Posts Tagged ‘Clean Energy’

Home Wind Power: How You Can SAVE Money Using It

Home Wind Power: No More Energy Bills to Pay! Read on to Learn More

Over the past years, most people never considered wind power as a serious source of generating energy and electricity, that too, for domestic purposes. In fact, wind was perceived as just another natural phenomenon with very limited usage in life. People generally reveled when the weather was pleasant, and tried to protect themselves when storms or blizzards attacked an area.

However, the situation grew more serious over time, as the oil crisis hit the world. The prices of oil rose rapidly, and the need for an alternative, less expensive source of energy was felt acutely. Such an energy source would indeed be required pretty soon. Now, wind power fitted the bill perfectly. In addition, the supply of wind power was plentiful as well. Thus, many experts tried to combine automobile alternators to radiator cooling fans. This was expected to produce 12 volts of DC current, and was quickly stored away on automotive storage 12 volt batteries. However stretching whatever little power that was produced to 120 volts of AC current, proved to be an unpractical task for most people. And thus, these trials on wind energy harnessing came to an end. Read more…

Home Wind Power Kits: How to Make Them WORK For You

Did You Know? Home Wind Power Kits Can Help You Save Money and Preserve Your Natural Environment

Defining wind power and wind power kits

How is wind, a variety of solar energy, generated? The answer may be attributed to several ecology-related reasons. Different parts of the earth have differences in air temperatures. This is because, the uneven nature of earth’s surface result in the sun heating up the earth by unequal amounts. This hot air, being lighter follows a convectional movement upwards. This creates a hollow in the lower parts of the atmosphere, which gets occupied by the cold air drifting in from nearby areas. Such movement of air is termed ‘wind’. These movements generate a type of motional, or kinetic, energy. Wind energy is obtained from this kinetic energy, which is converted by modern, sophisticated machines. The various equipments for tapping wind power and generating electricity are collectively termed ‘home wind power kits’.

What are the advantages of home wind power kits? Read more…

Five Ways Going Green Can Help Your Business Save Money

Top 15 Green Blogs

Reposted from: GBB.org

There are over 6,000 blogs related to the environment on Technorati, and countless more news feeds, and webzines.. There are hundreds of high-quality, well-written green blogs, so it’s very difficult to limit the list to just 15. This list seeks to balance depth with breadth and rankings popularity with diversity. These blogs represent many different topics, from general interest to news to lifestyle to tech.

1. Treehugger - Launched in 2004 by serial entrepreneur and designer Graham Hill, Treehugger defined a new online green space and quickly ascended to the ranks of the web’s top blogs. With radio, forums, video, television, its own social bookmarking network, and more than 30,000 posts, Treehugger is a comprehensive resource for sustainable modern living. Treehugger publishes posts by over 30 writers around the world updating 24/7. Discovery recently bought Treehugger and the site is now partnered to Planet Green. It’s not hard to see why: with over 2 million unique visitors per month and a Technorati rank of 19, Treehugger is by far the biggest green blog online today. The content is focused on green news, products, and events. Read more…

Deloitte: Best Practices for Going Green

By Deborah Fleischer

What do you think of when you hear Deloitte? You might think of a professional services firm or Big Four auditor. Today, the company has also put a big green stake in the ground, both looking internally to green its operations and as an offering in its consulting practice.

Two aspects of this work are worth noting: Deloitte’s internal green team, working to engage employees in sustainability, and its Green Sync™ tool.

I had the chance to have an e-mail exchange with Thomas Dekar, vice chairman of Deloitte LLP, regional managing principal of the North Central Region and corporate responsibility officer for the Deloitte U.S. Firms. He shed some light on the origins of Deloitte’s programs and offerings.

Read on to learn about Deloitte’s best green business practices for engaging employees in sustainability. Read more…

The Age of Sustainability: Why ‘Less’ Should Be More of Your Business Strategy

By Mahesh Pethe 

Business has officially entered “The Age of Sustainability.”

Most people relate sustainability to climate change and our efforts to sustain Earth’s limited resources.

In the corporate world, it means businesses are being asked — or even expected — to take Earth’s climate into consideration in normal business operations. In this new age, business strategy has been required to adapt to profound changes in how consumers and partners buy, use, interact with and view their products and services. This is particularly true over the last 10 years and will likely continue for at least the next 20 to 30 years.

