Pioneer City 2030: What the Energy System of the Future Looks Like
The energy system of the future is being founded now. New energy systems and technologies are growing on an accelerating curve: • Buildings that are green, super-efficient and fully managed by digital technologies have become economically competitive. • Hybrid vehicles partly propelled by electricity have emerged in the market, with plug-in vehicles coming over the next several years. • Smart...
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Insider Voices: Human Dimensions of Low Carbon Technology
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Worldchanging Interview: Shawn Frayne
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Planetary Boundaries and the New Generation Gap
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Breaking News: Husk Power Systems Wins $250K Venture Competition
Robert Katz, 3 Jul 09 Husk Power Systems, a company we profiled here on NextBillion back in October, was announced today as the winner of the Global Business Plan competition sponsored by Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Cisco Systems. As the winning entrant, Husk Power walks...
Alex Steffen on The Visionary Activist Show
WorldChanging Team, 3 Jul 09 Unique visionary activist and astrologer Caroline Casey recently interviewed Alex Steffen on The Visionary Activist radio show, a live weekly radio program broadcast by KPFA in Berkeley, California. Also featured is Carolyn Raffensperger of the Science and Environmental Health Network...
Carbon Tax Shift Gaining Favor Across Canada?
WorldChanging Team, 3 Jul 09 Posted by Anna Fahey As British Columbia acknowledges the one year anniversary of the landmark carbon tax shift policy, the revenue-neutral tax recently bumped prices at the pump from 2.4 cents to 3.6 cents a litre. But the price...
Self-Portrait Machine
Regine Debatty, 2 Jul 09 More nuggets from the RCA show. This time from Design Products' edgy and inspiring Platform 13, headed by the very talented Onkar Kular and Sebastien Noel. Images courtesy Jen Hui Liao Jen Hui Liao's Self-Portrait Machine is a device that...
British Gas To Create 2,600 Green Jobs
WorldChanging Team, 2 Jul 09 By Terry Macalister Recruits will be needed to help introduce 'smart meters' to help people see exactly how much energy they are using in their homes. British Gas today promised to create 2,600 green jobs over the next three...
