Archive for the ‘Sustainable Businesses’ Category
Warm, fuzzy manatees and PR – coming soon to a powerplant near you!
Alright, so this is not exactly the post that will get you your million dollar investment in cleantech, greentech, sustainability and so on.
It is just a warm, fuzzy story, a story that can also be a good PR exercise and bring some free advertising – just the kind that Tampa Electric is now enjoying. They [...]
January 9, 2010
Tags: advertising for energy firms, manatees, PR for energy firms Posted in: Causes, Science and the Environment, Sustainable Businesses 
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Some ruminations on the concept of “skyscraper farming”
Scientific American always has some interesting articles, thoughts and perspectives. Recently, I came across a very detailed and interesting article by Professor Dickson Despommier from Columbia University that talks about using skyscrapers to farm within urban areas. I read this and my head started sending me off in a few different directions and I thought [...]
November 18, 2009
Tags: agronomy, be local buy local, Dickson Despommier, skyscraper farming, sustainability ideas, Sustainable Agriculture, sustainable farming, urban farming, vertical farming Posted in: Innovation in Sustainability, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Businesses No Comments
Should we paint every roof white?
Alright, Energy Secretary Steven Chu is a true hippie. Maybe not. How can we say every guy from Berkeley is a hippie? After all there is the “torture” hall of fame Yoo…Yoohoo! we are digressing.
Coming back to the case at hand, I came across this article about how Steven Chu is trying to remind us [...]
May 27, 2009
Posted in: Green Design, Sustainable Businesses No Comments
Daimler and Tesla – A new business model for greener cars and a profitable auto industry?
Here is a link to an article on this issue:
http://www.businessgreen.com/business-green/news/2242570/daimler-snaps-per-cent-stake
Only last year, it looked like Silicon Valley might not have an effect on the automobile industry after all. It also looked like Tesla would go into a downward spiral. Well, its 2009 now and things look very different (I love restating the blindingly obvious). It [...]
May 25, 2009
Tags: Automotive Industries, Daimler, Sustainable Car Manufacture, Tesla Posted in: Fuel Economy, Sustainable Automobiles, Sustainable Businesses No Comments
