June 3rd, 2013 
Eric Wilson 
As spring turns into summer and schools let out, it’s that time of year again: professional development season for educators. With graduations already completed in much of the country, a number of teachers will find themselves in continuing education, with many of those focusing on sustainability. In fact, it was June of 2009 when I [...]
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Tags: Biomimicry, Calendar 
No Comments » May 23rd, 2013 Chris DeArmond 
Projects funded by the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program and Vehicle Technologies Program are required to be presented and peer-reviewed during an Annual Merit Review (AMR). The conference, which was attended by roughly 2,000 people, is designed to help DOE make funding decisions for upcoming years. Though many of the presentations [...]
May 20th, 2013 Sean Connell Korea’s green growth agenda, the focus of a recent post, marked a significant shift for an advanced economy once focused on growth at all costs to a new paradigm of sustainable development, improving the environment, and green technologies. Korea’s aspirations for its green growth vision were not limited to just within its own borders, however. [...]
May 1st, 2013 Eric Wilson The snow has finally melted in Minnesota (though another round of flurries falls as I post this). Nothing signifies spring in the sustainability world quite like the season’s first Tour de Fat. In Atlanta’s Piedmont Park, New Belgium’s annual celebration of bicycles returns after its winter hiatus. Today and tomorrow an exciting event is taking [...]
Posted in Conferences, Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson Tags: Atlanta, Calendar, California, Minnesota, New Belgium Brewery, Noelle Phares, Santa Barbara, Stephen Chu No Comments » April 4th, 2013 Eric Wilson Nothing conjures up the ideal life quite like Hawaii, which has the highest ranking in the most recent well-being index. Despite the erroneous name of the event (see below and let us know if you figure out what’s wrong with the name), Hawaii is hosting a sustainability in higher education summit this month. 2nd Green [...]
Posted in Conferences, Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson, Green Building, Renewable Energy Tags: Calendar, California, Hawaii No Comments » March 20th, 2013 Noelle Phares 
I spent last weekend participating in a spectacularly ironic affair. Graduate students from all over the country got together to share ideas about how to solve one of the more devastating problems that exist in the world today as part of Bill Clinton’s Global Initiative Hult Case Challenge. We were given the task of ‘solving’ [...]
March 3rd, 2013 Eric Wilson With sequestration upon us, it will be interesting to see where renewable energy’s future lies. Many of the cuts have been to military expenditures, but renewable energy offers a way forward for reduced utility costs for the Department of Defense. This month, the 8th annual military energy alternatives conference in Washington DC may lay the [...]
Posted in Conferences, Economics, Eric Wilson, Sustainability Tags: Alternative Energy, Bicycles, Bio-fuels, Calendar, California, Military, New York City, Santa Barbara, Washington DC No Comments » February 19th, 2013 Sean Connell Continuing yesterday’s post on the Adopt-a-Stream Foundation and its role in promoting environmental education and best practices in watershed management, I recently had the opportunity to speak with founder and executive director Tom Murdoch and foundation staff members about the organization’s history and activities. (Best practices will be further examined in a third and concluding [...]
February 1st, 2013 Eric Wilson 2013 began with the fiscal cliff averted and reinstatement of the Production Tax Credit for renewable energy. Now comes the shortest month of the year, but a busy one nonetheless. There are a few solar energy events in South Africa, a trio of environmentally related ones in our nation’s capital, Washington D.C, a couple of [...]
Posted in Clean Technology, Conferences, Education, Eric Wilson, Policy, Renewable Energy Tags: Africa, Calendar, California, Minnesota, Washington DC No Comments » January 2nd, 2013 Eric Wilson Welcome 2013. With the expiration of the Production Tax Credit, it will be interesting to see what happens in the upcoming year with wind power related events. With nothing on our current calendar related to wind, much remains to be seen. In the meantime, take a look at some of the choice events and peruse [...]
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