Q&A: Andrea Fabbri, COO of EcoAlign, Focuses on Smart Grid

Earlier this month EcoAlign , a strategic marketing agency primarily focused on energy and the environment (where I am a senior adviser), published a new report “Separating Smart Grid from Smart Meters? Consumer Perceptions and Expectations of Smart Grid. ” It is the eighth EcoPinion report, the latest in a series of a bimonthly, proprietary research reports on assessments of consumer values, drivers and behavior around energy and environmental needs

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Q&A: Andrea Fabbri, COO of EcoAlign, Focuses on Smart Grid

Foxconn Suicides Lead to Scrutiny of Supply Chain Management at Tech Firms

The company, a contract manufacturer for a number of electronics companies including Apple and HP, faces questions about its labor practices in the aftermath of suicides by workers.

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Foxconn Suicides Lead to Scrutiny of Supply Chain Management at Tech Firms

Why Southeast Asia May Be the Next Frontier in Ecosystem Markets

While there are a number of projects underway, payments for ecosystem services (PES) in the Southeast Asia region primarily occurs on an ad hoc basis through small-scale pilot projects. NGO Forest Trends has chosen Vietnam as the location for the next Katoomba PES Conference because the information, capacity and insitutional support is historically lacking in this region.

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Why Southeast Asia May Be the Next Frontier in Ecosystem Markets

Hyundai Aebulle Concept aims to keep the rider safe and green

Eco Factor: Concept vehicle designed to run on an electric engine. Designed by Shane Baxley, a design student at the Art Center College of Design, CA, the Hyundai Aebulle Concept is a futuristic three-wheel vehicle that aims to keep the rider as safe as a butterfly in a cocoon.

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Hyundai Aebulle Concept aims to keep the rider safe and green

Wrangling Data at the South Pole

Image credit: Boing Boing Boing Boing contributor Maggie Koerth-Baker has profiled Paul Morin, director of the Antarctic Geospatial Information Center—a small research group dedicated to using data collected on Antarctica to improve research efforts across all fields…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Wrangling Data at the South Pole

DARPA Seeks Porta-Reactor Technology for Troop Poop Fuel

Image: Flickr, Jurvetson Alert Pentagon-watchers who stumbled upon the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) solicitation SN-10-37 looked past the official title “Request for Information (RFI) on Deployable Reactor Technologies for Generating Power and Logistic Fuels,” and saw deep into DARPA’s soul. DARPA is looking for portable nuclear reactors that can turn troop poop into fuel. …

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DARPA Seeks Porta-Reactor Technology for Troop Poop Fuel

Road Transportation Is the Greatest Culprit in Global Warming

A new study from NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies has identified on-road transportation as the most significant overall source contributing to global warming. Power generation, while having the greatest total impact, also includes a large number of compounds that increase cloud reflectivity and provide other effects to offset some of the warming they are responsible for.

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Road Transportation Is the Greatest Culprit in Global Warming

Save Your Battery: Unplug Your Laptop

A recent article from Lawrence Berkely Laboratory suggests that readers should ‘ Pull the plug. Your battery will thank you. ‘ Researcher Venkat Srinivasan writes about batteries and battery chemistry rather specifically, but without becoming overwhelmingly technical

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Save Your Battery: Unplug Your Laptop

Texas Wind Is More Than Grid Can Handle

While the focus continues to be on expanding means and methods for generating electricity from renewable sources, the limits of the existing grid to handle that generated power and distribute it to where it is needed are beginning to show. Last weekend in Texas, wind power reached a record high point of 6,242 MW represented 22% of demand.

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Texas Wind Is More Than Grid Can Handle

Pre-Printed Jute Shopper From V Natural

This is a guest post by John Simonetta, owner of Proforma Simonetta Freelance, an eco-friendly promotional items consultancy (see proformagreen.com ).

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Pre-Printed Jute Shopper From V Natural

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