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10 Earth Day Ways to Save the Planet, Your Health, & Money!
17 May 2012
You don’t have to be an Extreme Greenist to Go Green! Just one Daily Green Decision can go a long way. …More
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SpaceX, Bigelow announce private space station alliance
14 May 2012
by Dave Klingler: SpaceX will carry passengers to Bigelow’s inflatable habitats. …More
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4 May 2012
by Andrew Weil: Until I was 40 years old, I was a botanical field researcher and constantly on the move, so much so that I seldom bothered to have an actual residence. …More
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5 Green Tech Stories You Should Be Reading: May 2, 2012
2 May 2012
Today’s popular green tech stories include how to sell hybrid vehicles, a surprise side effect of wind turbines, and a solar-powered dairy. Check it out. …More
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SpaceX to webcast static rocket firing today in preparation for Dragon spacecraft launch
30 Apr 2012
by Dave Klingler: SpaceX will fire all nine engines of the Falcon 9 rocket currently on the pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida today as part of a full-on dress rehearsal for the second launch of its Dragon spacecraft. …More
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Biofuel Powers Boeing 787 Across The Pacific
25 Apr 2012
A Boeing 787 Dreamliner has made aviation history by completing the first ever transpacific biofuel flight. …More
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10 Best National Parks for Hiking
21 Apr 2012
I love to write about our nation’s national park system because we are blessed with a tremendous amount of untouched public lands and we should take advantage of it. …More
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Tony Robbins: Why we do what we do, and how we can do it better
17 Apr 2012
Tony Robbins discusses the “invisible forces” that make us do what we do — and high-fives Al Gore in the front row. …More
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Boeing, Airbus, Embraer Join Forces On Biofuels
11 Apr 2012
by Paul Willis: The world’s three biggest makers of passenger planes have put aside commercial rivalries and agreed to work together with governments and biofuel producers to promote and speed up the availability of jet fuels that reduce carbon emissions. …More
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Curiosity, NASA’s Latest Rover, is Halfway To Mars But It’s U.S. Planetary Science That’s In Danger
3 Apr 2012
The Mars Science Laboratory mission, with a rover affectionately named Curiosity, reached a milestone this past Sunday, April 1, as it hurtled across the halfway point at over 10,000 miles per hour on its 254 day-long journey to the red planet. …More
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The Way of the Peaceful Parent
22 Mar 2012
by Leo Babauta: There is no such thing as stress-free parenting. …More
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Trudie Styler on Rainforest Preservation and Human Spirit
15 Mar 2012
Trudie Styler — actor, producer, director, human rights activist, environmentalist and organic farmer — founded the Rainforest Foundation Fund with her husband, Sting, in 1989. …More
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Singularity University Releases Inspirational Must Watch Video
12 Mar 2012
by Keith Kleiner: Earlier this week Singularity Universitykicked off its second annual summer Graduate Studies Program 2010 (GSP 2010) with an impressive opening ceremony. …More
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10 Mar 2012
This video will be shown at the London WorldShift 2012 event on 09/09/09. …More
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The World Through Google’s Smartglasses
23 Feb 2012
by Paul Adams: Augmented-reality eyewear is the next step toward a future in which we never again have an unmediated view of the world. …More
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Want to Prepare Your Kids for the Singularity? Read Jonathan Mugan’s The Curiosity Cycle
13 Feb 2012
In the future your children won’t just be competing against other children, they’ll be pitted against robots and computers too. …More
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Majestic Carina Nebula revealed in new picture
8 Feb 2012
(Space.com) The most detailed image yet of the well-known Carina nebula has been caught by a European telescope, unveiling previously hidden features of an exquisite star nursery. …More
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7 Feb 2012
LOS ANGELES – Nearly three thousand seats will be filled with professionals from the entertainment, media and arts communities, and others on February 4, 2012, when GATE …More
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Intersection Event Brings Together Variety of Great Minds
25 Jan 2012
I participated in and covered for Technorati the 2012 session of The Intersection Event, …More
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Shawn Parr: When Innovation Meets Social Good, Consumers Win
12 Jan 2012
I was recently invited to participate in the inaugural The Intersection Event: Where Innovation Meets Social Change …More
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TEDxSF – Mel Robbins – F— YOU – How To Stop Screwing Yourself Over
7 Jan 2012
Mel Robbins is a married working mother of three, an ivy-educated criminal lawyer, and one of the top career and relationship experts in America. …More
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Geneva Auto Show: Volvo 125 mpg V60 Plug-In Hybrid
7 Jan 2012
A diesel hybrid – that’s something different. And, what the heck, why not make it a plug-in? …More
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Paul Stamets: 6 ways mushrooms can save the world
27 Dec 2011
Mycologist Paul Stamets studies the mycelium — and lists 6 ways that this astonishing fungus can help save the world. …More
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Who Will Be America’s Next Top Energy Innovator?
