EARTH PORTATION News February 27th

AIR - Billboard transforms air into clean water in Peru (Video)

This innovative billboard does double duty: advertising for a university's engineering program while producing much-needed clean drinking water for local communities ...

http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/billboa

AIR - Google Buildings Polluted With Toxic Vapors From Chemical Spills

Silicon Valley was all abuzz on Friday over news that two of Google's buildings on North Whisman Road in Mountain View were suffering from toxic vapors seeping up from the ground below ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2013/02/23/goo

ANIMALS - Cats could be more harmful to birds than previously suspected, scientists discover

The study, by researchers at the universities of Sheffield and Exeter, suggests that killing birds is just a small part of the problem cats cause our feathered friends ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-02-cats-birds-previously-scientist

ANIMALS - New discovery on animal memory opens doors to research on memory impairment diseases

If you ask a rat whether it knows how it came to acquire a certain coveted piece of chocolate, Indiana University neuroscientists conclude, the answer is a resounding, "Yes." A study newly published in the journal Current Biology offers the first evidence of source memory in a nonhuman animal ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-02-discovery-animal-memory-doors-i

ANIMALS - Uncovering maternal to paternal communications in mice

Researchers at Japan's Kanazawa University have proven the existence of communicative signalling from female mice that induces male parental behavior ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-02-uncovering-maternal-paternal-mi

BIRDS - Promoting poultry health through diet

Developing strategies to increase the amount of saleable product while reducing dietary inputs is a priority for animal scientists. University of Illinois researchers have been looking at how dietary components affect gut health and disease resistance in chickens ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-02-poultry-health-diet.htm

BIRDS - Songbirds' brains coordinate singing with intricate timing, study reports

As a bird sings, some neurons in its brain prepare to make the next sounds while others are synchronized with the current notes-a coordination of physical actions and brain activity that is needed to produce complex movements, new research at the University of Chicago shows ...
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-songbirds-brains-intri

CLIMATE - Why fossil fuel divestment is key to climate progress

Bill McKibben has a must-read post at Rolling Stone explaining the strategic logic of pressuring universities to divest from the fossil fuel industr ...

http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/why-fossi

EARTH - 24 Countries To Be Represented At Iceland Geothermal Conference

The Iceland Geothermal Conference will be taking place between the 5th and 8th of March 2013, with over 300 participants from 24 countries. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Jeffery Tester, a Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Cornell University. He is the co-author of ten books and author or co-author of over 200 scientific publications. (One of his recent papers was about assessing .. ...

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/26/24-countries-to-be-repre

ECONOMICS - America's 20 Most Powerful CEOs 40 And Under

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emeh45gkll/no-1-larry-page

ECONOMICS - America's Most Miserable Cities 2013

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eeee45gdfe/1-detroit-mich

ECONOMICS - Hans Rosling debunks myths of child birth and the "developing world"

The brilliant Hans Rosling has a data visualization video that helps debunk the myths of the birth and child mortality rates of the so-called developed and developing countries ...

http://www.treehugger.com/economics/hans-rosling-debunks-myt

ECONOMICS - How a Nutrient Economy Can Save Our Farmers, Our Health and Our Environment

Logan Yonavjak (@Loganyon) explains the potential benefits of a new system of food production-a new economy-in which nutrients are viewed as currency ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ashoka/2013/02/27/how-a-nutrient

ECONOMICS - What's Wrong With Today's Business Schools?

Harvard Business School professor Rakesh Khurana offers a scathing critique of business schools in an article in January strategy + business. Among other things, he says ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2013/02/26/whats-wr

EDUCATION - Business Education for Women at Harvard -- the Early Years

In 1962, Harvard Business School admitted women into the full two-year MBA program for the first time. Eight women enrolled in the program in 1963, alongside 676 men. HBS is celebrating the 50th anniversary of this milestone with a series of events and programs, including a new exhibit that traces women's business education history at Harvard back to the 1930s ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/hbsworkingknowledge/2013/02/26/b

ENERGY - Bulk Solar Electricity Production (VIDEO)

Continuing on with our daily series on Leonardo ENERGY videos, here's one on the topic of "bulk solar electricity production" (or, more specifically, CSP and CPV): Bulk Solar Electricity Production (VIDEO) was originally published on: CleanTechnica. To read more from CleanTechnica, join over 30,000 others and subscribe to our free RSS feed, follow us on Facebook or Twitter, or just visit our homepage .. ...
http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/23/bulk-solar-electricity-p

