I’m guessing the name Walter Feuchs is not a new one to many readers; he’s been in and around cleantech innovation for a very long time. Here he writes: (This document) provides an overview of innovations with a global …
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Tactical Solutions Needed to Deal with Climate Disruption
Apparently, United States Secretary of State John Kerry said recently that the U.S. is considering making a major contribution to a fund that would help developing countries deal with both the causes and the effects of climate disruption. Money would …
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Solar PV from Samsung Brings Computing to African Schoolrooms
Here’s an article that speaks to a few concepts that are near to my heart: using solar PV to bring computing to a schoolroom, made from a repurposed shipping container, located in rural Africa. Congratulations to Samsung for making this …
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Water, Energy, and Food – How Shortages Are Affecting Us All
For his final project in his Environmental Horticulture class, I’m helping my son write a paper called “Water, Energy, and Food – How Shortages Are Affecting Us All,” and I thought readers may be interested in how we’re attacking the …
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Energy, Water, and Food – Critical Shortages Are Headed Our Way
Helping my children with their homework has always been a great joy to me. Now they’re both in college, but the pleasure remains undiminished. Of course, it’s important to refrain from actually doing their work for them, but that doesn’t …
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Sustainable Agriculture and Bee Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD)
Those of us concerned about the declining bee population via colony collapse disorder (CCD) are worried primarily about agriculture; a large percentage of the food we eat here in the U.S. is pollinated by bees. A new discovery, published just last week, suggests …
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From Guest Blogger Leslie Kramer: Five Cool Ways Your Neighborhood Can Band Together To Become Greener
One person trying to become greener is great, but if they can persuade their entire neighborhood to do it we’ll all be able to make a much bigger difference. Are you old enough to remember what neighborhoods used to be …
Clean Energy and Sustainable Agriculture
I just did a 30-minute-long interview with a brilliant and charming woman in Atlanta: Mary Blackmon, CEO of Farm Star Living. I encourage readers to check this out; the purpose here is to clarify and promote what farmers really do, …
Talking Sustainable Agriculture on North Carolina's Outer Banks
I’m on the Outer Banks of North Carolina for the wedding of my eldest nephew. I’d never been here before, and I was expecting a stretch of land so desolate that I’d have trouble getting online or finding a good …
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Investments in Cleantech May Slow, But Many Bright Spots Remain
Here’s an interesting (albeit disappointing) article predicting a slowing in cleantech investment in 2013. On the bright side, it points to a number of areas of growth, for example, agriculture: Big ag steps up and cleans up: …. after evaluating …
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