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8-Year-Old Girl Creates a Startup to Teach Kids to Code

Samaira isn’t your normal techie. She doesn’t work at Orbitz or Google (yet); she hasn’t taken hours upon hours of […]

Jan Lee

March 11, 2016

Technology

Net-Zero Model Home Improves Energy Efficiency

How would you like the power company to pay you instead of a sending you a bill? That could be […]

Anne Brock

March 8, 2016

Technology

Bloomberg: EVs Will Be 35% Of New Car Sales By 2040 – Reasonable?

About three and a half years ago, I attended an EV symposium hosted by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, in […]

Phil Covington

March 7, 2016

Technology

How Big Data is Revolutionizing Corporate Training

By Joe Peters Today’s businesses often invest heavily in analytics tools, staff and expertise, and this contributes to the fact […]

TriplePundit

March 1, 2016

Technology

Malé, the Island Capital Perfect for a Smart Cities Lab

If any city were ripe to be a test bed for next-generation technology and urban planning, it would be one […]

Leon Kaye

February 29, 2016

Technology

Electric Vehicle Chargers: Grid Devils or Energy Angels?

By Jennifer Tuohy President Barack Obama’s dream of 1 million electric vehicles on the road by 2015 did come true, […]

TriplePundit

February 24, 2016

Technology

3p Weekend: 4 Innovative Solutions to the Ocean Plastic Crisis

With a busy week behind you and the weekend within reach, there’s no shame in taking things a bit easy […]

Mary Mazzoni

February 12, 2016

Technology

How Big Data Can Make Your Company More Sustainable

By Roslyn Tate Big data has become quite the buzzword recently, but for those yet unaware, let’s start with a definition: […]

TriplePundit

February 10, 2016

Technology

Will Amazon (Finally) Go Green?

Amazon, the world’s largest e-commerce retailer and provider of cloud-computing services, has, for the first time in its history, created […]

Nithin Coca

February 5, 2016

Technology

Ed-Tech Companies Wanted for AT&T Aspire Accelerator Program

For the second year in a row, telecommunications company AT&T is selecting five education technology companies to participate in its […]

Sherrell Dorsey

February 5, 2016

Technology

Best Buy Weakens Industry-Leading Recycling Program

By Barbara Kyle On Monday, Best Buy announced some significant and unfortunate changes to its electronics takeback and recycling program. First, […]

TriplePundit

February 2, 2016

Technology

Bay Area Water Initiative Creates Drought Visualization Tool

The past four years of drought have left aquifers and snowpack at low levels in California. Despite El Niño, which […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

January 28, 2016

Technology

How the Internet of Things is Pivoting Manufacturers into Service Providers

By Jennifer Tuohy Do you know the name of the company that made your doorbell? If not, you’re pretty typical: […]

TriplePundit

January 27, 2016

Technology

These Cradle-to-Cradle Innovations Will Make You Look Twice

“Imagine if everything we made had a beneficial impact on the planet’s resources,” Bridgett Luther, founder of the Cradle to […]

Mary Mazzoni

January 13, 2016

Technology

What Paul Graham Misses On Value Creation and Income Inequality

One of the reasons I love business as a means for change is the focus on value creation. At its […]

jennifer boynton

January 7, 2016

Technology

5 Companies That Will Make the World Better in 2016

Earlier this year, 50 social good startups met at the Kairos Global Summit in Los Angeles. Here’s what some of […]

3p Editors

January 5, 2016

Technology

Tinder Now Swiping Away for Organ Donation Awareness

Depending on one’s point of view, the popular dating app Tinder has either made meeting people easier or has completely […]

Leon Kaye

December 17, 2015

Technology

The IoT: Turning Reactive Businesses Proactive

By Tom Chapman It’s been said that the Internet of Things (IoT) has the power to revamp technology, but in truth, […]