ENERGY - Future Electric Grids (VIDEOS)

Continuing on with our daily series on Leonardo ENERGY videos, here are two on "Future Electricity Grids" (smart grid stuff - a little bit, transmission stuff, renewable energy stuff, and much more):Future Electric Grids (VIDEOS) was originally published on: CleanTechnica. To read more from CleanTechnica, join over 30,000 others and subscribe to our free RSS feed, follow us on Facebook or Twitter, or just visit our homepage .. ...
http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/27/future-electric-grids-vi

ENERGY - Renewable Energy Adoption - Not Fast Enough

Solar panel, wind turbine & globe via ShutterstockHere on CleanTechnica, we regularly see article after article trumpeting the advances wind power has made (for example, last year, the rate of installation increased by about 20%) or praising the huge installation of photovoltaic power in Germany, Italy, or even the Czech Republic! While Europe may be the clean energy standard that many champion as leading the field, we also see noteworthy .. ...

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/26/renewable-energy-adoptio

FASHION - Names You Need to Know in 2011: FiveFingers

Here's something you need to know about: Could we be seeing the beginning of the end of the modern running shoe? A growing legion of runners and recreational joggers-I am one-backed by a rising number of physiologists, believe that running shoes do more harm than good for millions of people ...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/frederickallen/2010/10/27/a-name

HOMES - The Stooler converts any object into a stool

A simple but practical idea that lets you cinch up any collection of object(s) to create unique seating ...

http://www.treehugger.com/eco-friendly-furniture/stooler-con

MUSIC - Should you be worried about the new "six strikes" anti-piracy rules? Yes and no

A new system designed to combat copyright infringement was launched in the U.S. on Monday, a joint venture between content companies and internet service providers known as the Copyright Alert System. The name sounds harmless enough, and its supporters argue that it is an appropriate balance between copyright and an open internet - but critics argue that the so-called "six strikes" process is the thin edge of an increasingly broad wedge that copy ...

http://gigaom.com/2013/02/26/should-you-be-worried-about-the

PEOPLE - David Einhorn

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emde45mfi/david-einhorn

PEOPLE - Dr. Q: From Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon

Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa's life is so storied it could fill a book. In fact, it has, as the doctor authored his recent autobiography Becoming Dr. Q. He was also featured in a recent study by the National Foundation for American Policy that found 35 percent of the physician scientists at the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center are immigrants ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2013/02/26/dr-q-f

PEOPLE - Sugata Mitra: An Interview with the 2013 TED Prize Winner

Professor Sugata Mitra is the winner of the $1 million dollar TED prize. He is a visionary in the field of education and technology. He is best known for his "Hole in the Wall" experiments. The experiments placed a computer in a wall in a slum, connected it to the internet and then turned it over to the community to see what would happen. No teachers, no instructions, just access to the world's living library, the internet. The result was rad ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkluge/2013/02/26/sugata-mitr

PEOPLE - The Most Powerful Women In Tech, 2012

The 15 most powerful women in technology ...
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/elld45khil/the-most-powerful-

PLANTS - A promising fruit: The tree tomato

A researcher at the UPM is collaborating in the characterization of genetic resource of the tree tomato to enhance its cultivation and commercialization in Andean and Mediterranean countries ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-02-fruit-tree-tomato.htm

PLANTS - Previously unknown world of life found on common apple blossom

A succession of distinct but surprising microbial communities populate apple blossoms during the flowers' life cycle, suggesting that the bacteria have a carefully regulated relationship with the common fruit tree, say Yale scientists ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-02-previously-unknown-world-life-c

AIR - Billboard transforms air into clean water in Peru (Video)

This innovative billboard does double duty: advertising for a university's engineering program while producing much-needed clean drinking water for local communities.

http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/billboard-transfo

AIR - Google Buildings Polluted With Toxic Vapors From Chemical Spills

Silicon Valley was all abuzz on Friday over news that two of Google's buildings on North Whisman Road in Mountain View were suffering from toxic vapors seeping up from the ground below.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2013/02/23/google-buildi

ANIMALS - Cats could be more harmful to birds than previously suspected, scientists discover

The study, by researchers at the universities of Sheffield and Exeter, suggests that killing birds is just a small part of the problem cats cause our feathered friends.

http://phys.org/news/2013-02-cats-birds-previously-scientists.htm

ANIMALS - New discovery on animal memory opens doors to research on memory impairment diseases

If you ask a rat whether it knows how it came to acquire a certain coveted piece of chocolate, Indiana University neuroscientists conclude, the answer is a resounding, "Yes." A study newly published in the journal Current Biology offers the first evidence of source memory in a nonhuman animal.

http://phys.org/news/2013-02-discovery-animal-memory-doors-impairment.

