“Kids have power.. and once kids know how much power they have to make change, they start acting.” Lynne Cherry Listen to Lynne Cherry, film Listen Now
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Economics of Green EnergySecretary 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 [...]
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How an upstart helped Samsung beat the iPhone in energy efficiencyMobile phones are a massive business. Carriers had registered 5.9 billion mobile-cellular subscriptions as of January 2011, putting global penetration at 87 percent, according to the International Telecommunications Union. Think about all the energy required to charge all those phones. Fortunately, there are innovations in the works to reduce those energy requirements, and the resulting [...]
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Clean Energy Jobs Build a Brighter Future, Better EconomyBy Erin Bzymek, BlueGreenAlliance.com Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the September unemployment numbers, showing the economy gained 114,000 jobs and the unemployment rate dropped to 7.8 percent. The following is a statement from BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director David Foster: “Capping a summer season of moderate growth on a high note, today’s jobs numbers [...]
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Looking for a Job?Looking for a job? Between 1 and 3 million new U.S. manufacturing jobs are being created in the energy field over the next 5 to 10 years. But before you say “I’m not an engineer,” remember: They hire administrative assistants, marketers, project managers, bookkeepers and finance people too, that is, all levels and skills. This [...]
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Green Economy + Women = Economic Growth“Would you call a police officer who uses a computer system in his car…part of the high-tech economy? Probably not, but he’s using a computer every day to do his job and it’s fundamentally changing his job. “The green economy is sort of similar to that in that it’s a set of industries and occupations [...]
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Corporate America Needs to Get Out of Its Own WayImagine being in the room when Grey Advertising’s Amanda Zolten suggested to her colleagues that they use her cat’s soiled litter box to pitch a new client. How many people laughed? Or rolled their eyes? Or even thought she’d be in trouble? That’s the problem. Corporate America is in its own way. Every day, in [...]
