Green Connection Radio Blogs on the Green Economy

Indian Women and Energy

Why the two are inextricably connected Hinsi Hazda, rushes to finish her daily chores as the sun sets in Tentala, Odisha, India. Like many rural hamlets in India, Hinsi’s village of Tentala is off the power grid, and the only way to see well enough to complete her daily chores is by the light of [...]
“Green Gadgets – Some We Like, Some We Don’t”

Nest: A Winner for Your Home/Office Energy Bill Thermostats control half of your home’s energy. So being able to program yours can save you a lot of money in the long run – up to 20% on your heating and cooling bill. Yet most people don’t do it. Why? Because, well, it’s complicated. This is [...]
Martin Luther King and The Call to Direct Action On Climate

Posted: 14 Apr 2013 09:31 AM PDT from the Center for American Progress Van Jones and I have published the following op-ed in “The Miami Herald” and many other McClatchy newspapers. It will be the first in a series on the moral dimensions of climate change. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,”wrote Martin Luther [...]
Transformational Technologies on the Frontier of the Green Economy

What technologies today offer credible solutions to “green” the economy and provide a hard dollar return on investment? There are plenty of “nice ideas,” but the key is for them to be economically sustainable and pragmatic. Pragmatic. That means they work and can improve profitability or reduce costs substantially and attract investment to deploy them. [...]
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Economics of Green Energy

Secretary Chu and Elon Musk, participating in a fireside chat at the ARPA-E convention. Steve Clemmons moderated the event.Photo Credit: Sarah Gerrity, Energy Department Date Taken: 02/26/2013 -14:18 In the current global economic climate, does the investment in green energy make sense? With the U.S. mired in political gridlock, “sequester” spending cuts taking effect, and [...]
Recyclable Packaging and Products: From Valentine’s Bouquets to Disappearing Packaging

As I opened my new set of headphones, I kept thinking, “They must not really want me to use this product.” Why else would they make it so hard to open? And, as an eco-conscious person, how would all this plastic damage the planet? My brain went from my garbage can to the landfill to [...]
Jon Freedman: On the Importance of Water Reuse

Global Government Relations Leader for GE Water & Process Technologies, Freedman argues that water reuse is essential for the world’s future water security and to protect the environment. We live in a world where some one billion people in 43 countries inhabit areas that are chronically short of water. Here in the United States, 36 [...]
Top Ten Takeaways on Innovation From TEDx Women

TEDx Women DC 2012, produced by The Paley Center for Media and its CEO Pat Mitchell and held at the U.S. Institute for Peace, was an inspiring and thought-provoking conference filled with remarkable women (and a few men) doing TEDTalks and musical or dance performances around the theme of “the space between.” Their stories and [...]
Be a Macabee with Hadassah: This Hanukkah, Take Action for the Environment!

from Hadassah.org – courtesy of Thelma Michelson In the story of Hanukkah, a small amount of oil, which should have lasted for only one day, miraculously sustained a flame for eight days. When it comes to the consumption of the world’s natural resources we are, unfortunately, unable to make them stretch as far as the [...]