ANIMALS - Uncovering maternal to paternal communications in mice

Researchers at Japan's Kanazawa University have proven the existence of communicative signalling from female mice that induces male parental behavior.

http://phys.org/news/2013-02-uncovering-maternal-paternal-mice.htm

BIRDS - Promoting poultry health through diet

Developing strategies to increase the amount of saleable product while reducing dietary inputs is a priority for animal scientists. University of Illinois researchers have been looking at how dietary components affect gut health and disease resistance in chickens.

http://phys.org/news/2013-02-poultry-health-diet.htm

BIRDS - Songbirds' brains coordinate singing with intricate timing, study reports

As a bird sings, some neurons in its brain prepare to make the next sounds while others are synchronized with the current notes-a coordination of physical actions and brain activity that is needed to produce complex movements, new research at the University of Chicago shows.

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-songbirds-brains-intricate.htm

CLIMATE - Why fossil fuel divestment is key to climate progress

Bill McKibben has a must-read post at Rolling Stone explaining the strategic logic of pressuring universities to divest from the fossil fuel industry

http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/why-fossil-fuel-div

EARTH - 24 Countries To Be Represented At Iceland Geothermal Conference

The Iceland Geothermal Conference will be taking place between the 5th and 8th of March 2013, with over 300 participants from 24 countries. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Jeffery Tester, a Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Cornell University. He is the co-author of ten books and author or co-author of over 200 scientific publications. (One of his recent papers was about assessing ...

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/26/24-countries-to-be-represented-at-

ECONOMICS - America's 20 Most Powerful CEOs 40 And Under

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emeh45gkll/no-1-larry-page

ECONOMICS - America's Most Miserable Cities 2013

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eeee45gdfe/1-detroit-mich

ECONOMICS - Hans Rosling debunks myths of child birth and the "developing world"

The brilliant Hans Rosling has a data visualization video that helps debunk the myths of the birth and child mortality rates of the so-called developed and developing countries.

http://www.treehugger.com/economics/hans-rosling-debunks-myths-child-b

ECONOMICS - How a Nutrient Economy Can Save Our Farmers, Our Health and Our Environment

Logan Yonavjak (@Loganyon) explains the potential benefits of a new system of food production-a new economy-in which nutrients are viewed as currency.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ashoka/2013/02/27/how-a-nutrient-economy-c

ECONOMICS - What's Wrong With Today's Business Schools?

Harvard Business School professor Rakesh Khurana offers a scathing critique of business schools in an article in January strategy + business. Among other things, he says:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2013/02/26/whats-wrong-with-t

EDUCATION - Business Education for Women at Harvard -- the Early Years

In 1962, Harvard Business School admitted women into the full two-year MBA program for the first time. Eight women enrolled in the program in 1963, alongside 676 men. HBS is celebrating the 50th anniversary of this milestone with a series of events and programs, including a new exhibit that traces women's business education history at Harvard back to the 1930s.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/hbsworkingknowledge/2013/02/26/business-ed

ENERGY - Bulk Solar Electricity Production (VIDEO)

Continuing on with our daily series on Leonardo ENERGY videos, here's one on the topic of "bulk solar electricity production" (or, more specifically, CSP and CPV): Bulk Solar Electricity Production (VIDEO) was originally published on: CleanTechnica. To read more from CleanTechnica, join over 30,000 others and subscribe to our free RSS feed, follow us on Facebook or Twitter, or just visit our homepage ...

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/23/bulk-solar-electricity-production-

ENERGY - Future Electric Grids (VIDEOS)

Continuing on with our daily series on Leonardo ENERGY videos, here are two on "Future Electricity Grids" (smart grid stuff - a little bit, transmission stuff, renewable energy stuff, and much more):Future Electric Grids (VIDEOS) was originally published on: CleanTechnica. To read more from CleanTechnica, join over 30,000 others and subscribe to our free RSS feed, follow us on Facebook or Twitter, or just visit our homepage ...