TriplePundit

December 17, 2015

Technology

Epson Rolls Out Printer That Also Recycles Printed Paper

Printing boarding passes is sooooo 2005. Seriously, does anyone still print? My handy HP all-in-one printer collects more dust than […]

Leon Kaye

December 14, 2015

Technology

Why Toilet-to-Tap is the Future of Water

The rainfall and snowpack so far this autumn have been encouraging, but the stubborn reality is that California is still […]

Leon Kaye

December 7, 2015

Technology

Behind AT&T's 10x Return-on-Carbon Commitment

This week, AT&T announced its goal to enable carbon savings 10 times the carbon footprint of its operations by 2025. That’s an […]

jennifer boynton

November 20, 2015

Technology

Honeywell’s “Smart Building Score” Uncovers New Ways to Generate Value

When I think of energy consumption in the U.S., I picture highways clogged with cars or factories pumping heat from […]

Julie Noblitt

November 19, 2015

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Tech Titans: Community Citizens?

Is the Gig Economy Good for Workers?

Unless you’re a part of the increasingly exclusive one percent, if you live in the San Francisco-Bay Area you most […]

Nayelli Gonzalez

November 18, 2015

Technology

3D Printed Water Could Be The Next Big Thing

The roots of 3D printing have been traced back to 1980, but only within the last couple of years has […]

Tina Casey

November 16, 2015

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The Circular Economy and Green Electronics

Our Connected, Mobile, Recycled and Green Future

By Jonas Allen For several months the Green Electronics Council (GEC) has explored with TriplePundit more than a dozen issues […]

TriplePundit

November 3, 2015

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In Our Sights: A Signed Climate Commitment in Paris

Off-the-Shelf Technology Can Halt Climate Change Now

In a recent conversation with Novozymes CEO Peder Holk Nielsen, we asked: If he had a few minutes alone with […]

RP Siegel

November 2, 2015

Technology

New Unicef-Target-Disney Product to Catalyze Gen Z

Unicef and Target, in collaboration with Disney, are launching a Fitbit-like wearable device for kids that has the potential to […]

Bill Roth

October 20, 2015

Technology

Common Roadblocks to Better E-Waste Recycling

By Kayla Matthews As an individual, you’ve probably gone through your share of electronics. When a new phone model is […]

TriplePundit

October 19, 2015

Technology

Meet 5 Companies Making Sustainability Sexy

Editor’s Note: This post is part of TriplePundit’s ongoing coverage of SXSW Eco 2015. You can read all of our coverage […]

3p Editors

October 14, 2015

Technology

What Happens When the Real World, High School and College Collide

By Sheila Jackson “When am I ever going to use this in real life?” This is the time-honored refrain of […]

TriplePundit

October 14, 2015

Technology

How Can the IoT Lead to Greater Efficiency and Sustainability?

By Dai Howells The ‘connected city’ has now made the leap from being an idea — a notion spoken of […]

TriplePundit

October 13, 2015

Technology

Dell Moves Even Closer to a Closed-Loop Supply Chain

As a society, we are a long way from having an information technology industry that is anywhere near a closed-loop […]

Leon Kaye

October 7, 2015

Technology

At UN, Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg Announces Plan to Link Refugee Camps to the Internet

The civil war in Syria, now in its fourth year, has resulted in the world’s largest human rights crisis since […]

Leon Kaye

September 29, 2015

Technology

Map Your Local Climate Change With Weather Data

It’s often hard to see the local evidence of climate change. That long string of hot days that dried out […]

Jan Lee

September 22, 2015

Technology

Obama Administration Launches Smart Cities Initiative

With urbanization on the rise in the U.S., coupled with the lack of appetite for investment in major infrastructure projects, […]

Leon Kaye

September 17, 2015

Technology

New Mexico Sewage Farm May Help Provide Cleaner Water

By Anum Yoon It’s probably safe to say most Americans don’t give much thought to water, unless they live in […]

