Wednesday, March 24, 2010

On Doing Well By Doing Good

Bill Clinton speaks to The Economist on the financial collapse of 2009 and why it should spur innovative global philanthropy and environmental action


Tuesday, March 16, 2010

The Coming of Porous Enterprise

[Source: YouTube]


What is the future of the corporation? Pascale Diaine of Orange Labs asked a mix of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and thinkers: John Hagel of the Deloitte Center for the Edge, David Weekly of PBWorks, Brian Phillips of Thread.com, Jerry Michalski of sociate.com and Dan Olsen of yourversion.com


This video serves as a supplement to a more extensive research report of the same name available here: http://bit.ly/a5IkgH


Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Bloom Box: The Magic Box?

[source CBS News]

CBS 60 Minutes gets the first-ever look at the Bloom Box, a potentially revolutionary energy generating device.


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Large corporations have been testing the device, which can generate power on the spot without being connected to the electric grid.


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Saturday, January 9, 2010

Role of Sustainability in the New Economy

This panel discussion was held during the 3rd annual Sustainability and Renewable Energy Forum held at the Darden School of Business. Panelists included:

• Kyle Tanger, CEO - Clear Carbon Consulting
• Greg Williams, Director SH&E Performance MeadWestvaco
• Jim Bruce, Special Counsel to Corporate Public Affairs UPS
• Jon Freedman, Director of Government Relations GE Infrastructure Water & Process Technologies

Recorded October 28, 2009.

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Around the World in a Solar Airplane

Bertrand Piccard circumnavigated the Earth in a hot-air balloon. Now he wants to circle it in an airplane powered only by solar energy.

[source: TED]