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/27/future-electric-grids-videos

ENERGY - Renewable Energy Adoption - Not Fast Enough

Solar panel, wind turbine & globe via ShutterstockHere on CleanTechnica, we regularly see article after article trumpeting the advances wind power has made (for example, last year, the rate of installation increased by about 20%) or praising the huge installation of photovoltaic power in Germany, Italy, or even the Czech Republic! While Europe may be the clean energy standard that many champion as leading the field, we also see noteworthy ...

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/26/renewable-energy-adoption-not-fast

FASHION - Names You Need to Know in 2011: FiveFingers

Here's something you need to know about: Could we be seeing the beginning of the end of the modern running shoe? A growing legion of runners and recreational joggers-I am one-backed by a rising number of physiologists, believe that running shoes do more harm than good for millions of people.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/frederickallen/2010/10/27/a-name-to-know-i

HOMES - The Stooler converts any object into a stool

A simple but practical idea that lets you cinch up any collection of object(s) to create unique seating.

http://www.treehugger.com/eco-friendly-furniture/stooler-converts-ordi

MUSIC - Should you be worried about the new "six strikes" anti-piracy rules? Yes and no

A new system designed to combat copyright infringement was launched in the U.S. on Monday, a joint venture between content companies and internet service providers known as the Copyright Alert System. The name sounds harmless enough, and its supporters argue that it is an appropriate balance between copyright and an open internet - but critics argue that the so-called "six strikes" process is the thin edge of an increasingly broad wedge that copy ...

http://gigaom.com/2013/02/26/should-you-be-worried-about-the-new-six-s

PEOPLE - David Einhorn

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emde45mfi/david-einhorn

PEOPLE - Dr. Q: From Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon

Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa's life is so storied it could fill a book. In fact, it has, as the doctor authored his recent autobiography Becoming Dr. Q. He was also featured in a recent study by the National Foundation for American Policy that found 35 percent of the physician scientists at the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center are immigrants.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2013/02/26/dr-q-from-farm-w

PEOPLE - Sugata Mitra: An Interview with the 2013 TED Prize Winner

Professor Sugata Mitra is the winner of the $1 million dollar TED prize. He is a visionary in the field of education and technology. He is best known for his "Hole in the Wall" experiments. The experiments placed a computer in a wall in a slum, connected it to the internet and then turned it over to the community to see what would happen. No teachers, no instructions, just access to the world's living library, the internet. The result was radically positive. Children driven by the power of curiosity figured it out. They overcame language barriers and educational gaps. And as one child figured it out, they started teacher the others. This evening Sugata spoke at TED. I had a chance to interview him prior to his presentation.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkluge/2013/02/26/sugata-mitra-an-inter

PEOPLE - The Most Powerful Women In Tech, 2012

The 15 most powerful women in technology.

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/elld45khil/the-most-powerful-women-in-t

PLANTS - A promising fruit: The tree tomato

A researcher at the UPM is collaborating in the characterization of genetic resource of the tree tomato to enhance its cultivation and commercialization in Andean and Mediterranean countries.

http://phys.org/news/2013-02-fruit-tree-tomato.htm

PLANTS - Previously unknown world of life found on common apple blossom

A succession of distinct but surprising microbial communities populate apple blossoms during the flowers' life cycle, suggesting that the bacteria have a carefully regulated relationship with the common fruit tree, say Yale scientists.

http://phys.org/news/2013-02-previously-unknown-world-life-common.htm

SOLAR - 10 Top Solar Stories

I've got a problem. I want you to read every important cleantech story that I see, or at least the headline or summary. (Yep, I'm one of those guys - be careful if you go to see a movie with me that I love.)This root problem creates a couple of practical problems for me: 1) we don't have the revenue necessary to pump out that much content; 2) a lot of our readers don't actually want us to publish that much content - it's simply too overwhelmin ...

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/26/10-top-solar-stories

SOLAR - Basics Of Solar PV Technology

This article was originally published on Solar Love:Solar PV Panels via ShutterstockA simple solar photovoltaic (PV) system consists of the following basic components:A solar cell: A solar cell is a solid-state electrical device (p-n junction) that converts the energy of light directly into electricity (DC) using the photovoltaic effect. A solar cell is categorized as a multi-junction cell, single-junction cell, crystalline cell, thin-film tec ...