TriplePundit

September 11, 2015

Technology

Join Our Crowdfunding Campaign! #TechTitans and the Service Economy

TriplePundit is developing a three-part multimedia series to examine the challenges facing many tech companies when it comes to their impact […]

jennifer boynton

September 9, 2015

Technology

Join Our Crowdfunding Campaign! #TechTitans and the Transportation Crisis

As you may have heard, TriplePundit is developing a three-part multimedia series to examine the challenges facing many tech companies when […]

jennifer boynton

September 7, 2015

Technology

Join Our Crowdfunding Campaign! #TechTitans and the Housing Crisis

As you may have heard, TriplePundit is developing a three-part multimedia series to examine the challenges facing many tech companies when […]

jennifer boynton

September 2, 2015

Technology

Join Our Crowdfunding Campaign! Tech Titans: Community Citizens?

The biggest names in tech generally have good reputations as corporate citizens. But many companies fail to go beyond traditional […]

jennifer boynton

August 31, 2015

Technology

8/27 – Stories & Beer: Tech Titans As Community Citizens

On August 27th, TriplePundit, San Francisco Public Press and Full Circle Fund came together for our August edition of “Stories & […]

Marissa Rosen

August 27, 2015

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The Circular Economy and Green Electronics

E-waste: The Nuts and Bolts of Why It Still Plagues our Landfills

Most of us have been faced with the challenge of disposing of a computer at one time or another in […]

Jan Lee

August 19, 2015

Technology

Setting Goals for Diversity: The Silicon Valley Challenge

With just over 47 million unique visitors a month, Pinterest is far from the largest social media company. Compared with Facebook’s […]

Jan Lee

August 7, 2015

Technology

Visualizing Climate Change with Virtual Reality

By Emma Bailey As the years pass, and the reality of anthropogenic climate change has become widely accepted within the […]

TriplePundit

August 7, 2015

Technology

Google Drives Air Quality Research With Street View Cars

Do you ever sniff the urban air and think, “Gee, I wonder how much nitric oxide I just inhaled?” Probably […]

3p Editors

August 5, 2015

Technology

Internet of Things: The Most Sustainable Business Model Ever?

By Jennifer Tuohy Is the Internet of Things (IoT) the most sustainable business model ever? Yes. And here’s why: At its […]

TriplePundit

August 5, 2015

Technology

UNICEF Challenges Social Innovators to Design 'Wearables for Good'

We are entering into an exciting new age of wearable technology. In just over five years, there will be over […]

Joi Sears

July 29, 2015

Technology

5 Apps to Help People Live a More Sustainable Life

The killer combination of technology and sustainability has led to the creation of the following apps that help people live a more sustainable life.

TriplePundit

July 29, 2015

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The Circular Economy and Green Electronics

EPEAT: Moving the Electronics Market Toward Green Standards

Environmental standards often aren’t the first thing we think about when hunting for a new computer. We may check to […]

Jan Lee

July 28, 2015

Technology

Irvine, California: Planning (Indoor) Agriculture for the 21st Century

By Jim Pantaleo In 1972, I moved to rural Irvine, California, from nearby Huntington Beach, best known as Surf City, USA. […]

TriplePundit

July 16, 2015

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The Circular Economy and Green Electronics

Why We're All a Part of the Green Electronics Conversation

By Jonas Allen Have you ever seen one of those signs in your office encouraging you to recycle electronics? It […]

TriplePundit

July 14, 2015

Technology

South Africa's Mining Industry Offers a Glimmer of Hope

Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on CSR21.org.  By Joseph Kirschke  Early this year, after three months of rolling blackouts that […]

TriplePundit

July 9, 2015

Technology

'Jobbaticals' Catching On with Young, Mobile Workers

The nature of employment and the way Americans work has changed dramatically in the span of just two generations. Back […]

Andrew Burger

June 30, 2015

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The ROI of Sustainability

Video: Darren Beck, Sprint on "The ROI of Sustainability"

This article is part of a series on “The ROI of Sustainability,” written with the support of MeterHero. MeterHero helps […]

