Members
Green Innovation
| Mission: | This group is for discussing the ways in which businesses and politicians are helping to foster and develop environmental solutions |
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| Founder: |
 Stuart Morris,
Victoria, BC |
| Description: | Businesses and politicians have both an opportunity and a responsibility to lead the way forward for environmentalism in the public sphere. This group is here to highlight businesses and politicians who are doing just that. By raising awareness of the ways in which businesses and politicians are leading the charge of green innovation we can inspire others to follow their lead. |
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| Tags: | green business politics technology innovation |
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News & Discussions
 ‘Natural’ wines are on the rise in France We'll drink to that ‘Natural’ wines are on the rise in France 0 26 Feb 2010 11:59 AM by A... |
| Bloom: Thinking inside the box Better than sliced bread? Bloom: Thinking inside the box 1 26 Feb 2010 3:16 PM by Todd Woody T... |
| World’s biggest solar-powered boat unveiled I've got my solar panels and my flippy floppies World’s biggest solar-powered boat unveiled 25 Fe... |
 Illinois Schools Move Toward Solar EnergyGeorgetown Ridge Farm High School of Illinois and Danville High School of Illinois enter into agreement with Illiana Pow... |
 Solar Power Is Now an Option for Even the Most Cash-Strapped SuburbanitesSolar Power Is Now an Option for Even the Most Cash-Strapped Suburbanites By Yasha Levine, AlterNet. Posted Ja... |
 Pioneering Towns Are Rushing to Kick the Carbon Addiction -- Has Yours?Towns Rush to Make Low-Carbon Transition More and more neighborhoods are making the transition to a climate-friendly... |
 12 Innovations That Could Save Us 12 Innovations From the ‘00s That Could Save Us Posted by Sarah van Gelder at Ja... |
| Reducing Your Impact: A Guide to New Year's Resolutions for 2010 Reducing Your Impact: A Guide to New Year's Resolutions for 2010 How to make a resolution that you'll actually keep... |
| The city that said 'no' to pollution The city that said ‘no’ Maywood, Calif., has become a ‘culture of participation’ to help s... |
| George Monbiot: This is bigger than climate change. It is a battle to redefine humanity This is bigger than climate change. It is a battle to redefine humanity It's hard for a species used to ever-exp... |
Videos
David Harvey: Rethinking urban life, energy consumption, and housing
David Harvey discusses the ways we need to radically rethink urban living, energy consumption, and housing. ...
Connected to: Greenhouse Gases Building and renovating for Sustainable Living Green Innovation
David Harvey discusses the ways we need to radically rethink urban living, energy consumption, and housing. ...
Connected to: Greenhouse Gases Building and renovating for Sustainable Living Green Innovation
New web software aids natural disaster relief work
Internet technology developed in Kenya is being used to help governments and aid workers on the ground in the wake of the recent earthquakes that struck Chile and Haiti. Ushahidi is an online......
Connected to: Emperilled Ecosystems Green Innovation Direct Action Sustainable University Movements
Internet technology developed in Kenya is being used to help governments and aid workers on the ground in the wake of the recent earthquakes that struck Chile and Haiti. Ushahidi is an online......
Connected to: Emperilled Ecosystems Green Innovation Direct Action Sustainable University Movements
How to Paint for the Planet
If your walls could talk, they would probably go off on a tirade about how disgusted they are being covered in conventional paint. The EPA says indoor air quality is 2 to 5 times worse than outdoor......
Connected to: Emperilled Ecosystems Building and renovating for Sustainable Living Urban Recycling Buying Green Green Innovation Green Marketing & Messaging
If your walls could talk, they would probably go off on a tirade about how disgusted they are being covered in conventional paint. The EPA says indoor air quality is 2 to 5 times worse than outdoor......
Connected to: Emperilled Ecosystems Building and renovating for Sustainable Living Urban Recycling Buying Green Green Innovation Green Marketing & Messaging
ITC Wind Power Company Finds Challenge To Get Others On Board Green Power
Terry Harvill, Vice President of Energy Policy, ITC Holdings Corporation, explains the obstacles his company faces to develop transmission systems across parts of America. From jurisdiction issues to......
