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April 11th, 2006

...what was that about hip hop hybrids?? [Apr. 11th, 2006|12:35 pm] [ Tags | evs ] OK so if everyone has had their share of vanity fair. And still no one spins the wheel of conversation (no, seriously, how many blogs are now all up in it with VF?). So we stick to magazines. Well here's a neat spin on that idea... a magazine that has been around for quite some time, but is now available at the Newsstand! Bruce Melan's Electrifying Times has always been a great source for info. Specifically EVs and other green energy info (usually related to propulsion). You can still subscribe, but the maverick magazine will now be available TO THE MAINSTREAM! and this kicks ass! Is there any better way to sire up the imagination of the average joe than to have it in 8x11 glossy pages right next to a magazine dedicated to Angelina Jolie's baby bump and who's hot or not? I say no! And melan's not going to pull back on the content, you know, dumb it down for the masses, not at all! ( click here to Check out the table of contents: ) Link Leave a comment

go ahead ...do it ...take one for the team! [Apr. 11th, 2006|07:47 pm] [ Tags | treehugger ] G O D O I T N O W ! OK I ususally don't ask people to do things like sign petitions or vote for something because its up for an award.. but Treehugger is up for a Webby. and i think everybody ought to go and vote for them if you don't know about go and check them out first BEFORE VOTING! (but then again, if you don't know who the TH is, then I doubt if you are actually reading this). Go Vote For Treehugger! I mean really this is a conventional web awards group, The awards, for treehugger to win would mean soooo much for the green evolution that is now happening. SO stop reaidng this, go to the webbys and VOTE! Link Leave a comment

duPont to get into solar in a big way [Apr. 11th, 2006|08:08 pm] [ Tags | sog-si, solarpv ] DuPont officials say they plan to spend 100 million dollars in the next two years on solar cell technology. I heard rumours already about DuP moving into BioPlastics too. Which is kinda funny when you think about it.. I mean hey, up till 1938 they made bioplastics and other biopolymers, biofuels, and even biobased paints.. so hey, it's like retro.. Link Leave a comment

adaptation baby! [Apr. 11th, 2006|08:11 pm] [ Tags | climate change ] World Bank gives Columbia $5.4 million grant for the Integrated National Adaptation Project will support Colombia’s efforts to define and implement specific pilot adaptation measures and policy options to meet the anticipated impacts from climate change I wish we were thinking about our adaptation to climate changes... Link 2 comments|Leave a comment

"who says you can't go back..." [Apr. 11th, 2006|08:18 pm] [ Tags | solarpv ] New Jersy to electrify the Meadowlands The Meadowlands, known as a toxic dumping-ground with a great view of manhattan, great place to stash a body, and for great Bruce Sprinsteen concerts, is now going electric. That's right! New Jersy now plans on turning the Meadowlands into a 5 MegaWatt solar park!! Link Leave a comment

When John Doerr talks, people listen! [Apr. 11th, 2006|08:25 pm] [ Tags | ceos, greenbiz, lgwcc ] Watch the world follow as the silicon venture-capital king goes Green! OK so a little company called Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers (but their friends call them KPCB), decides to invest in green technologies. So? Who isn't, you ask? Well um, no one quite like KPBC-- who in the past funded some companies you might have heard of, like, Google, Netscape, Sun Microsystems ...Visionary doesn't even scratch at the surface of John Doerr, And now Doerr is going green. KPBC Just announced a $100 Million dolar green technology fund. It's sister to the slighly larger $600M KPCB XII fund, but it's all green! "This field of green tech could be the largest economic opportunity of the 21st century," Doerr said. "There's never been a better time than now to start or accelerate a green-tech venture." Let the games begin.... [edited to add: the very next thing i looked at after writing ths was a piece by John Elkington and Mark Lee in Grist all about this... so well written you gotta check it out. and you will chuckle next time i say "missionary Mercenaries"] Link Leave a comment

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