We’ve all heard the stories in which the ancient Romans sewed salt into the fields of the cities they plundered, making it difficult for future inhabitants to grow crops. While it turns out that these tales are more myth than …
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How Feasible Is a Sustainable World by 2050?
Here’s an interview that British environmentalist and author Jonathon Porritt did with the good people at Eco-Business.com. Porritt‘s book The World We Made foretells of a world in 2050 in which humankind has worked through the existential threats facing it today–at least …
From Guest Blogger Chloe Taylor: Environmentally Friendly Real Estate Development
A growing body of evidence suggests that global warming and other environmental problems cannot be ignored. The consumer demand ramps up, green movements proliferate, and new standards and policies emerge. As a result, green practices are becoming a norm instead …
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Lightning Hybrids – I’m Neither a Daydreamer Nor a Believer
Some colleagues asked me to listen to and evaluate an investor presentation given by the CEO of Lightning Hybrids yesterday. I wrote back: Well, I hope I wasn’t too obnoxious with him, but: I’m not a fan of regenerative braking …
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Positioning: Still an Important Subject, Albeit Frequently Overlooked
I just came across an amusing reminder on the subject of market positioning in cleantech. We all remember the notion of positioning from its emergence in the 1970s. In brief, it means communicating a new idea via a comparison to …
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A Couple of Bad Ideas in Renewable Energy
My good friend Henry asked me to check out these two companies: SolarWindow and LiquidSolar. Henry: Thanks for thinking of me. Companies like Solar Window make me nervous.
Chumash Indians Celebrate Earth Day, Permaculture
The indigenous people of the part of California in which I reside are the Chumash Indians, who, anthropologists believe, came here about 15,000 years ago in the Bering Strait Migration, across the “Land Bridge” formed when that part of the …
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From Guest Blogger Writer MC: Classic Car to Electric Car–an Easy Experiment
I loved my 1972 VW Beetle. It was the car my mom bought when I was a baby, and I spent many childhood hours riding in it and, when my parents replaced it, playing in, on, and around it. When …
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From Guest Blogger Jordan: BMW Announces X5 Plug-in Hybrid To Go Into Production
Although BMW has been working on the development of plug-in hybrid technology for a while now, it has yet to introduce a hybrid vehicle to the market. They recently launched their first all-electric car, the i3, in several markets, including …
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Sustainability Means Minimizing the Impact of Human Development on Wildlife — But Exactly How Is That Accomplished?
A friend stayed at our place Saturday night, whose brother, I came to learn, is involved with establishing wildlife and eco-system corridors in fast-growing sub-rural communities. Here’s a fairly detailed piece he sent me that lays out exactly how his …