24 Dec 2011
Who Will Be America’s Next Top Energy Innovator? That’s up to you to decide. …More
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Sebastian Thrun: Google’s Driverless Car
24 Dec 2011
All it took was a roughly 60-second lap around the top of a parking structure at high speeds to convince TED attendees that autonomous vehicle technology has come a long way. …More
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Academia.edu – $4.5M in Funding, 3M Unique Monthly Visitors – Can They Change Science Publication?
22 Dec 2011
Don’t call it “Facebook for Scientists” – it’s not about socializing, it’s about knowledge. …More
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16 Dec 2011
Days before this talk, journalist Naomi Klein was on a boat in the Gulf of Mexico, looking at the catastrophic results of BP’s risky pursuit of oil. …More
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Wind Power Unlike Any Other On Horizon
15 Dec 2011
by Lauren Craig: SheerWind is a Chaska, Minnesota-based start-up with a wind power generator concept that looks nothing like any wind turbine you have ever seen. …More
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Bridging the Digital Divide with Online Education
12 Dec 2011
By Justin Marquis Ph.D. The Great Divide is Getting Wider: Even as technology advances and becomes increasingly ubiquitous, little doubt remains that there is an ever-widening digital divide between haves and have-nots in this world.
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President’s Better Buildings Initiative Will Deliver Real Value And Is Great News
6 Dec 2011
If anyone needs evidence of a smart federal initiative, one with bang-for-the-buck, take a look at President Obama’s Better Buildings Initiative. …More
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Harvard And MIT Join Forces To Become Juggernaut Of Free Online Education
14 May 2012
Online education is witnessing its own Avengers-like uniting of superhero forces as Harvard University and MIT recently announced “edX”, a combined $60 million joint initiative to offer their college-level courses online for free. …More
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Denmark’s 50 percent wind commitment and a path to fully renewable power
5 May 2012
Denmark has committed to generating 50 percent of its electricity from wind sources by the year 2020, by which time the country hopes to have reduced CO2 emissions by 34 percent compared to 1990 levels. …More
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Electricity From Liquid Fuel? UCLA Researchers Say Yes
19 Apr 2012
Researchers at UCLA say they have come up with a method for converting electrical energy into a liquid fuel, in a development that could lead to regular petrol cars being powered by electricity. …More
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Derek Sivers: Keep your goals to yourself
12 Apr 2012
After hitting on a brilliant new life plan, our first instinct is to tell someone — but Derek Sivers says it’s better to keep goals secret. …More
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The (surprisingly upbeat) state of the world
4 Apr 2012
A different perspective on the state of the world: four major areas where mankind’s long-term progress is striking. First, the good news: Bad news does not define the human race. …More
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25 Mar 2012
“It is the people who must save the environment. It is the people who must make their leaders change. And we cannot be intimidated. So we must stand up for what we believe in.” - Wangari Maathai
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Energy Efficient Buildings Will Create a Better America
