Convergence can sometimes be invisible. The technologies of data, communications, buildings and transportation are rapidly merging, steadily enhancing one another in subtle ways. Convergence can also be tangible. For instance, humanity is inexorably concentrating in cities, enabled by many of…
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Green Gamification Takes Root in the Big Apple | GreenBiz
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In my green lexicon, “gamification” gets a special prize: it’s among the clunkiest words to enter the sustainability conversation, yet may just have some of the greatest potential to alter the behavior of consumers, employees and households. Businesses are fast…
Venture capital investment in cleantech shrank by 4.5% in 2011 | GreenBiz
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In cleantech, as in most realms of emerging technology, venture capital acts as a sort of incubator for the youngest, most promising technologies. That’s why it’s a cause for concern when venture capital investment slows or shrinks.That’s just what happened…
Meet the Change Makers: PUMA’s Sustainable Track Record | OnEarth
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The sportswear giant is first out of the starting block with an aggressive effort to track environmental performance PUMA has a long history of winning in dramatic style. At Beijing’s 2008 Olympic Games, Jamaica’s Usain Bolt savored his world record-setting…
Green Pinstripes: Wharton School of Business Dean Thomas Robertson Talks About Sustainability | OnEarth
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Stroll through practically any business school in the country — or any of the fast-multiplying U.S.-style B-schools overseas — and there can be little doubt that an MBA remains a hot commodity. With the start of classes now upon us,…
UPS Boosts Mileage 40% with Prototype Plastic Delivery Vans | GreenBiz
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United Parcel Service is rolling out a prototype delivery van that gets 40 percent better mileage than its familiar big, brown boxy predecessor. The twist here is less high tech than you might guess: It’s not a new recipe for…
What GE Has in Store for Round 2 of the Ecomagination Challenge | GreenBiz
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29diggsdigg GE is going back to the innovation well. Encouraged by the success of its $200 million Ecomagination Challenge — a crowdsourced contest, which yielded scores of grid-scale technology and investment opportunities — the Connecticut-based conglomerate is turning up the…
Investing in Clean Energy: A Sputnik moment for America? | The Fiscal Times
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In balmy Cancun, at a U.N. conference on climate change, China and the U.S. remain the elephants-in-the-room of all discussions. Both are more focused on the commercial potential of climate-related technology than on any environmental goals that could impair economic growth.…
GE’s Innovation Avalanche | GreenBiz
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0inShare In New York yesterday, GE announced two big steps in its Ecomagination Challenge program. The company unveiled 12 investments, totaling $55 million, as the first round of its goal to put $200 million to work in power grid technology…
Jeff Immelt on Crowdsourcing, 30 Rock, and Why ‘Green’ Is No Longer Gold | GreenBiz
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0inShare Last week, at the Tribeca Cinemas in New York City, there was a rare intersection of business suits and hipsters in skinny jeans. The business suit, in this case, was worn by GE’s CEO Jeffrey Immelt, sans tie and…