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Patent Trolls Threaten Green Innovation · Environmental Management & Energy News · Environmental Leader
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Patent Trolls Threaten Green Innovation · Environmental Management & Energy News · Environmental Leader: There is a lot of discussion about “patent trolls” and the impact they have on various industries. Here is the argument about the impact they have on the innovation in “green” technology. This is really the case for all new technology and all new industries, but the argument is about the major impact the trolls have on smaller organizations in the…
Attributes of Successful Sustainable Leaders
Great article on Sustainable Leaders: The 8 Attributes of Successful Sustainable Leaders by Bob Langert over at GreenBiz.org. In our experience and prior research, communications is key to success for the sustainability professional. Yes, communications is a tool, but the first skills needed are communications: both internal, external and collaborative. Marketing internally is simply rallying the troupes, and demonstrating the case, including the value proposition. Externally, it is some combination of public relations, promotion, marketing…
Amazon? Lungs of the world? Sinking feeling?
I got into this debate, related to Global Warming, on the “Amazon is sometimes referred to as the Lungs of the world.” Here’s a very readable discussion in Newsweek on how much oxygen comes from the Amazon: https://www.newsweek.com/how-much-oxygen-amazon-rain-forest-1456274 Much like Global Freezing, I don’t know that I have ever heard/seen an actual scientist say this, but the Lungs of the World is still a pretty well circulated myth. Some times it says 20% of the oxygen…
Bloombox… Fuel Cell in every household.
Give a look at the cool Fuel Cell technology that was announced tonight on CBS. They have 20 companies, including Google, FedEx and Wal-Mart testing units. BloomEnergy will have to get its mass production in place. The cool thing about fuel cell technology is that it can use a multitude of fuels and it can function as a power generator as well as an uninterruptible power supply (but without the issues associated with batteries). Also…
EarthHOUR 2010
It’s EarhHOUR tonight. (Sat March 27th at 8:30pm, local time). What are you doing with this time in the dark??? If it is publishable in public, let us know. What if you’re driving at 8:30???? You still have to turn your lights out, Right??? …!:-) Visit http://www.earthhour.org/ Check out the cool pix from years past. Expect cool pics from this year as we start down under and work the clock to you!…
Sustainability in Education?
Even though campuses are getting greener, the classes are not. A big study of campuses, the Campus Report Card, by the NWF (with others) showed how much various schools are doing in terms of sustainability. They are doing a lot on campus but not much teaching of the concepts in the classroom. (Also see some recent research on Generation E.) The Campus Report Card is actually two similar studies, on in 2001 and one in…