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Fortunately many clean tech initiatives are emerging nowadays to help solve our mobility challenges. What is striking to me is that it resembles a rodent rush for the technological high land. Very little research is being conducted into the requirements of end customers with the risk of ending up with "unused innovations". So how do we get from push to pull strategies? Any ideas?

Cool references:

Harvard Business Review "How to jump start the clean tech economy", Novembe

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I'd like to nominate the people who share their designs and wisdom for sustainability at Appropedia, the wiki for technologies and practices for sustainabilty. By doing this, they create a growing knowledge resource for all who are looking for solutions and analysis to help them in decision-making and following best practice.

Disclaimer: Appropedia is my passion.

Our magazine staff is looking for green heroes that are making a difference and reside in southeast Michigan. Are you or your group doing remarkable things in saving energy through conservation, efficiency or sustainability? Or maybe you know of some community organization. If so, we would like to learn more. Successful candidates will be considered to having "their story" publicized in our new green magazine that is distributed in southeast Michigan.

Hi All,

A free-of-tuition distance course Intro to Sustainable Engineering is open now for applications. It revolves around a science-based Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development and has seen already hundreds of students taking it from all the world, with very positive feedbacks.

Free-of-tuition Bachelor-level distance course in Sustainable Engineering. Apps are open til 14Feb http://bit.ly/8wJwcU

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To master advocacy one must master adversity.
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To master your perspective one must master the art of Anamorphosis.

The video "Life and Death of Mr. Green" directed by rising talent Timothy Garrett and starring musical troubadours from Carney, Evan Rachel Wood opposite of Reeve Carney (Broadway's next Spider-man, Julie Taymor's rendition of the infamous love story of the masked hero and Mary Jane) and was shot on the set of HBO's Carnivale in the California desert. The vi… Continue

On 9 September 2009 - The Dutch Sustainability Day - the National Stakeholder Energy Debate takes place in international press centre Nieuwspoort in The Hague. Various prominent stakeholders in the Dutch ener… Continue

This summer, Enviu is offering two summer schools for students who want to do something extra outside their curriculum. We offer you the opportunity to learn, get inspired and contribute to sustainability with your creative minds! Enviu is looking for students or starters who are interested in sustainability with different (study) backgrounds. Creativity, enthusiasm and team spirit are most important.

1. AIDA Summerschool
Mobility in the Randstad in 2040? You decide!
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Maybe Wal Mart isn't the most likely candidate, but yesterday I watched a truly groundbreaking webcast from their Milestone Meeting Sustainability (will be made available here). They announced that they want to set a new world standard for retail in the 21st century, and it will be a sustainable one...

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International competition for entrepreneurs with environmentally responsible business concepts

An exciting new competition has launched – The Good Entrepreneur. The competition aims to identify entrepreneurs across Europe with environmentally responsible business concepts. These should be concepts that are based on making a clear contribution to the protection of the environment. The competition has been created in a partnership between CNBC, the leading business and financial news television c… Continue