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Solar Thermal Plant in Nevada Hits a Milestone, So Does U.S. Solar Industry

The solar power company Solar Reserve has just announced a major construction milestone for its billion-dollar Crescent Dunes solar thermal […]

Tina Casey

February 14, 2012

Technology

What a Toilet Paper Launch Can Teach Us About Innovation

By: Marc Stoiber I had an interesting conversation with Isabelle Faivre, Marketing Director of Cascades Tissue Group, last week. Cascades […]

TriplePundit

February 8, 2012

Technology

Chevrolet Introduces Environmental Labeling on All Vehicles

This March, Chevrolet will start providing customers with information on a number of the environmental features of their vehicles, via […]

Phil Covington

February 7, 2012

Technology

New Life for a 100-Year-Old Flour Mill

The following post is part of the course work for “Live Exchange” the foundational course on communication for The MBA […]

CCA LiveE

February 7, 2012

Technology

Lessons from a Colorful Map of NYC Energy Use in Buildings

A team of researchers at Columbia Engineering has launched an interactive online energy map that breaks down the patterns of […]

Tina Casey

February 6, 2012

Technology

Electric Vehicle Market Forecast – 10 Year Horizon Looks Strong

“Any Motor manufacturer without a compelling line up of electric vehicles [by 2025] is signing its death warrant.” This is […]

Phil Covington

February 1, 2012

Technology

Ford To Use Kenaf Plant Materials In New Escape

Following Ford’s recent announcement that they will use recycled plastic bottles for seat fabrics in the upcoming Focus Electric, the […]

Phil Covington

January 31, 2012

Technology

Driving the Next Industrial Revolution Through Efficiency

By Ryan Matley, Rocky Mountain Institute President Obama’s call in his State of the Union address to capitalize on “the […]

TriplePundit

January 30, 2012

Technology

Dam About to Bust on Clean Hydrokinetic Energy

A company called Verdant Power has won the first ever commercial license for a hydrokinetic  tidal power facility in the […]

Tina Casey

January 30, 2012

Technology

Coal-Fired Closures: More Plants Biting the Dust

In another victory for clean air in the battle against coal-fired plants, First Energy Thursday said it will retire six […]

Bill DiBenedetto

January 27, 2012

Technology

Swap-O-Matic – a Vending Machine that Promotes Sustainability

If you thought that vending machines that dispense nothing but baby carrots are the latest green innovation in this field, […]

Raz Godelnik

January 27, 2012

Technology

Israeli Company to Open Solar Power Plant in Spain

A version of this story originally appeared on NoCamels – Israeli Innovation News  By David Allouche The Israeli company AORA Solar […]

TriplePundit

January 27, 2012

Technology

The Ultimate Green Building Material: Dirt?

In a time of increasing weather-induced natural disasters, viable, affordable, durable shelter options are becoming vitally important. Additionally, as entirely […]

Paul S

January 27, 2012

Technology

Energy Conservation in the Gulf: It's Imperative

This post was originally published on the Zayed Future Energy Prize blog and is reprinted here with permission. By: Dr. […]

TriplePundit

January 25, 2012

Technology

Eco-Friendly Fashion on the Red Carpet

Last week many celebrities gathered for the Golden Globe Awards, one woman held the beacon high for eco-fashion. For the […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

January 25, 2012

Technology

Why Distributed Power Generation is a Natural Step

This post was originally published on the Zayed Future Energy Prize blog. It is reprinted here with permission. By: Galen […]

TriplePundit

January 24, 2012

Technology

RMI Weighs in on Forces Affecting the Solar Market

Jesse Morris, Ned Harvey and Dan Seif of  Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) held an online chat session on the forces […]

RP Siegel

January 23, 2012

Technology

Is There a Future in Solar Boats?

One of the highlights of this year’s World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi was a tour of Planet Solar’s […]

Nick Aster

January 19, 2012

Technology

More Fuel Efficient Cars Spell Less Money For Mass Transit

Consumer Reports characterized this year’s North American International Auto show as “the rise of the mainstream plug-in hybrid,” foretelling a […]

Phil Covington

January 19, 2012

Technology

Venture Capital Funding For Smart Grid Dropped Last Year

Venture capital (VC) funding for the smart grid sector in 2011 was “anemic,” according to the annual and fourth quarter […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

January 19, 2012

Technology

10 Green Building Predictions for 2012

By Sean C. Penrith, Executive Director, Earth Advantage Institute While the economy has not been kind to most new home […]

TriplePundit

January 18, 2012

Technology

Bill Richardson: We Need an "Arab Spring" for the Environment

Former Energy Secretary and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has spent the last few days in Abu Dhabi at the […]

Nick Aster

January 18, 2012

Technology

Ban Ki Moon Talks Big About Future Energy

As an American, I’m always a little doubtful about how much good the United Nations can actually accomplish – especially when […]

Nick Aster

January 16, 2012

Technology

OriginOil has a Green Algae Biofuel Alternative to Keystone XL Pipeline

U.S. company OriginOil has just announced that its signature algae biofuel product will be developed as a drop-in renewable crude […]

