Bloggers from all horizons and interests are offering their perspective(s) on President Obama’s first 100 days in office. He has been … himself … challenging and challenged. I went from hopeful to worried, from reassured to disappointed, but ultimately, in 100 days, Obama has positioned the environment the place and role it deserves. Take it from what it’s worth, there is a long road ahead of us, but those first 100 days have been critical in giving this country a new direction that put the environment at the center of the decisions the administration is making in terms of policies and directions. What I have been most impressed with, is his wit at bringing around the same table people with opposite interests or divergent opinions.

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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

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 »