21 Mar 2012
American families could cut global warming pollution from buildings by 30 percent and save about $450 every year on their energy bills by 2030 if we invest in energy efficiency today, …More
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City 2.0 Crowdsources The City Of The Future
11 Mar 2012
Terming it “a global call for collaborative action on the biggest issues of our day,” and “a platform designed to empower citizens to connect with each other to help reshape their own cities,” …More
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U.S. Being Left In The Dust Of The Global Telecommuting Revolution
21 Feb 2012
A recent poll from Ipsos/Reuters shows the extent of workplace evolution as well as the fallout of globalization. …More
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Wind Turbine Like No Other Promises Big Energy
13 Feb 2012
by Susan DeFreitas: At Nottingham Trent University, an innovation in small wind power could add up to something big for distributed renewable energy. …More
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Charlie Rose – A Discussion About Woman, Life, Song
1 Feb 2012
In 2007, Soprano Jessye Norman assembled a group of influential women including Noble Prize Winner Toni Morrison, Author Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Composer Judith Weir to create a project centered on the universal experience of what it really means to be a woman in this lifetime. …More
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PEOPLE ARE AWESOME (DON’S VERSION)
31 Jan 2012
Musik: Hans Zimmer – Final Charge (Last Samurai OST) …More
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Is the iPad the Future of Education? Students in Palm Beach Florida Find Out
21 Jan 2012
Failing national school system? iPad might have an App for that. …More
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Who’s Donating to Wikipedia? Everybody. Latest Drive Raises $20M from 1M+ Donors
10 Jan 2012
Their 20+ million volunteer-created articles attract more than 477 million people per month making them the fifth most popular ring of sites on the web, and they do it all with your help. …More
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Are We Alone? By Nobel Laureate George Smoot III
6 Jan 2012
It is interesting to start the new year with a discussion of the impact of science in our lives. …More
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Making New Year’s Resolutions? Ask Yourself 6 Questions
2 Jan 2012
Forty to 45 percent of Americans make New Year’s resolutions, and I know I always do. …More
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Executive Suite: Gina Bianchini Says Don’t Focus On The Challenges Of Being A Woman
1 Jan 2012
Every week The Grindstone interviews an influential woman in the world of business. …More
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Man Builds Fairy Tale Home for His Family – For Only £3,000
26 Dec 2011
Simon Dale is a family man in Wales, the western part of Great Britain. His interest in self-sustainability and an ecological awareness led him to dig out and build his own home …More
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Geologists Find Source of Stonehenge’s Inner Stones
20 Dec 2011
By Mark Brown, Wired UK: A team of geologists from Britain have pinpointed the exact quarry that Stonehenge’s innermost circle of rocks came from. …More
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SOLAR POWER CHEAPER TO PRODUCE THAN MOST ANALYSTS REALIZE, STUDY FINDS
19 Dec 2011
By Joe Romm: According to Dr. Pearce, the real cost in 2011 is under $1 per watt for solar panels purchased in bulk on the global market.