Tina Casey

January 16, 2012

Technology

Dupont Building Innovations Achieves Zero Landfill Status

Dupont Building Innovations, Dupont’s building unit, achieved zero landfill status, the company announced on January 11, 2012. The company managed […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

January 13, 2012

Technology

New Electric Ford Fusion Takes Detroit by Storm

The level of drama associated with the unveiling of a new model of car is something to behold – especially […]

Nick Aster

January 9, 2012

Technology

Schools Go Green With E-Signatures

By Jason Lemkin, vice president of Web services business at Adobe Paper contracts have long presented a frustrating, expensive, time-consuming […]

TriplePundit

January 9, 2012

Technology

Nominate Your Favorite Green App

The smart phone app is exploding in use with over 25 million apps downloaded just on Christmas Day. The Apple […]

Bill Roth

January 9, 2012

Technology

New Chargers to Tackle Vampire Power

In our increasingly mobile life, the need for technology to make things even easier has become almost mandatory. Our mobile […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

January 7, 2012

Technology

Google Helps Drive Electric Ford Focus to Market

We’ve been following along with Ford’s answer to the Nissan Leaf for some time, and not just because we like […]

Nick Aster

January 5, 2012

Technology

Chicago Plans Park 10 Times Bigger than Manhattan

The city of Chicago recently made headlines by becoming one of the most bike-friendly places as well as for promoting […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

January 4, 2012

Technology

Google’s Green Czar Leaves for Facebook

In November 2011, Bill Weihl, left his post as the Green Czar at Google. Weihl oversaw much of Google’s $700M […]

RP Siegel

December 29, 2011

Technology

Campus Energy Wars: Effective Marketing Campaigns to Change Behavior

3p is proud to partner with the Presidio Graduate School’s Managerial Marketing course on a blogging series about “sustainable marketing.” […]

Presidio Managerial Marketing

December 29, 2011

Technology

Google's Top 10 Environmental Topics of 2011

As 2011 comes to close, Google has embarked on its annual exploration of the biggest news, trends and events that […]

Kara Scharwath

December 28, 2011

Technology

Miriam Pye: Biomimicry as a Brainstorming Technique

If you are looking for more evidence that biomimicry is a significant innovation trend with profound implications for sustainable economic […]

Tina Casey

December 27, 2011

Technology

BP Moves Beyond Solar

On May 19, 1997, John Browne, then the CEO of BP, gave his famous ‘Climate Change: the New Agenda’ speech […]

Raz Godelnik

December 26, 2011

Technology

Green Packaging: A Revolutionary Way to Sell, or Just Another Fad?

The following post is part of the course work for “Live Exchange” the foundational course on communication for The MBA […]

CCA LiveE

December 25, 2011

Technology

An App to Kill the Printed Catalog

The holiday season is the shopping season. It is also the catalog season, with tens of millions of glossy catalogs […]

Raz Godelnik

December 23, 2011

Technology

Pushing Energy-Efficiency Retrofits Closer to the Tipping Point

By: Michael Bendewald It is not often these days that a public initiative, mired as many governments are in partisan and […]

TriplePundit

December 22, 2011

Technology

Solar Thermal: Secret Weapon in the Fight Against Climate Change

By: Sarah Backhouse Future360 heads to Lancaster, California to witness the awesome power of concentrating solar power. We check out […]

TriplePundit

December 20, 2011

Technology

Top 10 Cause Marketing and Corporate Responsibility Trends of 2011

By Sarah Kerkian At Cone Communications, we spend the entire year tracking cause marketing and corporate responsibility (CR), and between shark […]

TriplePundit

December 19, 2011

Technology

Ford to Launch New Electric and Hybrid Vehicles

Ford is introducing a new range of electric, hybrid and plug-in hybrid passenger vehicles for 2012, which the company says […]

Phil Covington

December 19, 2011

Technology

Draft Sustainable Land Development Code (SLDC) Chapters Now Available

The first four chapters of the Sustainable Land Development Code (SLDC) were released to the Santa Fe, NM Board of […]

SLDI

December 17, 2011

Technology

Facebook Unfriends Coal and Likes Clean Energy Thanks to Greenpeace

Greenpeace is celebrating another successful campaign. This time it’s the “Unfriend Coal” Campaign that called on Facebook to power its […]

Raz Godelnik

December 16, 2011

Technology

Recycled Plastic-Based Concrete: Would You Drive on It?

3p is proud to partner with the Presidio Graduate School’s Managerial Marketing course on a blogging series about “sustainable marketing.” […]

Presidio Managerial Marketing

December 15, 2011

Technology

Green Building in the Silicon Valley

BY SARAH BACKHOUSE Future360 travels to the Silicon Valley to experience bleeding edge green building technologies. Lunera, Enlighted, Soladigm and […]

TriplePundit

December 15, 2011

Technology

Can Wind Energy Survive Without Tax Subsidies?

