While this blog tends to focus on solutions more so than problems, as a keen surfer I’m particularly attuned to the ocean – so this BBC coverage of findings presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Boston. Only about 4% of the world’s oceans remain undamaged by […]
Monthly Archives: February 2008
Cleantech Funding
Ahead of next weeks Cleantech Forum in San Francisco cleantech.com’s David Ehrlich reports on recent cleantech funding deals: LED and solar power companies pick up some cash, along with deals for waste treatment, lithium ion batteries and wind power. Palo Alto, Calif.-based Ausra, Tel Aviv’s Pythagoras Solar and Cool Earth Solar in Livermore, Calif., all […]
Event: SF Green
From Room Full of People, producers of the SF Beta events announces a new one: MARCH 4: SF Green SF Green is San Francisco’s premier mixer on green technology, organized with Steve Newcomb, former founder of Powerset. Think of it as an SF Beta with bonus carbon offsets. We’ll be featuring demos from a number […]
Maude Barlow Speaks on the Global Water Crisis – Wednesday Night
Maude Barlow, internationally renowned water activist, author, and National Chairperson of The Council of Canadians, Canada’s largest citizens’ advocacy group speaks on Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water at the First Congregational Church of Berkeley in Berkeley, CA. The event will be presented by Jerry Mander, […]
Toxic Chemicals to be Dropped on SF Bay Area
“Harmful if inhaled. Avoid breathing vapor or spray mist.” Not the warning you might expect on a chemical soon to be sprayed over extensive areas around San Francisco. According to StopTheSpray.org, the pesticides currently used (CheckMate OLR-F and LBAM-F) have only undergone short-term tests on rats and rabbits. The manufacturer states, “Long-term studies on the […]
Gravity-defying Gecko Inspires Adhesive Bandage
MIT researchers and colleagues have created a waterproof adhesive bandage inspired by gecko lizards that may soon join sutures and staples as a basic operating room tool for patching up surgical wounds or internal injuries. MIT’s gecko-inspired medical adhesive consists of a “biorubber” base patterned to have pillars that are less than a micrometer in […]
See It, Manage It
When marketing and branding sites like Springwise write about “visualizing energy use”, I feel like we’re making progress: Though by no means ubiquitous, household energy monitors have been around for some time. A few new entries into the space, however, add a splash of colour and style to make understanding energy consumption more intuitive. Wattson, […]
Shift Happens – Australia Offers Apology to Aborigines
While ‘environmentalism’ focused mostly on the natural environment of our planet, being ‘green’ places equal importance on people. So as an Australian I was pleased to read today’s news that our newly elected government offered a formal apology to to indigenous people for past treatment: AP: CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Aborigines organized breakfast barbecues in […]
Planetwork Conference – The unMoney Convergence April 14-16
Planetwork “brings a collaborative systems view rooted in conscious evolution to sustainability & technology.” What does that mean? Well for me it meant meeting up with some of the most interesting people I know. And in April, following Green Festival in Seattle, the Planetwork folks are staging their first conference for a while: The unMoney […]
More Evidence the End is Near: Batter Blaster
In the “Do we really need this?” department, here’s another great way to pay $ for something that costs Cents… “Over-priced food and drink products have been one of the surprise investor sensations over the past couple years. So we keep our eye out for the next hot item in grub and beverages. There really […]