Finally! I thought this would never happen. But what took them so long? Al Gore’s Alliance for Climate Protection has launched its grassroots initiative. The We campaign’s goal is to empower people to take action to fight global change. You can create group and share your own initiatives with others. Continue Reading »

California-Stanford CleanTech Series II. UC Berkeley and Stanford U are hosting a conference on solar technologies.
Wednesday, May 7 at 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Berkeley-Stanford Clean Tech Conference Series (Stanford, CA)
Tressidor Union
Stanford, CA 94305

Mark your calendar: Earth Day is on Tuesday April 22. So, what are you going to do? Earthday.net gives you plenty of tips, events you can join to make this day enjoyable and memorable. Professional organizations are also on the deck. Tips from green cleaning guru Steve Ashkin: how about informing your clients? I agree: how about sharing three green/ environmental tips with each one of your friends and learning three from them?

AFTER BALI: THE ROAD AHEAD ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Hosted by the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on February 7th, 2008.

I thought it would be interesting to hear what three distinctive voices representing the political, business and scientific spheres had to say about the Bali talks. I was particularly curious to see how the policy maker (in charge amongst other to define, coordinate, implement US environmental policy) would answer when facing the hard reality as exposed by a renown and respected scientist.
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The CleanTech Crossroads had its premier conference on the new UCSF Mission Bay Campus. A perfect location as UCSF has been one of the strongest adopters of green building, adopting LEED standards and exceeding State’s mandated energy code requirements, so when my friend Rachel Sheinbein of the Keiretsu CleanTech Committee asked me to come along it sounded like the perfect environment to look at the ground covered in the CleanTech space since my last experience with renewable energy in 2003/4. Continue Reading »