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Financial bubbles can wreak havoc on industries (think dot com ) or commodities (like gold ). Investor excitement builds, asset prices skyrocket, and eventually enthusiasm gives way to a crash, wiping out huge amounts of value practically overnight. In short, the bubble bursts. It’s time we extended this framework to a ... keep reading
Written by Solar Mosaic /Alex Colman last month, about Clean Tech, Climate Change, Finance & Money, Solar (2 comments)
Bloomberg New Energy Finance reports that solar power capacity installed around the world this year will beat wind for the first time driven by stronger policy support in key markets "Photovoltaic plants will add about 36.7 gigawatts globally in 2013 and wind farms 35.5 gigawatts, or almost 25 ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Clean Tech, Design, Economics, Solar
Like so many civilization-changing discoveries – penicillin, radioactivity, X-rays and smallpox vaccinations – a new twist on solar energy production , uncovered by Penn State researchers, suggests that in the not-so-distant future, solar energy will be not only more efficient, but more affordable than it is today. This is saying quite a lot ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts last month, about Clean Tech, Education, Solar
The recent description of our once-proud 100% pure brand as a "festering sore" had special relevance to me. A few weeks ago I had a very minor graze on my knee that I dismissed as not worth worrying about, but a week later it turned into "a festering sore". Within ... keep reading
Written by David Thompson, Canty Sustainable Business Forum in August, about Branding, Clean Tech, Food, Industry & Business, Politics & Government (1 comment)
World Bank president Jim Yong Kim recently announced that the Bank would cut coal from its portfolio of investment projects. New coal powered generation will now receive financial support only in “rare circumstances ”. Gas will remain in the Bank’s investment mix but as a transitional fuel. But will this ... keep reading
Written by The Conversation/Colin Hunt in July, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Emissions, Environmental Disasters, Politics & Government
“Building green” has officially taken over mainstream construction processes, leaving only a few small contractors to continue building homes the way they did 50 years ago. It’s a stunning takeover, fueled by American home buyers who “get” the green message: reduce, reuse, and recycle. It has changed not only ... keep reading
Written by Andrew Miller in July, about Clean Tech, Design, Green Spaces, Infrastructure, Innovation, Lifestyle & Behavior
A new study finds that air pollution during the 90’s caused the combined loss of more than 2.5 billion years of life for the 500 million residents of Northern China. The study, published in the Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences, found that residents in Southern China lived ... keep reading
Written by Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development in July, about Clean Tech, Coal & Oil, Environmental Disasters, Health, Industry & Business
John Elkington, global authority on sustainability, will be the keynote speaker at the Sustainable Business Network (SBN)’s ‘Transforming Business’ Conference, to be held at Te Papa in Wellington on 4 September 2013. Identifying practical solutions which help businesses break through ‘change as usual’ is the focus of the conference ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in July, about Clean Tech, Climate Change, Events, Sustainability
Have your say on one of New Zealand's most iconic brands - Air New Zealand If we are to have a meaningful impact on climate change it is clear that big companies have a major role to play. They produce much of our carbon emissions, control most of the world ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in July, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Industry & Business (5 comments)
From President Obama's speech on a new national climate action plan "Around the same time we began exploring space, scientists were studying changes taking place in the Earth’s atmosphere. Now, scientists had known since the 1800s that greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide trap heat, and that burning fossil ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in June, about Children and Families, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Politics & Government
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