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How Social Media Is Ruining Our Minds
13 Dec 2011
Written by Aaron Saenz: The ongoing creation of Web 2.0 has transformed the average internet denizen into a strange hybrid of producer and consumer. …More
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13 Dec 2011
We are all dependent to each other. …More
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Understanding Academic Integrity
12 Dec 2011
Academic dishonesty is one of the most difficult and serious issues that educators have to deal with, …More
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SF Begins Down The All Clean Energy Path
10 Dec 2011
By 2020, the city of San Francisco aims to get 100 percent of its energy from renewable sources …More
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Mother Of All Smart Grids Coming To Maui
10 Dec 2011
by Steve Duda: Hawaii has a lot going for it; near-perfect weather, postcard views, not to mention the Aloha spirit. Hawaii also boasts of some of the most aggressive clean energy goals in the world, …More
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Our first taste of the age of thirst
5 Dec 2011
The spring and summer run-off from those snowpacks brought enormous relief. It renewed what we in the Southwest like to call the Hydro-Illogic cycle: …More
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Feds Should Reclassify Marijuana To Allow Medical Use, Governors Say
1 Dec 2011
WASHINGTON — Govs. Lincoln Chafee (I-R.I) and Chris Gregoire (D-Wash.) on Wednesday called on the Drug Enforcement Administration to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule II drug, which would allow it to be dispensed for medicinal use. …More
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29 Nov 2011
The official trailer for Tom Shadyac’s upcoming film, I AM. In theaters February, 2011
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Seafaring Robots Begin Record-Breaking, 300-Day Journey Halfway Around The World (video)
27 Nov 2011
Meet Piccard Maru, Fontaine Maru, Benjamin, and Papa Mau, the four sea-faring robots that set out from San Francisco November 17th for a 300-day journey …More
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Lovely Owl: Cute/Ridiculous Animal Thing Of The Day (VIDEO)
20 Nov 2011
Owls have proven time and time again that they are adorable …More
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Denmark’s Renewable Energy Market Strives To Be Carbon-Free In The Face Of Economic Hardship
17 May 2012
* Denmark still needs to wean itself off coal …More
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5 May 2012
One advantage of belonging to a cohesive society in which people help each other is that the group is often better equipped than a set of individuals to deal with threats from the outside. …More
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5 Green Tech Stories You Should Be Reading: April 24, 2012
24 Apr 2012
What’s the buzz on the Internet today? A battery that breathes, the present and the future of cleantech investments in the U.S. and the world, a new, slightly gross but rather practical version of geothermal, and more. …More
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New Smartphone Chips Will Pinpoint Your Exact Location Down To The Inch, Even Inside Buildings
20 Apr 2012
Tired of how useless GPS tracking is inside a building? A new smartphone chip aims to pinpoint your location down to a few centimeters, even indoors. …More
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Aimee Mullins: How my legs give me super powers
15 Apr 2012
Athlete, actor and activist Aimee Mullins talks about her prosthetic legs — she’s got a dozen amazing pairs — and the super-powers they grant her: speed, beauty, an extra 6 inches of height … …More
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Google Unveils Augmented-Reality Glasses, Its Vision Of The Post-PC Era
5 Apr 2012
Google’s venture into augmented reality has finally come out into the light of day. The Android-running device are glasses that aren’t really glasses, but more like frames with one small lens over the right eye and a camera. …More
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Richard St. John: Secrets of success in 8 words, 3 minutes
4 Apr 2012
Why do people succeed? Is it because they’re smart, or are they just lucky? Analyst Richard St. John condenses years of interviews into an unmissable 3-minute presentation on the real secrets of success. …More
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Manned Missions Key To Survival?
