Off-Grid Electrification
This is a very impressive video conference hosted by the Climate Group.
The STEM shortage: Crisis or myth? | Spring 2014
The STEM shortage: Crisis or myth? | Spring 2014: Wow, give a look at this on STEM jobs and education. (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education). So how do we (u.s.a) stem the STEM shortage? This is an interesting article about the STEM PIPELINE that has a lot of leakingcouplings. This is an original article in UoP’s Faculty Matters magazine. Keywords: school, university, training, innovation, STEM, jobs, economic development,‘via Blog this’
Phosphate World: New golf resort is out of the ordinary for Florida
New golf resort is out of the ordinary for Florida: This is a great case of making lemon-aid from your excess lemons. This is a very interesting way to reclaim the past mine areas and fully benefit from the hills and water hazards. The open mining for phosphate in Florida has been an open eye sore to the tortured land in mid Florida. Huge dykes have been built up to block the view of the…
China | CO2 | coal | economic development
How China’s economy is choking on smog | Talking Numbers – Yahoo Finance
How China’s economy is choking on smog | Talking Numbers – Yahoo Finance: Imagine your favorite city closed down because of the weather, maybe a blizzard… Many of China’s cities can have the same problem, but it is because of smog pollution. This is a country that burns more coal than the rest of the world, combined. Nice thing is that they share this pollution with their neighbors. Plus the burning of coal is a…
Why Won't Yahoo! Let Employees Work From Home? – Businessweek
Why Won’t Yahoo! Let Employees Work From Home? – Businessweek: Boy Mayer is gonna cause a lot of shake here with the everyone-has-to-travel-to-work policy. Apparently (Today Show) she now as a nursery set up next door to her office for her new convenience. That helps new parents, maybe, but not the ones with kids in school or those people who live a longer way from the office. But Mayer is shaking it up. There has…
IP Creates Jobs for America | BIOtechNow
IP Creates Jobs for America | BIOtechNow: “In May, the Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC) was proud to unveil the results of our state intellectual property (IP) jobs research, which has been a year in the making. The study, IP Creates Jobs for America, provides real, tangible evidence that the economic benefits of IP are broad and far-reaching.” Go here for the original GIPC report and the interactive US Map. Key points related to IP…