Nick Aster

June 30, 2015

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The ROI of Sustainability

Video: Bruno Sarda, Dell on "The ROI of Sustainability"

This article is part of a series on “The ROI of Sustainability,” written with the support of MeterHero. MeterHero helps […]

Nick Aster

June 29, 2015

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Innovation and Sustainability

Sustainability & Innovation: Adam Mott, The North Face

At this year’s Sustainable Brands conference in San Diego, we were challenged by Janssen Pharmaceuticals to ask leaders at the […]

Nick Aster

June 27, 2015

Technology

The Future of Wearable Tech

Humankind has always been driven by a desire to augment our natural abilities in order to better adapt to and […]

Joi Sears

June 26, 2015

Technology

RECAP of "Stories & Beer": Net Neutrality and Sustainability

If you weren’t able to join us, check out the video below! Open and free communication has always been critical […]

Marissa Rosen

June 25, 2015

Technology

Making Renewable Energy Greener

The case for renewables is clear: Evidence shows that, even when including production, maintenance and tear-down costs, wind and solar […]

Nithin Coca

June 25, 2015

Technology

New York City Plans the World’s First Underground Park

New York City, you’re at it again. Every other city in the U.S. was already jealous of your underground subway […]

3p Editors

June 25, 2015

Technology

Customer Feedback: That’s Why It’s Called Interactive

By Chet Van Wert Several years ago, I took part in a project that put the online content of a […]

TriplePundit

June 22, 2015

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Innovation and Sustainability

Sustainability & Innovation: Chris Librie, HP Living Progress

At this year’s Sustainable Brands conference in San Diego, we were challenged by Janssen Pharmaceuticals to ask leaders at the […]

Nick Aster

June 20, 2015

Technology

How Sustainable is 3-D Printing?

By Anuradha Wadhwani From fresh cupcakes to satellites that are created in space, 3-D printing is poised to make on-the-spot […]

TriplePundit

June 16, 2015

Technology

Spiders Are Making Your New Silk Clothes

“Happy birthday! I got you a shirt made out of spider butt silk.” You might hear these words next year. […]

3p Editors

June 16, 2015

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Innovation and Sustainability

Sustainability & Innovation: Ron Cotterman, Sealed Air

At this year’s Sustainable Brands conference in San Diego we were challenged by Janssen Pharmaceuticals to ask leaders at the […]

Nick Aster

June 16, 2015

Technology

Pressure Builds on Amazon to Clean Up Data Center Energy Use

Renewable energy advocates got a shot of encouragement this past week when Amazon Web Services (AWS) – the world’s largest […]

Andrew Burger

June 15, 2015

Technology

This Wearable Device Helps You Ditch Air Pollution

A study conducted by the World Health Organization estimates that nearly 7 million people die prematurely from harmful air pollution […]

Sherrell Dorsey

June 8, 2015

Technology

20-Year-Old Designs System to Clean Up Plastic Ocean Trash

Our affection for plastic has put the world’s oceans in a big fix. At even the most remote beaches and […]

Leon Kaye

June 8, 2015

Technology

HP Releases Living Progress Report Today

This post is sponsored by HP. Opinions are my own.  For updates on HP’s progress toward human, environmental and economic […]

jennifer boynton

May 27, 2015

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Disrupting Short-Termism

SAP Develops Workforce of the Future

Can a capitalist society, emerging from a legacy of exploitation of both planet and workers, give rise to companies that […]

RP Siegel

May 21, 2015

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Creativity & Social Innovation

Removing the Stigma Faced by 'Girls' Who Code

“The pool of applicants would have been twice as big had there been an equal number of women in the […]

Andrea Newell

May 18, 2015

Technology

Why Facebook's Internet.org is so Controversial in Asia

There are two types of corporate-supported foundations. The first are the mostly benevolent: the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation or the […]

Nithin Coca

May 15, 2015