19 Mar 2012
by Richard Garriott: My first blog about NASA turning to commercial providers for launch vehicles seems to have opened an interesting debate. Why do we spend any money on human exploration of space? …More
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Ford Focus Electric Beats Leaf With 105 MPGE Combined
11 Mar 2012
New data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is giving Ford the chance to tout its 2012 Focus Electric as the most fuel-efficient five-passenger car in America. …More
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9 Mar 2012
Right now crossing the Gulf of Aden on its way to the Red Sea is a catamaran that is nearing the end of a journey that, when it’s completed, will have taken it around the world. …More
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Russell Means on The Power of Matriarchy
19 Feb 2012
The Best of Connecting Point: Russell Charles Means (born November 10, 1939) is an Oglala Sioux activist for the rights of Native American people. …More
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GATE 2 – What an Amazing Event! ;-)
17 Feb 2012
GATE (the Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment) is a nonprofit 501c(6) membership trade association that strives to inspire and empower professionals in the media, entertainment and arts to consciously create and distribute transformational content. …More
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David Deida – Three Stages of Relationship
8 Feb 2012
In this video, David Deida talks about the three stages of relationship, from dependency and emotional reaction, to independence and sexual neutrality, and finally to the third stage, which is love. …More
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Sebastian Thrun Aims to Revolutionize University Education With Udacity
30 Jan 2012
This past August fellow Singularity Hub writer Aaron Saenz wrote about Udacity, the online university created by Stanford artificial intelligence professor and Google autonomous vehicle leader, Sebastian Thrun. …More
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Paddy Ashdown: The global power shift
19 Jan 2012
Paddy Ashdown claims that we are living in a moment in history where power is changing in ways it never has before. …More
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Google Exec Marissa Mayer Explains Why There Aren’t More Girl Geeks
1 Jan 2012
In 1999, Marissa Mayer, then a recent Stanford University graduate, joined a little-known startup with fewer than 20 employees that she calculated as having a two percent chance of success: Google. …More
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Gina Bianchini, Co-Founder Of Ning, On What’s Next For Social Media
1 Jan 2012
Gina Bianchini helped usher in the age of social media nearly a decade ago when she co-foundedNing, a social networking site that launched the same year as Facebook.
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Salman Khan: Let’s Use Video To Reinvent Education
24 Dec 2011
Watch Salman Khan discuss the reinvention of education through video, then read a follow-up post by YouTube Education’s Angela Lin below. …More
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Why The EU Is Kicking Our Clean Energy Ass
22 Dec 2011
By Susan Kraemer: The EU signed Kyoto in 1997, and passed laws to lower emissions by 2005. Five years later it had double the wind power of the US, and ten times the solar power. …More
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NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMPETE TO BECOME GREENEST
19 Dec 2011
By Anthony Advincula: Last Friday, Solar One and city officials announced the launch of a public school-wide competition that will award a total of $30,000 to schools that can achieve the most energy savings by next April. …More
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Brene Brown: The Power Of Vulnerability
15 Dec 2011
My entire research career has been fueled by a commitment to bring to light the emotions, thoughts, and behaviors that we all experience but never discuss …More
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Sheryl Sandberg On Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders
13 Dec 2011
When Pat Mitchell invited me to speak at TEDWomen, everyone assumed I would talk about social media. …More
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GE Brings Green Lights To Life
13 Dec 2011
by Natural Resources Defense Council: At GE’s historic 90-acre Nela Park in Cleveland–home to America’s first industrial park and to GE Lighting–a light bulb revolution is underway …More
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Fuel Economy Standards: Obama Administration Proposes Doubling Fuel Efficiency By 2025
10 Dec 2011
By John Crawley: WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (Reuters) – The Obama administration proposed on Wednesday doubling auto fuel efficiency to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025, …More
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Hawaii About to Crack Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Roadblocks?
10 Dec 2011
by OilPrice.com: Hawaiian efforts to move towards renewable energy have a powerful ally in the form of Mark Glick, chief administrator of the State Energy Office,part of the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. …More
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10 Things You May Not Have Known About Turkey
4 Dec 2011
Turkey is one of the most beautiful and exotic locations on earth. However, many people don’t know just how amazing this land is, …More
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Adrian Grenier and Peter Glatzer’s SHFT: Saving The Planet, One Shift At A Time
1 Dec 2011
Peter Glatzer and Adrian Grenier have a simple goal — to help save the planet, one “shift” at a time. …More
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Space Travel Of The Future: 7 Vehicles That May One Day Take You To Space
30 Nov 2011
Saturday’s launch of the Mars Rover Curiosity got us thinking — why do robots get to have all the fun in space? …More
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The Neuroscience of Why Gratitude Makes Us Healthier
27 Nov 2011
Our world is pretty messed up. With all the violence, pollution and crazy things people do, …More
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20 Nov 2011
By Ananda Giri: In the summer of 2009, I was visiting the city of Los Angeles to speak at a conference.