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SBA Business Loans for Green Projects

by Mario Vellandi on 02/09/2009 02:16   0 comments , 249 views
I’ve always thought that to provide additional incentives for investing in projects which reduce power or provide some other green-related benefit, there has to be some kind of financial carrot in the form of special loans or lower interest rates. The best organization that could make a difference on such a massive scale would be [...] read more >>
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Sierra Nevada to turn beer yeast into ethanol

by Todd Wallace on 02/05/2009 08:48   0 comments , 274 views
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company has teamed up with E-Fuel, Corp. to turn beer yeast into ethanol. Los Gatos-based E-Fuel, the inventor of the world’s first home ethanol system — the Efuel100 MicroFueler — and Sierra Nevada have agreed to house MicroFuelers at the brewery in Chico, enabling Sierra Nevada to manufacture its own ethanol using waste [...] read more >>
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Water disinfecting device uses solar

by Todd Wallace on 01/12/2009 08:37   0 comments , 288 views
A Swedish-made device called Solvatten uses solar energy to disinfect water. NewScientist’s online technology reporter Colin Barras writes, “An indicator signals it is safe to drink once the temperature inside has reached 55 C [131 F]. That heating, together with exposure to UV radiation, helps destroy harmful bacteria, and the water is also filtered during pouring [...] read more >>
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The Timberland Story

by Mario Vellandi on 01/12/2009 03:04   0 comments , 301 views
Timberland is a boot manufacturer that espouses the right kind of social and environmental responsibility: substantive and transparent. Their brand isn’t explicitly known to be green. They make comfortable and high-quality boots (among other merchandise) for men, women, and kids in traditional and fashionable styles. I’d like to cover more about them in a future [...] read more >>
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The Global Reporting Initiative & Climate Change

by Mario Vellandi on 12/13/2008 03:01   0 comments , 297 views
[Video Link for Email/Other Subscribers - 8min] Ernst Ligteringen, CEO of Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), speaks in this interview with ClimateActionProgramme about the role of climate change reporting within the GRI. Interesting to note is Ernst’s answer to the question, “What are the next steps on reporting climate change mitigation?” “I think there is still so much to [...] read more >>
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AMEE

by Albert Wenger on 12/11/2008 05:54   0 comments , 290 views

A few weeks ago, my daughter came home quite distraught from school.  “Daddy, the polar bears and penguins are dying and it is our fault” she declared at the dinner table.  Having spent many hours admiring the polar bears and penguins at the Central Park Zoo, this was something that all three of our kids immediately agreed was to be stopped.  So they wanted to know what could be done about it.  We had one of the better dinner discussions in a lo... read more >>

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IBM, Harvard want your PC for solar power study

by EverythingFinance on 12/08/2008 19:02   0 comments , 286 views
Scientists at Harvard University and IBM are hoping to harness the power of a million idle computers to develop a new, cheaper form of solar power that could revolutionize the green energy world.

Researchers have launched the project using IBM's World Community Grid, which taps into volunteers' computers across the globe to run calculations on a myriad of compounds - potentially shortening a project that could take 22 years to just two years.

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Please Don't Give (Me) Stuff!

by Albert Wenger on 12/01/2008 11:32   0 comments , 376 views

Holiday gift shopping is in full swing and I have had a number of relatives ask me what I would like to get.  I always say, please don’t give me more stuff.  Stuff basically includes any and all physical objects (excluding books).  I have long ago crossed the threshold of having too much stuff and find myself spending more and more time getting rid of stuff to unclutter my life.  Paul Graham has a longer post describing his similar issues with s... read more >>

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Review: Hot, Flat, and Crowded - Thomas Friedman

by Mario Vellandi on 11/16/2008 18:56   0 comments , 343 views
Having listened to the The World is Flat over MANY hours on my bike two years ago, I anticipated an intellectual boatride guided by captain Thomas Friedman in his book: Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution — and How It Can Renew America. The points of the book worth mentioning are as [...] read more >>
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Defining Sustainability

by Mario Vellandi on 10/16/2008 19:33   0 comments , 216 views

Well, what does it mean? Great question…no easy answer. However in my inaugural article over at the MarketingProfs Daily Fix blog, I attempted to the best of my abilities to help fellow marketers understand on a macro level what green and sustainable mean.

To check it out, please visit:
http://www.mpdailyfix.com/2008/10/sustainable_green_what_does_it.html

One point very much worth mentioning though, is the risk of being labeled as greenwashing is..... read more >>

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