There are so many ways that we can step a little lighter on the Earth. The tips in this Greenpeace “Green Guide” provide some useful pointers. Got some tips of your own? A favorite guide to greening up your life? Let me know…
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Abu Dhabi Investing US$15 Bln in Green Energy
While giving no specific timeframe, Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahayan told the World Future Energy Summit in the emirate. “I would like to underscore the government of Abu Dhabi’s commitment to the Masdar initiative by announcing an initial investment of US$15 billion.” Next month ground will be broken on Masdar city, […]
Do You Know How Much Water You Really Use?
Enter the H2O Calculator at http://www.h2oconserve.org/, a project of ICCR, GRACE, Food & Water Watch, and the Johns Hopkins University Center for a Livable Future. “Water scarcity is a growing problem throughout the US and abroad, and it is crucial that individuals and communities make efforts to conserve and protect this precious resource. H2O conserve […]
SolarSailor – Innovation Inspired by Insects
Solar Sailor is an Australian company innovating in the marine industry. Recent CNN coverage is gratifying – it’s not easy to turn old industries around. See recent video on CNN. (Disclosure: I’m an investor in this company and served on the board for a couple of years.)
Zerofootprint Gets Calculated About Climate Change
“It’s hard to tell, at first glance, whether Zerofootprint is a serious business or a feel-good environmental action group. The answer, easily discovered before long, is that it is likely both…the company as two separate entities: A non-profit umbrella group, the Zerofootprint Foundation, and separate for-profit arms that handle building out the calculator for cities […]
Consumer-Generated Power
Dutch startup Qurrent is taking the notion of consumer-generated power a step further with technology to enable neighbourhood-wide energy networks. Continued at Springwise…
Starter Kits for Homemade Cleaning
Another one via the trendspotters at Springwise, this time on green startup Eco-Me, which is now offering kits to help consumers create their own cleaning products. Continued over at Springwise…
Two Degrees of Separation
Treehugger looks into the people behind the ‘non-partisan’ Stats.Org finding it to be “…a front designed to confuse the public about science, operated by an extremist conservative think tank.” Sourcewatch by the Center for Media and Democracy is a great resource if you want to do a ‘connecting the dots’ excercise of your own.
New Eco-Patent Commons Aims to Open Source Cleantech
A new initiative spearheaded by IBM, Nokia, Pitney Bowes and Sony will give companies a way to “donate†patents relating to cleantech or environmental science for use by entrepreneurs, governments and researchers, starting with a seed fund of some 30 patents shared by the four companies…. http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/14/new-eco-patent-commons-aims-to-open-source-cleantech/ http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=2016
Google to Host Terabytes of Open-Source Science Data
Wired reports that “Sources at Google have disclosed that the humble domain, http://research.google.com, will soon provide a home for terabytes of open-source scientific datasets. The storage will be free to scientists and access to the data will be free for all. The project, known as Palimpsest and previewed to the scientific community at […]