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Smarter cities and systemic change: 2015 sustainability predictions
From Google's billion-dollar acquisition of smart energy pioneer Nest to the proliferation of sensors in "smart cities" around the world, 2014 was a big year for innovation in sustainability. All that adds up to massive opportunities at the intersection of business,...
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Solving for Scarcity
Amongst the many lessons we learn from the school of life is the realization that our present reality only appears to be complex or difficult because we have not yet found the idea to adequately explain what is actually happening. This is a humble attempt to explain...
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Gil Friend on the power of multi nationals to change the world, Natural Logic | Vol 2
Multi national companies have an effect, not just on the stock exchange, but on businesses globally and our ability to surmount the great issues we face today from the environment to the standard of living of over 1 billion poor people globally. Gil Friend talks about...
Heidi Lubin, HEVT, and her disruptive solution to smart motors | Noble Profit Moment
Heidi Lubin, CEO of Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technologies (HEVT) has a vision to create "high-performance, highly efficient, affordable and reliable electric motors". Her baby is a real winner, taking the prize at several major competitions including the coveted...
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The Plunging Cost of Solar PV
The plunging cost of solar PV from the end of 2008 to the start of 2012 has been well documented. It amounted to a fall of around 70 per cent. What is less well understood is that the price of solar modules continues to fall dramatically. ...
Unsubsidized Grid Parity Reached in India
Deutsche Bank just released new analyses concluding that global solar market will become sustainable on its own terms by the end of 2014, no longer needing subsidies to continue performing. _______________________ LEARN MORE Learn more about energywhiz....
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How-To Cope When Social Justice Moves Backwards
I am having a moment. Trayvon Martin is dead, nothing can replace him in our lives, and (again) the American legal system - instead of color-blindness - was blindly stupid about race, racism and racial injustice. The Supreme Court has eviscerated the Civil Rights Act,...
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Runa Amazon Guayusa: A Social Enterprise That Empowers Indigenous Farmers in Ecuador
A few months ago, I visited the Ecuador offices of Runa Amazon Guayusa, a social enterprise founded by a friend from the SF Bay Area, Tyler Gage. Now Tyler’s story has a special place in my heart because it was I who introduced Tyler to the Mamallactas, a family of...
Jennifer Scholze, SAP
Watch this video with Jennifer Scholze, Senior Director, Sustainability Solutions Product Safety and Stewardship, as she explains how SAP is working with women in Ghana as part of the Ghana Shea Value Chain Initiative. In the context of a long supply chain, SAP uses...
Ephigenie Banaynal dela Cruz, Mother
Watch this video of Ephigenie Banaynal dela Cruz, Director, Social and Environmental Accountability and Audit at Microsoft and mother speak about the importance of educating our future generations. dela Cruz explains the importance of providing individual and...
John Viera, Ford | Vol. 1
Watch this video of John Viera, the Global Director of Sustainability and Vehicle Environmental Matters at Ford Motor Company, as he describes the Company’s innovative Sustainable Materials Strategy. Viera explains that the Strategy is oriented toward vehicles having...
Ryan Wartena, GELI | Vol. 1
Did we ever think that the stuff of life could be the stuff we run cars on? Think again! Water can be transformed into fuel, as presented by scientist and inventor of Growing Energy Lab, Inc., Dr. Ryan Wartena. Wartena explains in this video how the water electrolysis...
Wal Van Lierop, Chrysalix | Vol. 1
Learn about the role of the investor in building a better more advanced and sustainable world. Watch this video of Wal Van Lierop, CEO and founder of a clean tech venture capital firm in Vancouver, Chrysalix, as he talks about the financial and practical value of...
WakaWaka Solar lamp social enterprise brings the most efficient solar light on the planet
The problems of conventional kerosene lamps used in poor communities all over the world are many: indoor air pollution, environmental sustainability, fire hazards, low educational outcomes, and high fuel prices. Swapping these inefficient, pollution-ridden lamps out...
Sourcing local, Starbucks global
Seattle, Washington - Starbucks is embracing the model of sourcing local – on all levels, down to the wood on the table. Using architectural design integrating local materials, arts, resources (such a felled ash tree, 3 miles from their store), to reflect their...
All those juicy bits of energy
Los Angeles, CA - Thought Leadership Ray Podder is a man who is more than alive, he is on fire. Lit from within with more juice than a battery pack, Ray can speak for hours about his favorite subject - energy. He worked as a director of digital innovation for a global...
Zoe’s socially conscious bikinis
San Francisco – Zoë Magee, Bikini Maestro When browsing the colorful yet homogeneous racks of bikini’s at the mega stores like Target and Costco, it occurs to me that many of the great deals they offer come at the expense of human labor in third world countries. My...
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