As the founder of the Bay Area networking group, Women In Cleantech & Sustainability, I am keenly interested in learning about who the media thinks as being the most influential…
Points out five mistakes cleantech startups often make that impede their ability to raise venture capital. Amongst other things it points out that having a great technology by itself is…
The continuing quest for advanced biofuels based off of synthetic biology has made an important advance with researchers at the Joint BioENergy Institute (JBEI) -- based at the Lawrence Livermore…
Outlines the great economic uncertainty prevalent in the world today, and how the fundamentals portend more turmoil in the future. The article is a general finance article; however the cleantech…
This post suggests that export markets exist for U.S. manufactured advanced batteries, in developing countries that have electric grids that are less developed and more prone to failure than the…
This post on the subject of growing energy usage by data centers examining a recent report on how the rate of increase in the energy usage for data centers has…
Makes the point that companies need a long-term and open approach to thinking about sustainability and innovation that will require companies to adopt a more collaborative perspective and a more…
Daunted by high up-front costs, U.S. homeowners continue to shy away from residential solar power systems, even as utility-scale solar projects are taking off. But with do-it-yourself kits and other…
Summarizes new report from ecoAmerica that maintains that the environmental movement has not been successful in achieving its goals because it has not connected with the people. By focusing too…
Changing the Climate Conversation to Conservation
This post makes the argument that changing the conversation about global warming -- a conversation that has become politically charged -- into a conversation about energy conservation, which…
When Cities and Wetlands Collide
Describes the winning entry in the recent Gowanus Lowline Competition. The winning entry, which is described encapsulates the kind of far sighted bio-mimetic and bio-symbiotic urban design our…
Reporting: How the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Does It
In this post, Elaine analyzes the GRI's own sustainability report, asking what extent GRI Stakeholders…
Setting a Strategy for Sustainability
Argues why businesses should move beyond the duality of environmental concerns and making money to…
20 Questions To Ask Your Sustainability Reporting Manager
In this post Elaine focuses on the importance of critically reviewing the organization's sustainability reporting…
Facing the Dirty Truth About Recyclable Plastics
The recyclable plastic bags you get at the green grocer are not biodegradable. But product…
Sustainability – The Value of Integrated Reporting
Sustainability is a business practice important to all businesses of all sizes that is beginning…
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