Category Archives: Innovation
GM Issues “URGENT call to action”
My father has been an employee of General Motors since he graduated from Evansville University in southern Indiana in 1974. A lot has happened since then in the energy industry, in the auto industry, and in my family. I wrote … Continue reading
Clean Energy in the Blood
As many of you know… and as many of you don’t know… I recently took up work in the clean energy field as the Internet Director/Chief Technology Officer/Strategic Communications guy of the Energy Action Coalition. James Hansen has testified that … Continue reading
Cash for Clunkers: The Best Idea You’ve Never Heard Of
Just above Ben Stein’s column in yesterday’s Sunday Times (telling us that things really aren’t that bad in our nation’s economy …Bueller? Bueller? …anyone?) was a piece by Alan Blinder with the title “A Modest Proposal: Eco Friendly Stimulus” The … Continue reading
Where There’s a Will, There’s… Algeria.
“The current race is to see who will control renewable energy technologies, and we are in the race,” Algerian Energy Minister Chakib Khelil told reporters. “We have the human and financial resources, and we have the will.” Minister Khelil’s statement … Continue reading
Ben Franklin: The Original Realist Idealist
I just finished Walter Isaacson‘s biography of Benjamin Franklin this weekend, and without knowing exactly how to say this, I’ll simply say that I was completely inspired. “Inspired” is quite an understatement actually. I found myself at times with chills … Continue reading
CarrotMob: WE Are the Economy.
The buying power of the casual consumer can be harnessed to impact the environmental actions of business. We can get companies to make choices that are sustainable and transformative. And we can do it with the carrot …not the stick. … Continue reading
Donation Dashboard – Amazon-like Tools for Donating
No matter how much I try not to have the conversations about online fundraising – mostly because others who know much more about it than I should be having them – I sure do end up talking about it an … Continue reading
Google and Salesforce Do it Again
To be perfectly honest, as much as I love the products that come out, I get a little tired of writing and talking about Google and Salesforce. I really wish some other companies would develop and innovate on the same … Continue reading
PlusOneMe.com – Gold Stars for Grown Ups
My programmatic highlight of SXSW Interactive a few weeks ago, by far, was the keynote address given by Jane McGonigal – a noted game designer and games researcher, specializing in pervasive games and alternate reality games. In all honesty, before … Continue reading
Help Virgin-Google Alliance Colonize Mars!
http://www.google.com/virgle/index.html As we all know Earth has issues, and it’s time humanity got started on a Plan B. So in true realist-idealist fashion Virgin founder Richard Branson and Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin will be leading hundreds of … Continue reading