Category: Sustainability

Here’s the “teaser” for my talk this afternoon at the Santa Barbara Savvy Investors’ Club.  As implied here, I intend to make a wide-ranging presentation that gets into some philosophic stuff; I know this audience from past meetings, and I …

Talking About Clean Energy and Sustainability in Santa Barbara Read More »

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When people think of going green, they may not think of contract manufacturing, but they should! Contract manufacturing allows companies who want to design, engineer, and manufacture green products to do so without the added expense and resources of building …

From Guest Blogger Sara: Contract Manufacturing and Green Energy Technology Read More »

If Cody Lundin had his way, Americans wouldn’t use any paper products. While the Discovery Channel’s “Dual Survival” star helps individuals live off the land in a more Aboriginal method, some industries, specifically paper product producers, are starting to do their …

From Guest Blogger Cherie: Companies Going Green — Four Retailers Making Environmentally Friendly Products Read More »

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My thanks to 2GreenEnergy associate Annemarie Osborne for introducing me to a wonderful organization: International Coalition of Tourism Partners.  I had extended Skype calls with people in Istanbul and Brussels late last week, and signed us up as a “media …

“Green” Tourism Read More »

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I’ve been asked to speak at an upcoming meeting of the Santa Barbara Savvy Investors.  Originally attracted because of the tie-in to what we’re about with respect to investment in cleantech, I quickly found that the club’s name belies its …

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I came across this gem on The Writer’s Almanac a few days ago, and I present it here as a reminder of an imperative that faces all of us advocates of clean energy.  Don’t expect a sustainable future to be handed …

Demand It Courageously – a Poem by Julia Hartwig Read More »

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Our family just returned from another mini-trip to look at prospective colleges with our younger child, Valerie, pic here taken years ago.  The relevance to renewable energy and sustainability may appear dubious at first, though I have to say that …

Colleges Encourage Recycling, and That’s Good, But Reducing and Re-Using Are Even Better Read More »

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How much water are you really using? Many of us have low flow shower heads and our toilets are using less water, but how does that compare to the water that goes into the things we use and consume every …

From Guest Blogger Melanie Lochness: Surprising Water Usage Numbers [Infographic] Read More »

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Being a vegetarian is a huge commitment, but a lot of people want to do it. What are some of the reasons that keeping a vegetarian diet is good for the environment?Saving Animals’ Lives The most obvious reason why being …

From Guest Blogger Jason Harter: Protect the Environment through Vegetarian Diets Read More »

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Everyone these days is worried about global warming and the depletion of the ozone layer, but what are any of us doing to stop it? Pollution levels to our environment are at an all time high, but awareness is rising …

From Guest Blogger Jason Harter: Four Ways to Reduce Pollution in the Environment Read More »

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