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No Comments Image credit: Lollie-Pop /Flickr With Tesla officially filing their IPO papers , it seems like renewable energy is entering a new era of marketability. Such small successes, however, may not be representative of trends. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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RETECH 2010: Challenges and Opportunities in Renewable Energy
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No Comments Photo via World Sports Tribune Much has been made of this year’s generally crappy Super Bowl ads. But in the green community, one ad has been showing up repeatedly on just about every enviro blog out there: the Audi “Green Police” ad. We even covered it here before the game , where it was already causing a stir. And that stir isn’t over the product or the company selling the...
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Today on Planet 100: Kamikaze Iguanas (Video)
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No Comments Photo via Syracuse I have a challenge for you: try to come up with a company that better exemplifies the archetype of the nefarious, greed-driven, monolithic corporation than Exxon. Besides Haliburton. You have until the end of this blog post to do so, and it’s a tall order: Exxon is behind one of the most infamous environmental catastrophes of our time , it makes more gross income than most...
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No Comments Image credit: Good We have all seen “buy local” campaigns, but what about taking it to the next level: Investing locally ?… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Support Local Business: Help Build One
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No Comments Ponoko CEO David Ten Have by Williams + Hirakawa, via Inc We have written so much about downloadable designs , about shipping ideas all over the world instead of stuff. It just keeps getting better, with more products and more options. That is why I love Ponoko so much; it is the first real demonstration of the concept. Now that they have added a hub in Europe, you can see the fir… Read the...
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No Comments With green considered the new gold, many corporations are looking to jump on the sustainability bandwagon. The issue is finding a way to make the programs effective and impactful. Employees, customers, vendors and corporate watchdogs are looking to determine whether the programs are meaningful or just lip service. The question becomes, “How do you create
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Accidental to Purposeful...
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No Comments Image credit: flickrfavorites /Flickr Researchers monitoring three-toed sloths in the jungles of Panama came upon a shocking discovery after one of their radio-collared animals stopped moving. The sloth had been killed , its organs eaten, and left on the forest floor. Upon closer inspection, researchers determined the sloth to be a victim of a surprising killer: The tiny spectacled owl…. Read...
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No Comments Photo: Flickr , CC I Feel a Great Disturbance in the Force Finding new uses for equipment that you already have is always satisfying (at least to engineers). One very cool example of this is the use of cell phone towers to measure rainfall in real-time; the rain interferes with the radio signals, and this interference can be measured with “greater spatial resolution than traditional point measurements...
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No Comments NOAA responds to millions of annual requests for climate data vital to planning and operations. In vulnerable areas, infrastructure can be designed with a better understanding of projected sea-level rise, flooding and/or changes in hurricane frequency and intensity. Photo and caption: NOAA The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has announced that it will be unifying all its climate change...
