]> http://www.greenedia.com/popular/articles/cleantech Cleantech - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78673?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret ReclinerIt's Case Study and mid-century modern furniture reinterpreted in skateboard decks. It appears to be for an exhibition in Paris starting January 28 at Colette called Skate Study House, created by Pierre-Andr ... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:16:31 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78673?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78677?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Image courtesy of Zainub via flickrWill Los Angeles follow San Francisco's lead and become California's second major city to adopt a plastic bag ban? After some initial progress, the measure seems to have hit a wall: As Emerald City's Siel recently n... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78677?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/78777?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Want to know how IBM ships electronics without Styrofoam? Or how Nokia pillages the parts of your old cell phones for use in other electronics devices? The information is now yours for the taking.In a partnership with the World Business Council for... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:28:42 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/78777?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/78492?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 by Richard T. StuebiFor a while now, I'd been reading bits and pieces about the concept of geo-engineering: undertaking macro-scale actions in the atmosphere to counteract the impact of increasing greenhouse gas emissions. From what little I'd read... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:33:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/78492?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/78384?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Recording a conference call can be tricky, especially if you're planning to re-purpose that recording later as part of a podcast or a multi-media book. Even although recording a telephone call can never produce the same results as you would get rec... Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:07:04 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/78384?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78256?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Image courtesy of mr.bmonroe via flickrAfter years of unsuccessfully prodding, environmental groups scored a victory last Friday when they reached an agreement with Caltrans, the California Department of Transportation, that would see the government ... Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:55:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78256?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/78519?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 For a while now I've been in communication with Brett Mosley, the guy who started BuyMyTronics.com. Brett's a huge EcoGeek...he basically buys broken electronics, fixes them, and then sells them on EBay. It's like recycling, but way better, because... Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:03:23 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/78519?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/78141?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 British-born sculptor Tony Cragg uses color families and a carefully curated collection of flotsam and jetsam in his large-scale installations. Born in Liverpool, Cragg has an amazing collection of pieces made from found materials from household tras... Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:35:09 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/78141?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/78087?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Here on Ecogeek we've written a lot about how to recycle your old electronics. First, because it's a great idea and there are so many electronics out there not being used but with lots of useful and expensive parts. And second because many of those p... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:16:30 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/78087?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78041?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 TreeHugger knows that all leather is not created equal, but there are ways to do it greener than the conventional chromium-tanning process. One of those greener ways to use the remarkably durable material is to recycle it, by using industrial scraps ... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:02:14 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/78041?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/deep-green-crystals/77967?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 I tend to agree with his take on why most fail and also on the need to have the flexibility to transform ventures on the fly as most successful ventures changed their plans a couple times. Unfortunately some plans are only discoverable with large ca... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:21:33 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/deep-green-crystals/77967?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watthead/77960?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Today the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming held a hearing: On thin ice: the future of the polar bear. The room was full, and there was a fairly good turnout of at least eight Congressmen and women. Children were amon... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:32:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watthead/77960?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/77901?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 The Beddington Zero Energy Development (BedZED) is certainly nothing new, but is a great example of zero-energy, sustainable housing on a multi-unit scale. The residential and workspace development in the London borough of Sutton is a carbon-neutral ... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:42:21 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/77901?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77686?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Between 2000 and 2007, car use doubled in the Valley of Mexico, the region that includes Mexico City and the surrounding metropolitan area. In 2007, 33 percent of residents said they used cars as a means of transport, compared with 17 percent in 2000... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:50:05 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77686?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/77680?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 To quote the following: Over the last year, Union of Concerned Scientists supporters across the country have sent thousands of letters to state and federal lawmakers urging them to reduce global warming pollution. While we've laid important groundwo... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:49:30 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/77680?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77688?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Michael Stuparyk, the StarLast summer there was a spate of articles about municipalities from Washington DC to California considering the banning of new drive-through restaurants. Some because they are ugly- One of the things we always hear from re... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:33:41 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77688?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/77432?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Different cities are taking different approaches to reducing both pollution and car usage. While Londoners are charged a fee for entering the central district of the city, certain German cities are now banning the most pulluting cars from downtown ar... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:29:46 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/77432?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77418?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Image courtesy of pingnews via flickrAnother day, another sound science policy getting Bushwhacked: The Bush administration is quietly pushing for the elimination of a committee that provides crucial intelligence data for scientists studying everyth... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:40:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77418?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/77438?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Kristina Taylor works for the Consumer Electronics Association, the organization which puts on CES every year. She helped organize the first carbon neutral Consumer Electronics Show, accomplished by offsetting the 20,300 tons of carbon dioxide genera... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:23:58 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/77438?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77351?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Our previously featured Chilean designer Rodrigo Alonso continues his work with sustainable design. After coming up with his project N+EW (No More Electronic Waste) and recycling old computer and electronic parts into a bench and a lamp, he has desig... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:30:07 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77351?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77268?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Congratulations to the Go Green Initiative's School of the Week, Bartram Middle School Campus of the Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida. They've been hard at work maintaining a campus-wide recycling program for the last two years, and recently i... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:10:19 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77268?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/77256?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Voluntary Environmental Programs (VEPs) are very popular these days. Organizations that join these programs agree to voluntarily reduce their environmental impact beyond what is required by law. Examples of VEPs include the U.N.'s IS0 14001, the E... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:50:10 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/77256?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/77171?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Venture capitalistswill have plenty of dough to invest over the next three to five years. New stats from the National Venture Capital Association and Thompson Financial show that fundraising in 2007 reached its highest level since 2001. For the year,... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:41:08 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/77171?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/77146?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 It seems that plastic shopping bags are really on the way out. It started with San Francisco, Hong Kong, then Melbourne and other cities, and now, beginning in July, all plastic shopping bags in the entire country of China will no longer be free. As ... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:20:37 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/77146?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/77058?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 We're certainly seeing some evidence of overheating in the market where the dollars got invested in solar and biofuels Egged on by $100-a-barrel oil and consumers going green, venture capitalists plan to pour ever more cash into environmentally fr... Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:51:44 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/venture-capital-news/77058?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sustainablog/77005?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Start your week off right! Here's some of the latest news in the world of renewable energy and cleantech:Ceres has released the first-ever analysis of the climate change practices of the 40 largest world banks. Corporate Governance and Climate Cha... Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:07:15 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sustainablog/77005?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/76984?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 by Frank LingVertical Farms in VegasEvery time I go to Vegas, I see new buildings popping up. I guess the world needs more hotel rooms. But we also need more food to feed all those hungry entertainers and entertainees.So the big news coming out of Si... Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:22:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/76984?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76948?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 A study of 322 sites across 13 Caribbean countries found that coral reefs have suffered significant damage from over-fishing and run-off from agricultural land. The results showed that the number of people in close proximity to the reefs was the main... Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:45:22 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76948?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/76905?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 There is absolutely no way to effectively describe the scale of CES. It's at least a fifteen-minute walk to get wherever you're going, and you're battling over 140,000 people to get there. Being an outdoorsy type of guy, I own a pair of hiking shoes,... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:50:27 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/76905?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76875?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Channel 10's Tali Moreno reporting just after midnight as billboards are concealed behind her.A strange sight was broadcast live on the news in Israel on New Years' Eve. Billboards along Tel Aviv's central Ayalon highway were being covered with en... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:50:51 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76875?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76881?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 More than 84 percent, by weight, of the 12 to15 million vehicles dismantled each year are recycled. That makes end-of-life vehicles the most recycled product in America, both in volume and percentage. Straight from the mouths of automotive manu... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:32:14 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76881?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sustainablog/76744?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 As a green career consultant, one of the questions I hear most frequently is what's hot in cleantech? In greentech? In renewable energy? Although I can give green career changers my impression, I always encourage them to connect with experts in their... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:39:49 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sustainablog/76744?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/76689?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Image by Chris Jordan, Greener Gadgets Conference speaker!The Consumer Electronics Show is all about the sizzle of shiny and new, but what happens to your old gadgets when you are ready for an upgrade? This week, the EPA announced an easy cellphone r... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:08:24 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/76689?