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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Plastic Bag Bans
 Oakland is set to follow San Francisco’s ban on plastic bags at retail stores grossing more than $1m. But surprise, surprise (not!) the plastic bag industry is cranky, filing suit over the measure. Countless plastic bags end up in our ocean, harming marine wildlife. Even China, a country that reportedly uses 3 billion plastic […]
Full Frontal Scrutiny
Moving the green agenda forward is difficult enough without misinformation clouding issues. Fortunately there are organizations like Consumer Reports WebWatch and the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD). Full Frontal Scrutiny is a new joint project between these two organizations that aims to shine a light on front groups — organizations that state a particular […]