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Tapping Clean Technology Ingenuity in All Corners of the Globe
This month, EcoSociable.com is increasing its coverage of clean technology and technologists around the globe. Our objective is to break down the conventional filters and screens to access to clean technology finance and media coverage. To build a truly sustainable economy, we need to draw on the ingenuity of all global citizens. We uniquely cover [...]
David Leb of Eco Wave Power on Cities Powered by Wave Energy
Storms on the Black Sea have been known to sink modern Russian ships, so spirits were high at Israeli-based Eco Wave Power (EWP) when on several recent stormy days its wave power buoys successfully harvested sea wave energy and converted it into clean electricity. Not only did the buoys combat the elements but they also [...]
Dr. Harish Hande on Solar Social Entrepreneurship
What is the greenest thing you do in a day? Work on linkages between poverty eradication and sustainable energy. If you could make one sustainable innovation dream come true, what would it be? Linking all income generation for the poor with sustainable technologies! What is your motivation for supporting a sustainable economy through positive environmental [...]
Matthew Simmons – A Greatly Missed Hero
The man who brought the term ‘peak oil’ into popular awareness turned many people who were unconcerned about energy supply into active monitors of world energy consumption and oil usage. Against the backdrop of energy shortages, lineups at the gas station, Gulf Wars and climate change, Simmons’ message became louder as he turned the world’s [...]
So Why Not Tax the Carbon Speculators?
We surprised even ourselves by our suggestion in our last editorial to tax carbon trading. Are taxes the tools of lazy politicians? Are we simply not smart enough to find a better solution? Or well-intentioned enough to bring all sides together at the negotiating table? Since we made the suggestion of taxing carbon [...]
Climate Change Needs Market Mechanisms Not Aid
As climate scientists debate over whether global warming on Jupiter, Mars, Neptune, Pluto and Triton is being caused by the same forces heating up mother earth, climate talks here on earth have reached a stalemate. Climate talks have been deadlocked by the same issues since their inception. Developed countries want developing countries to curb more [...]
Marine Energy – The Race to Harness the Waves is Off
After years of impressive technology progress yet comparatively modest commercial progress, the marine energy sector has the wind at its back. Acting like competitors prepped at the starting line, marine energy companies leaped in unison out of the demonstration phase in September. Power plants harvesting wave and tidal energy are now in various stages of commercial [...]
Green Venture Philanthropy Part II: NGOs the Next Hot InvestmentSector?
NGOs have grown from grassroots organizations lobbying major development and economic events to providing valuable environmental products and services. The Carbon Disclosure Project is an example of an NGO that has left some of its commercial competitors scrambling to catch up. The provider of carbon credit pricing and performance information had humble beginnings. Its founder [...]
Green Venture Philanthropy
In recent weeks, on both sides of the Atlantic, the media is buzzing about venture philanthropists. Venture philanthropy (VP) is investing in doing good, typically nonprofits and social enterprises, with the expectation of a return on the investment, or a balanced return for those who are truly altruistic. The investment philosophy is based on the [...]
Asia Increasing Investment in US Clean Energy Technologies
This week, Silicon Valley’s largest venture capital fund, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, announced that its soon-to-be-launched fifteenth fund will focus on clean technologies, alongside technology and life science start-ups. The estimated size of the early stage fund is $650 million. KPCB is an exception, however, in [...]
- The road to a greener America is littered with roadkill - The Mercury
- Goldman Sachs eyes Japan renewable energy investments - eco-business.com
- A Tale of Two Cleantechs - Energy Collective
- MaRS cleantech leader Tom Rand recognized for environment-friendly business ... - Canada NewsWire (press release)
- Some light in clean tech investing, despite the gloom - GreenBiz.com (blog)
