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How-To Convert Your Convictions Into A Career
Are you seeking fulfillment and happiness in the social change world? At this point in your life, are you called to give back? Ready to change careers and become a social entrepreneur? Only 47% of Americans are satisfied with their jobs, a sizable drop from the 61%...
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Solar, drones, food: The top sustainability breakthroughs of 2014
‘Tis the season for year-end reflection. After all, what better way to celebrate the progress we’ve made and to begin envisioning what’s yet to come? The convergence of technologies — and of people from different sectors — is enabling and accelerating systemic...
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HIP Paul Herman on how to invest with impact, HIP Investor | v1
Solving needs in the five categories of sustainability, companies end up running more efficient businesses--according to R. Paul Herman, CEO and founder of HIP Investor. Mapping the measures of sustainability to the financial statements, HIP has shown when a company...
Gabe Zichermann aligns core social values through gamification, Noble Profit | Vol 1
In an attention starved world, businesses need creative and fun solutions to attract consumers to spend their most precious commodity, time. According to Gabe Zichermann of the Gamification Summit, the core principals of sustainability can be addressed through the...
Sectors
Eos Batteries Supercharge Renewable Energy
There are batteries, and there are BATTERIES. Many have long held that sustainable, renewable energy sources won’t take down carbon-based energy sources until battery technology improves substantially. Many renewable energy sources– notably wind and solar– are...
New Hyper Efficient Engine
Researchers from Michigan State University and the Warsaw Institute of Technology are developing a wave disk engine and electricity generator that promises to be five times more efficient than traditional auto engines in electricity production, 20% lighter, and 30%...
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How-To Uncover Your Passion and Purpose
Fulfilling, meaningful work doesn't start with a big idea. It starts with a small voice hiding inside you. "One of the first things to do is to identify what really matters to you. Try to be very specific. Make sure you choose a mission you really care about: if you...
Feature
Earth Day Trends by Noble Profit
Upon speaking on the GreenEconomy panel for Earth Day SF, I compiled a brief list to share some of the trends occurring and where people can spend their money to help nudge the needle. In tribute to Earth Day, What I am seeing with many companies is refinement of...
Rod Richardson, Green Energy Tax Cuts, Can They Help Beat Global Warming?
Most people hate paying taxes, especially today. In this video interview, Rod Richardson, the blogger behind Green Energy Tax Cuts, puts forward a unique spin on the polarized politics and issues on climate change we face today--fight global warming by eliminating...
New Hyper Efficient Engine
Researchers from Michigan State University and the Warsaw Institute of Technology are developing a wave disk engine and electricity generator that promises to be five times more efficient than traditional auto engines in electricity production, 20% lighter, and 30%...
Net Energy Metering in Utah
There was much ado recently about California passing a law to allow “Net Metering” for individuals or institutions producing renewable energy… and get *paid* for it. Apparently, they could contribute net energy to the grid before out of the goodness of their hearts....
2013 Chinese & Indian Solar Markets Doubling
Vishal Shah predicts that the Chinese market which installed over 4 GW last year will more than double to 10 gigawatts and the Indian market will more than triple to reach 4 gigawatts and the U.S. will rise a measly 29 percent to 4.5 gigawatts. ...
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....
Billion Dollar Breakthrough in Solar Efficiency?
For years, scientists have studied the potential benefits of a new branch of solar energy technology that relies on nanosized antenna arrays theoretically capable of harvesting more than 70 percent of the sun’s electromagnetic radiation and simultaneously converting...
Spinning Conical Solar Cells – 8 cents per KW?
The average cost of electricity in the US is about 12 cents per kWh. The asserted cost of V3Solar’s Spin Cell is quoted by the company as being 8 cents per kWh! A 3rd-party solar specialist has apparently verified the cost projection, and his technical review is...
Graphene Supercapacitors
The UCLA researchers have developed a groundbreaking technique that uses a DVD burner to fabricate micro-scale graphene-based supercapacitors — devices that can charge and discharge a hundred to a thousand times faster than standard batteries. These...
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