer, formerly the Country Director for Germany and Austria at Tesla.
December 1st, 2018 | by The Beam
The work of photographer Fabrice Monteiro occupies a rich space that overlaps genres
December 1st, 2018 | by The Beam
A preview of interviews with The Beam Editor-in-Chief Anne-Sophie Garrigou, as featured in The Beam #
December 1st, 2018 | by The Beam
On average one baby uses about 4,500 diapers, with the result being about 500 kg of waste and 500 kg of CO2 created. The numbers are in fact probably higher if we consider the whole supply chain and all aspects of distribution. Of course, there has to be a better solution.
November 30th, 2018 | by The Beam
For Helle Søholt, Founding Partner and CEO of Gehl, there is a global urgency for a people-first approach to planning and to improve people’s everyday lives in cities
November 29th, 2018 | by The Beam
Elon Musk or Richard Branson: who is winning the race to build the first Hyperloop?
November 28th, 2018 | by The Beam
For Helen Clarkson, CEO of The Climate Group, taking climate action is not a moral/tree-hugging position, it is good business.
November 27th, 2018 | by The Beam
The obsession with space has driven innovation and not only extended the capabilities of technology, but delivered remarkable breakthroughs and created new materials and products. Solar panels, for example, were the powering force behind InSight, the robotic probe launched six months ago by NASA that landed on Mars’s surface on the 26th of November