Connected to: Wind Power Technologies Green Innovation Wind energy technologies Obama's Green Initiatives
Terry Harvill, Vice President of Energy Policy, ITC Holdings Corporation, explains the obstacles his company faces to develop transmission systems across parts of America. From jurisdiction issues to......
Connected to: Wind Power Technologies Green Innovation Wind energy technologies Obama's Green Initiatives
DIY Wind Turbine Blade DC 180 Volt Electric Generator HAWT Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine
This DIY wind turbine blade is hooked to a 180 Volt Leeson 3.8 Amp Permanent Magnet Electric Motor acting as a generator. Maximum voltage recorded at ground level was 27 volts. Maximum Watts produced......
Connected to: Household Power Saving Tips Wind Power Technologies Building and renovating for Sustainable Living Buying Green Green Innovation Wind energy technologies Repower America
This DIY wind turbine blade is hooked to a 180 Volt Leeson 3.8 Amp Permanent Magnet Electric Motor acting as a generator. Maximum voltage recorded at ground level was 27 volts. Maximum Watts produced......
Connected to: Household Power Saving Tips Wind Power Technologies Building and renovating for Sustainable Living Buying Green Green Innovation Wind energy technologies Repower America
Hero scientist, Ken Calderia: We can no longer use the atmosphere as a waste dump
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/23/Geoengineer... Atmospheric scientist Ken Caldeira asserts that as long as any amount of carbon is emitted into the atmosphere, temperatures will......
Connected to: Science of Climate Change Greenhouse Gases Water Impacts Forest Impacts Emperilled Ecosystems Green Innovation Endangered Species
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/23/Geoengineer... Atmospheric scientist Ken Caldeira asserts that as long as any amount of carbon is emitted into the atmosphere, temperatures will......
Connected to: Science of Climate Change Greenhouse Gases Water Impacts Forest Impacts Emperilled Ecosystems Green Innovation Endangered Species
China & U.S. are battling to be leaders in Green Energy. Guess who is winning?
China and the U.S. are fighting to lead the world in green energy technology, but China is way ahead. Celia Hatton reports on what the U.S. needs to do to keep up. ...
Connected to: Wind Power Technologies Climate Change and Government Green Innovation Solar Energy Wind energy technologies Obama's Green Initiatives Repower America Green Marketing & Messaging
China and the U.S. are fighting to lead the world in green energy technology, but China is way ahead. Celia Hatton reports on what the U.S. needs to do to keep up. ...
Connected to: Wind Power Technologies Climate Change and Government Green Innovation Solar Energy Wind energy technologies Obama's Green Initiatives Repower America Green Marketing & Messaging
Natural Resources Defense Council's Barbara Finamore: Green Energy is the 21st Century
Barbara Finamore, from the NRDC talks about how renewable energy is a key essential in the 21st century and where the United States' stands in the development of renewable energy ...
Connected to: Wind Power Technologies Climate Change and Government Green Innovation Solar Energy Wind energy technologies Obama's Green Initiatives Repower America
Barbara Finamore, from the NRDC talks about how renewable energy is a key essential in the 21st century and where the United States' stands in the development of renewable energy ...
Connected to: Wind Power Technologies Climate Change and Government Green Innovation Solar Energy Wind energy technologies Obama's Green Initiatives Repower America
Obama Touts Clean Energy Jobs to Help Economy
President Obama touts his clean energy economy plans on his visit to OPOWER in Arlington. The three-year-old company creates software products that promote energy efficiency and works with utility......
Connected to: Climate Change and Government Green Innovation Obama's Green Initiatives
President Obama touts his clean energy economy plans on his visit to OPOWER in Arlington. The three-year-old company creates software products that promote energy efficiency and works with utility......
Connected to: Climate Change and Government Green Innovation Obama's Green Initiatives
Airborne Wind Turbine Technology Taking Flight
Clean Skies News talks to JoeBen Bevirt, CEO of Joby Energy, a company that is working on developing airborne wind turbines, about this new technology. Joby Energy had an exhibit set up at the ARPA-E......
Connected to: Wind Power Technologies Green Innovation Wind energy technologies
Clean Skies News talks to JoeBen Bevirt, CEO of Joby Energy, a company that is working on developing airborne wind turbines, about this new technology. Joby Energy had an exhibit set up at the ARPA-E......
Connected to: Wind Power Technologies Green Innovation Wind energy technologies
