Prison Pedal Vision Saving Energy and Helping Inmates Loose Weight
Sheriff Joe is notorious for his tuff rules and pink shirts but is this Arizona prison on to something? This might be a great idea for people to install in their homes to save money and loose weight. I can already envision an informercial for this thing! Moreover I think... Read More
How Can Social Technologies Help the Environment?
Working on some post for Microsoft Hohm and flying to San Francisco for the web 2.0 conference, I’ve been plagued with the thought this morning on how social technologies can better support the green movement. This thought process came about when I’ was posting an article from Planet Green about... Read More
Green Holiday Tips
Make Your Own Wrapping Paper Most mass-produced wrapping paper you find in stores is not recyclable and ends up in landfills. Instead, here’s a great chance to get creative! Wrap presents with old maps, the comics section ofa newspaper, or children’s artwork. Or use a scarf, attractive dish towel, bandana, or... Read More
Social Networks To Help You Go Green
A slew of social networking tools put people on the same page to reach sustainability goals. CarbonRally approaches the effort of saving the planet with sportsmanship by inviting users to team up to rack up points for reducing emissions. Make Me Sustainable also aims to help groups green their habits.... Read More
100 Companies Going Green
Biofuel & Agriculture Amyris Biotechnologies Aurora Biofuels Evolutionary Genomics Genomatica Joule Biotechnologies, Inc. KiOR LanzaTech LS9 Mendel Biotechnology Performance Plants QterosSegetis SG Biofuels Synthetic Genomics Clean Energy (not solar or biofuel) Bloom Energy CoaLogix exro Technologies FloDesign GreatPoint Energy Hyperion Power Generation Luca Technologies Nordic Windpower Oorja Potter Drilling Rive Technology TerraPower Clean Manufacturing & Clean Products EoPlex Technologies GlycosBio PAX Streamline Widetronix Wildcat Discovery Technologies Energy Management, Smart Grid & Energy Efficiency BridgeLux eMeter Kaai Optimum Energy Positive Energy Renaissance Lighting Silver Spring Networks SmartSynch SuperBulbs Tendril Networks Trilliant Energy Storage Systems Deeya Energy Firefly... Read More
The Three Waves of Environmentalism
The First Wave: Conservation Starting in the 19th century, environmentalists worked to identify, protect and extend those parts of our land that needed to be kept intact for future generations and for our current civic health. They worked mainly with governments, and via NGOs such as the Nature Conservancy, to establish the parks, refuges... Read More
Top Green Workout Tips
Stay homeThere’s a reason Jane Fonda made a fortune from those exercise videos: working out athome is easy and convenient. Plenty ofroutines—like weight training, yoga, or Pilates—require nothing more than a mat and some room to lunge or squat, so it’s possible to put together a cardio and strength training combination... Read More
The Green Revolution – Why now?
Most Americans have no idea where their power and utilities come from. We’ve been blessed with the ability (for those that pay their bills) to turn on the lights with a flip of the switch. However to transfer this amount of power to your home, neighborhood, city, county and state... Read More
Microsoft Hohm and Fargo
Recently I was able to head up to North Dakota to do interviews with a variety of people in the town. This video was just used in the announcement for the Microsoft Hohm partnership with Excel... Read More
Solar Energy – Installing Solar Panels
Here’s another video that I created recently for Microsoft Hohm. In this video I met up with Jeremy owner of Puget Sound Energy. During our conversation he goes through some great points about solar energy. I do have some B-side tape with some other great talking points but where out... Read More
