The world has changed. The sole face, the sole name that seems to compete with Mickey Mouse or Ronald McDonald or a Pokemon figure for instant awareness among children seems to be Martin Luther King. The world does change. And, it can change for the better. I have a dream … Thus, my young children […]
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Today’s MLK? the voice of Van Jones
January 21st, 2008 · 4 Comments
Tags: business practice · climate change · Clinton Climate Initiative · eco-friendly · Energize America · Energy · environmental · Global Warming · government energy policy · green
Offshoring Wind at an affordable price
December 6th, 2007 · Comments Off on Offshoring Wind at an affordable price
Offshore wind is a relatively underexploited resource, with obstacles ranging from Cape Wind-like NIMBYism to the high infrastructure costs (and thus total costs) for installing systems out at sea. The idea of going toward floating wind turbines has been around awhile and BlueH Group looks to be one step closer to making that idea a […]
Tags: electricity · Energy · green · ocean power · renewable energy · wind power
A Greener Gulf Coast: Brad Pitt earns some cred …
December 5th, 2007 · 3 Comments
As we looked toward the devastation of New Orleans, from the first moment, amid great pain, there were those of us who looked at the disaster as opening a (painful) opportunity. A chance to take a leadership position globally, to create something better out of the wreckage, to build Eco New Orleans: ‘A Shining Example […]
Tags: architecture · building green · Clinton Climate Initiative · donations · eco-friendly · Energy · green
WashPost Business Section worth a look
November 26th, 2007 · Comments Off on WashPost Business Section worth a look
Monday’s Washington Post business section has an excellent set of articles examining local green businesses. They provide a window on those pursuing green productivity for, it seems, ethical/moral issues first (and financial as corollary) as per Honest Tea and those who started entirely with financial reasons (with any environmental/ethical/moral issues secondary, a corollary) as per Marriott (article […]
Tags: building green · business practice · commerce · conservation · eco-friendly · Energy · energy efficiency · environmental · government energy policy · green · journalism · LEED · research · Washington Post
Business case for going green …
March 28th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Sea Studios Foundation has just come out with a Ahead of the Curve: Business Responds to Climate Change. This 12-minute video looks at the situation related to energy and global warming … and how businesses are shifting to deal with them. “Far too many people see it as a win-lose game and it’s not that […]
Tags: business practice · eco-friendly · Energy · energy efficiency · Global Warming · green
Improve your business reputation … go green
March 28th, 2007 · Comments Off on Improve your business reputation … go green
According to Fortune magazine, being green is a key discriminator in survey responses as to corporate reputations. That is a serious change in the business world. As Fortune notes, Consider: In 1982, the year of the first Fortune survey of corporate reputations, green was just the color of money. These days “green” means something more. […]
Tags: energy efficiency · environmental · green
Carbon Neutrality … fraud or fact? — riffing off Al Gore debate
March 5th, 2007 · 2 Comments
The sound-machine created controversy over Al Gore’s home energy use has brought focus to an issue that merits focus. Are “Carbon Offsets” simply 21st century indulgences for assuaging the guilt of those living a life at odds with their belief structure (whether real or simply proclaimed) or do they have real meaning?
Tags: Al Gore · alternative energy · an inconvenient truth · conservation · eco-friendly · Energy · environmental · Global Warming · green · renewable energy · Solar Energy