I’m always pleased to report on mainstream coverage of the green economy. Sunday’s New York Times Fashion & Style section looks at ‘green flowers’. To Pull a Thorn From the Side of the Planet …as in other industries with increasing demand for green products, the floral industry is debating what is environmentally correct. Should flowers […]
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Nature Inspires Ocean Power Solution
The emerging science of biomimicry has yielded another innovative solution to one of our most pressing problems: clean, renewable energy. BioPower Systems Awarded $5 Million Renewable Energy Development Grant Sydney, Australia, 4 February 2008: Australia’s ocean energy company, BioPower Systems Pty Limited, has been awarded a $5 million grant under the Australian Government’s AusIndustry Renewable […]
Algal Biofuel: Moving from ‘Crude’ Oil to ‘Cultured’ Oil
The concept of algal biofuel has been discussed for decades but we may finally be seeing scalable solutions. CNet writer Michael Kanellos offers some insights in Algae: Another way to grow edible oils. Cnet also offers up a video on LiveFuels a national alliance of labs and scientists dedicated to transforming algae into biocrude by […]
Trains vs Planes in Spain
The Guardian and Treehugger report on a new high-speed link between Madrid and Barcelona. The Ave covers the 410 miles between Madrid and Barcelona in just 2 hours and 35 minutes. From The Guardian: The aim is to have 10,000km (6,200 miles) of high-speed track in Spain by 2020, meaning that 90% of the population […]
For Your Calendar: Slow Food Nation
As a kid I tended a sizable vegetable garden. I don’t know what inspired me (a suburban kid) to till the backyard soil at age 10. But I loved the work and the joy of fresh, local food stuck with me. It was also the beginning of my entrepreneurial life as I sold produce to […]
More on Saatchi S
Some more on Saatchi’s acquisition of Act Now: PUBLICIS GROUPE ACQUIRES ACT NOW, TOP SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTANCY • Act Now to Become Saatchi & Saatchi S, part of Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide • Move Strengthens Publicis Groupe in Sustainability Communications Adam Werbach, CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi S said in a release yesterday: “Saatchi & Saatchi […]
How Should Congress Invest OUR $150 billion?
The Apollo Alliance offers some insight: President Bush and Congress are deciding how to spend up to $150 billion of our hard-earned tax dollars to stimulate the economy. The question is: will they spend the money to jump-start our clean energy industries, create good jobs, and build a cleaner, brighter future for our children, or […]
Adam Werbach announces SaatchiS
Adam Werbach is a true leader in the green movement and today he announced another big deal – the launch of Saatchi & Saatchi S. After years in the environmental movement he founded Act Now to help commercial enterprises green up their act. Now they’re taking the product and process innovation, grassroots workforce engagement, marketing […]
Negawatt Power
While solar, wind and biofuels have had plenty of attention, the unsung superhero of clean energy is Negawatts – a term coined by Amory Lovins in a 1989 Green Energy Conference. Two decades later, with a growing corporate interest in efficiency programs, energy efficiency may be this year’s hot trend in cleantech M&A & IPOs. […]
State of Green Business 2008
Trying to understand who’s who, and what’s what in green business? Help has arrived via Joel Makower and the editors over at GreenBiz.com. Their first report into US green business activities is now available at www.StateOfGreenBusiness.com. The report debuts the GreenBiz Index, a set of 20 indicators of green business progress including measures of how […]