By John Tarantino Can the wind energy industry survive on its own? That’s the question that a wind energy report […]

TriplePundit

December 14, 2011

Technology

Windows of the Future: Carbon Nanotubes and On-Site Energy Generation

3p is proud to partner with the Presidio Graduate School’s Macroeconomics course on a blogging series about “the economics of […]

Presidio Economics

December 14, 2011

Technology

Nature + Humans = A Tormented Love Affair

The following post is part of the course work for “Live Exchange” the foundational course on communication for The MBA […]

CCA LiveE

December 13, 2011

Technology

Becoming Human Again: Life Without Your Mobile Phone

The following post is part of the course work for “Live Exchange” the foundational course on communication for The MBA […]

CCA LiveE

December 13, 2011

Technology

Intuit Faces a Challenge With Its New Sustainability Report

The company Intuit, known for its Quicken product and other popular software,  is out with a new sustainability report that […]

Tina Casey

December 12, 2011

Technology

North Carolina Takes Reins For Green Future

The sustainability movement is making waves in North Carolina, at least that’s the impression one might have gotten from the […]

Lesley Lammers

December 9, 2011

Technology

$4 Billion for Energy Efficient Buildings and Green Jobs

The list of President Obama’s We Can’t Wait initiatives now includes a major new investment program for upgrading the energy […]

Tina Casey

December 7, 2011

Technology

Department of Energy Business Plan Competition for Clean Tech Entrepreneurs

Have an innovative business idea that you think could make a difference? Just need the cash to make it happen? […]

Scott Cooney

December 7, 2011

Technology

Miami: Greener than You Think

The following is a guest post by our friends at Saybrook University’s Organizational Systems Program (a 3p sponsor) – designed […]

Saybrook

December 6, 2011

Technology

Is Group Buying Sustainable?

3p is proud to partner with the Presidio Graduate School’s Managerial Marketing course on a blogging series about “sustainable marketing.” […]

Presidio Managerial Marketing

December 5, 2011

Technology

Walmart Goes Solar in Cajun Country

  Walmart had some distractions last week with Black Friday pepper spray madness, but the global retail giant is still […]

Leon Kaye

December 1, 2011

Technology

Charlotte to Install First Airport Worm Composting System

While it seems logical that many restaurants have already begun to reap the benefits of installing onsite worm composting operations, […]

Lesley Lammers

November 29, 2011

Technology

Consumer Reports Launches Eco-Label App For iPhones

Just because a product has a label stating its environmental credentials, it does not mean necessarily that the product is […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

November 28, 2011

Technology

U.S. Green Building Council Launches New LEED Apps

The U.S. Green Building Council has just launched a new app service that should help make it easier for builders […]

Tina Casey

November 28, 2011

Technology

First Wind Power Consumer Label Launched

The world’s first wind power consumer label, WindMade was launched on November 18th at an event hosted by WindMade and […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

November 25, 2011

Technology

Green Gift Monday Promotes Positive Change and Provides Free Marketing

3p is proud to partner with the Presidio Graduate School’s Managerial Marketing course on a blogging series about “sustainable marketing.” […]

Presidio Managerial Marketing

November 24, 2011

Technology

In Japan, Fuel Cells Offer Employment and Economic Hope

Eight months after the massive earthquake and nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan still faces questions about its energy infrastructure. While […]

Leon Kaye

November 22, 2011

Technology

A Virtual Tour of Commuting’s Future in Korea

While everyone frets and raves about the changes occurring in India and China, there are two countries that are sneaking […]

Leon Kaye

November 21, 2011

Technology

Lighting – The Next Great Software Industry

By Danny Yu, CEO of Daintree Networks It sounds like the beginning of a terrible joke: how much software does […]

TriplePundit

November 21, 2011

Technology

Datacenters: Friend or Foe?

3p is proud to partner with the Presidio Graduate School’s Macroeconomics course on a blogging series about “the economics of […]

Presidio Economics

November 19, 2011

Technology

How-to: Get Thanksgiving Delicacies to Dinner by Bike

By: Kaytea Petro If you’re not packing your loved ones into the car and torturing yourselves with a car trip […]

TriplePundit

November 19, 2011

Technology

Top 10 Green Building Products

This short list of green building products was selected from a pool of products nominated by our readers and the […]

jennifer boynton

November 18, 2011

Technology

Report Shows Success of Mandatory Cap and Trade Program

A report released earlier this week by The Analysis Group, entitled “The Economic Impacts of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative […]

RP Siegel

November 18, 2011

Technology

Honda Civic Natural Gas Wins 2012 Green Car of the Year

The Honda Civic Natural Gas won the 2012 Green Car of the Year, Green Car Journal announced during a press […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

November 18, 2011

Technology

Green Energy Park a Laboratory for Japan’s Future

Panasonic’s goal to be the world’s number one “green innovation” company is on living display in the Kasai Green Energy […]

Leon Kaye

November 18, 2011

Technology

Rooting Your Portfolio in Positive-Impact Real Estate

Can an investment help the pocketbook and the planet at the same time? Definitely, says R. Paul Herman, author of The […]

SLDI

November 16, 2011