We have all heard of the phrase “reduce, reuse, recycle,” as the call to think about environmental sustainability when making decisions about products and services. But have you considered that this directive may be in conflict with the common business goal of selling more to achieve higher revenues and profits? Read more…

GreenCitizens launches “Green Business“, an online directory for firms operating in Green sector

By Pranay Jain

GreenCitizens.net, a first of its kind Green Networking Platform has officially launched “Green Business”, a free of cost online directory for firms operating in the world of Green – Energy, Environment, Carbon, Sustainability or Climate Change.

PR Log (Press Release) More than just an online directory, “Green Business” on GreenCitizens.net, provides a networking and marketing platform to organizations engaged in any aspect of green business. It has been created in a way to provide an interactive platform to all organizations.

Every company gets its own dedicated page on GreenCitizens.net, where it can talk about its vision, experience, its initiatives, projects and achievements, share photos and videos, update its followers of its developments and share news with the entire GreenCitizens community. It will act as a marketplace where you will be able to connect with other organizations, both suppliers and potential clients, pave way for strategic partnerships and create visibility for your organization. Read more…

Where Are the Green Jobs?

by chris santiago

If, like me and millions of other Americans, you’ve recently lost your job due to Economageddon, you may be wondering where these Green Jobs are that everyone keeps talking about. News reports say green is the fastest sector of the jobs market; the White House says it’s creating more and more green jobs. Well, where are these jobs, and how do you get one?

I could give a quick, snide answer and tell you to use something called a search engine. Or I could be a little more helpful and point you in the direction of a couple of good job boards, like Greenjobs, or the Green Jobs board at TreeHugger.com.

But what if you’re not a scientist, architect, or engineer?

What if you don’t have the skill set to start developing biofuels or teaching environmental science? As a recently laid-off print editor, for example, I’d love to jump into a growing (as opposed to a terminally ill) job sector, but how do I leverage the skills and experiences I already have and get a green job?

The good news is that most green companies—solar, wind, and biofuel outfits, for example—have plenty of non-technical positions that need to be filled, just like any other company. A green collar economy calls for an army of green accountants, green marketers, green PR flaks, green human resources reps, and so forth.

The even better news is that, just like your high school basketball coach told you, it’s the fundamentals that count. Networking (including meeting, greeting, and going to conferences on green subjects that matter to you) is much more likely to get you your next green job than sending out blind emails. Research and creative thinking won’t hurt either.

And of course there’s always that possibility of going back to school to get more green schools, although some would argue that you don’t necessarily need it.

Here’s my last piece of advice (and take it with a big, fat grain of salt, since I’m still looking for my next full-time gig myself): If none of these answers satisfies you, be an entrepreneur. Start your own green business, based on your own skills or inclinations. After all, as Gandhi said, if you want change in the world, you’ve got to be that change.

Photo Credit: Hillary Birch Vanaria

The 20 Most Popular Stories of 2009

By GreenBiz Staff

Oakland, CA — What to make of the 20 most-read stories among the 2,350 (or so) articles and blog posts we ran during 2009 on GreenBiz.com,ClimateBiz.com, GreenerBuildings.com,GreenerComputing.com andGreenerDesign.com

It’s hard to make head or tails of them, in terms of the themes, interests, or. Yes, packaging and Walmart seem to be two recurring themes. Rankings and ratings stories always rank high. Beyond that, 2009 seems a muddle — as, perhaps, in real life, it was. After all, what links termites and windvertising?

Themes or not, here are the stories of ours that you, dear reader, clicked on, Googled, Digged, Scribd, StumbledUpon, tweeted (and retweeted) and linked to the most. Do you see any noteworthy patterns or trends herein? Let us know if you do. Read more…

10 Best Practices for Building Green Teams

By Deborah Fleischer

GreenBiz.com and Green Impact have partnered to release a new report, “Green Teams: Engaging Employees in Sustainability.” Based on interviews with green team leaders from Intel, Yahoo!, eBay and Genentech, as well as a review of the latest literature on employee engagement and green teams, the report provides an overview of the best practices companies are using to support and guide green teams.

It is divided into four key sections: making the business case for green teams; getting started; four emerging trends; and green team best practices.

It is a great resource for companies and organizations just beginning to think about creating a green team and for those ready to take their existing program to the next level.

What is a Green Team? Read more…