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/76693?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Earlier in the show I sat in on a panel with Tod Arbogast and his counterparts at HP, Sony, and several other companies. It's been invigorating and humbling to see these multinational corporations cooperate on recycling and lifecycle design, even whi... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:05:40 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/76693?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/76695?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Well, we've been watching this for a while now, and it's finally here. India-based Tata Motors, run by the famed Ratan Tata, has come out with their Nano subcompact, which they are branding as the People's car (reminiscent of the original VW and ... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:15:53 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/76695?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/76696?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 TimBuk2 started in 1989 making messenger bags. They've always had concern for the environment, and they just recently gained some green exposure for recycling PVC trade show banners (I shudder to think how many will end up in the trash after CES) int... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:42:07 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/76696?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/76653?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 It's hardly a surprise, but the dollar figures are still compelling. GreenTechMedia's Cleantech Investing blog culls some numbers from GTM's 2007 round up funding in the sector, and VC investing in renewable energy hit $3.4 billion, up from $2.3 bill... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:51:18 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/76653?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76738?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Image courtesy of Eiman KanjoHere's a novel feature we bet even the latest high-tech cellphones don't yet have: the ability to track air pollution. A team of bicycle couriers in Cambridge, UK, has been using special sensor-equipped cellphones to moni... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:05:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76738?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76608?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 China has announced it will begin a national survey of pollution sources in February, and not a moment too soon. Two weeks ago, Beijing saw its skies turn murky brown in one of the worst pollution weeks in recent history, and some 32 weeks away from ... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:45:28 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76608?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/76596?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 The excitement around venture capital investment in early-stage companies largely comes down to one thing: It's cheaper than ever to build a startup. Yet the plunging cost of launching companies has led to a breakdown in the traditional venture model... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/76596?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/76597?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 With investor interest in alternative energy soaring, and government subsidies in the area favoring agricultural boondoggles rather than technology innovation, VCs can expect to continue dominating early stage funding in the sector. But later sta... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:59:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-ratings/76597?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76614?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 British rock and rollers have been rated on how eco-friendly they are and how carbon neutral their tours have been this year. The scores ranged from 0: as carbon neutral as Bob Geldof's bathwater to ten: as good for the Earth as an oil spill. The ... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:48:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76614?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/76538?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Flow-battery (large-scale energy storage) developer Deeya Energy has raised a $15mm Series B round, led by NEA and including existing investors BlueRun, DFJ and DFJ Element. Some fo the capital will be used to fund development of a factory in India... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:20:15 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/76538?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76619?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Photo credit: JohnJMatlockThe big boys at Sharp, Panasonic and Toshiba have taken advantage of being in the same room at CES to announce that they've joined forces to create a new electronics recycling company, called the Electronic Manufacturers Rec... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:53:35 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76619?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/76507?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 China announced this week that production and use of plastic bags in supermarkets and retail shops will be banned beginning June 1. This new law could have a considerably positive environmental impact, given that Chinese citizens use as many as 3 b... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:27:09 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/76507?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/76333?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 EnerTech Environmental, Inc., a privately held renewable energy company, announced recently that it has raised $42 million in a second round of corporate financing. The investment round was co-led by Citi's Sustainable Development Investments (SDI) u... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/76333?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76323?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 In a move that could revolutionize how China prices electricity -- and cuts its toxic coal-fired pollution -- Hong Kong set new regulations on Monday that partly links the city's two power companies' permissible rates of return to how much pollution ... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:30:38 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76323?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76251?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Anyone interested in a car that costs $3 to fill up, goes 125 miles between fill-ups and does not emit any pollution? Oh yeah, and it only costs about $7000. Any takers? ... ... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:04:59 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76251?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/76203?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Meet the ZiPee, a cute and functional electric scooter and one solution the UK's pollution problem (ZiPee stands for Zero Input of Pollution from Emissions into the Environment). The ZiPee is a scooter marketed for London commuters, enticing them to ... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:04:33 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/76203?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76255?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49 Kenneth Fry is the president of Scenic America, and organization that works to preserve and enhance the visual character of America's communities. The visual pollution they try to address can be found almost anywhere, including places like Beltsvill... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:28:13 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76255?rsstype=populararticles&cid=49