Thrilling Heroics | 2007 January

I Have A Dream… A Green Dream

24 January 2007

Imagine a world in which socially responsible and eco-friendly practices actually boost a company’s bottom line. It’s closer than you think. I could not have said it better myself. So reads the front page of this week’s BusinessWeek. In a special report by Pete Engardio, entitled Beyond the Green Corporation, the business industry mag looks at [...]

Are You CLEAN Or Dirty??

18 January 2007

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Sources tell me that the House of Representatives voted in favor of H.R. 6 today, the “Creating Long-Term Energy Alternatives for the Nation Act of 2007,” or “CLEAN Energy Act of 2007.” Representatives Jerry McNerney (CA), Charles Rangel (NY), and Nick Rahall (WV) introduced the Act on Tuesday for the House’s first 100-Hour Agenda, a [...]

Vinod Khosla: Innovation Heals All Wounds

9 January 2007

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A colleague forwarded me some information this week about ethanol and Flex cars, a video in which Stone Phillips interviews Vinod Khosla, co-founder of Sun Microsystems and now head of the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Khosla Ventures, a group whose interests in biofuels, solar power, web 2.0, microfinance, education, health, and more line up [...]

Let’s Prevent Life in a Post-Apocalyptic World

8 January 2007

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A recent article from Worldchanging makes the simple (and what should be obvious) point that what they call “climate foresight” is becoming a necessary skill to pick up. I like this article because it sums up the point that 1) the source of global warming is no longer worth arguing about because it is happening [...]

My 2007 New Years Resolutions

2 January 2007

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I don’t remember how I first came across it, but a post by Rajesh Setty from January 2006, his “New Year Resolutions Generator,” inspired me to start thinking about New Years resolutions a few weeks early this year. I know it’s already the 2nd of January (sorry, I meant to have this up earlier), but [...]