Category: Eco FACES
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 [...]
Dr. Anna Jones-Crabtree – A Sustainable Hero
This year, budget-constrained US Federal agencies will sign billions of dollars in energy savings performance contracts with clean technology suppliers, under which energy savings pay for the cost of the clean technology. President Obama has called on government agencies to enter into $2 billion worth of these creative financing mechanisms in 2012. Eco-heroes such as [...]
Michael C. Ruppert, The Whistle Blower
In our 2012 clean technology outlook, ecosociable.com predicted that this year will be the year of eco-agricultural. Michael C. Ruppert, the man who uncovers the truth and trends before many are ready to accept them, is also big on eco-agra over at his Collapsenet.com. Among the CIA cover-ups and big oil conspiracies, Ruppert is an [...]
Lester R. Brown, Influential Thinker
Since Lester R. Brown practically started the industry of environmental publishing decades ago, it has grown from a cottage industry to the most popular book topic for those with and without environmental pedigree. Among the greening din, it is Brown’s latest book, World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse, that is [...]
Denis Hayes, Earth’s Hero
“We’ve made some heroic efforts, but the Earth as a whole is in worse shape today than 30 years ago. There’s been 30 more years of greenhouses gases, species extinctions and population growth.” – Denis Hayes Every year, the world celebrates Earth Day in order to inspire and encourage awareness as well as show appreciation [...]
- Viewpoints: Brown should not retreat from investing cap-and-trade money - Sacramento Bee
- The road to a greener America is littered with roadkill - The Mercury
- 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)