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/27/basics-of-solar-pv-technology

SOLAR - Exciting Ideas In Solar Energy From ARPA-E

Now in its fourth year, the summit of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) never fails to bring out the most cutting-edge ideas in renewable energy. This week's conference in Washington D.C. is no exception. I walked the exhibition floor today and ran across some sexy new concepts in solar power.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidferris/2013/02/26/exciting-ideas-in-s

SOLAR - First Solar Sets New Solar Efficiency Record for Thin Film

Solar innovator First Solar has just announced a new word record for solar cell conversion efficiency, for its cadmium-telluride (CdTe) thin film solar cell. That's significant because CdTe solar cells can be made more quickly and cheaply than conventional silicon solar cells, bringing down the cost of solar power. The title of solar efficiency record holder is also significant politically because it was only last spring that First Solar was c ...

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/27/first-solar-sets-new-solar-efficie

SOLAR - First Solar's new world record for solar cell efficiency and why it's important

One of the important ways to make solar energy cheaper is to improve the amount of sunlight that solar cells can convert into electricity. So it's a big deal to see that First Solar announced on Tuesday that it's managed to create a record 18.7 percent solar cell, up from the 17.3 percent cell it touted in July 2011. That 18.7 percent sets a new world record for cells made from the material cadmium-telluride. It represents the best the company co ...

http://gigaom.com/2013/02/26/first-solars-new-world-record-for-solar-c

TECH - 10 Ways To Become A Victim Of Tax Identity Theft

In an epidemic that so far shows no signs of abating, crooks have submitted billions of dollars in fraudulent refund claims to the Internal Revenue Service using the stolen names and Social Security numbers of more than a million real people. Those whose identities are hijacked must often spend months dancing with the IRS and waiting for their refunds. Based on recent court cases, here are 10 ways you can become a victim---without doing anything careless like answering a phishing email. By Janet Novack

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mjd45lfjk/10-ways-to-become-a-victim-of

TECH - 3 Ways To Position Yourself As A Leading Female Voice In The Tech Community

By Alexia Vernon, founder, Step Into Your Moxie.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/yec/2013/02/26/3-ways-to-position-yourself

TECH - Adventures in Archiving

Digital storage is crucial to many business models, especially cost sensitive cloud based business models. These applications are often on the cutting edge of technology while at the same time facing enormous challenges in terms of data center energy consumption and operating costs, scaling up storage capacity to meet demand and protecting user data.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomcoughlin/2013/02/27/adventures-in-archi

TECH - How Big Data Will Transform IT Security

Guest post written by Art Coviello

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2013/02/26/how-big-data-will-tr

URBAN - Cardborigami Pop-Up Shelters Create Instant Space for Homeless and Festival-Goers

Read the rest of Cardborigami Pop-Up Shelters Create Instant Space for Homeless and Festival-GoersPermalink |Add todel.icio.us | diggPost tags: cardboard shelter, cardborigami, eco design, green design, homeless shelter solutions, pop-up shelter, recycled shelter, sustainable design, Tine Hovespia ...

http://inhabitat.com/cardborigami-pop-up-shelters-create-instant-space

URBAN - Gas-burning patio heaters continue to glow in Paris

It's the City of Faint Red Lights as Paris cafés get to keep their patio heaters and overturn a proposed ban.

http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/gas-burning-patio-heate

URBAN - Google Unveils Plans for Enormous Green-Roofed Expansion of California Headquarters

Google has been cleaning up existing buildings in cities across the globe, from San Francisco to Berlin, turning them into colorful work and play environments that are the envy of every cubicle worker. But now the company has unveiled plans to build a structure anew as an extension to their current headquarters in Mountain View, California. The corporate giant gave Vanity Fair the scoop on the green-roofed expansion, which was conceived in collab ...

http://inhabitat.com/google-unveils-plans-for-enormous-green-roofed-ex

URBAN - Iconic Frank Lloyd Wright Home May Be Moved from New Jersey to Italy to Protect It from Flood Damage

Read the rest of Iconic Frank Lloyd Wright Home May Be Moved from New Jersey to Italy to Protect It from Flood DamagePermalink |Add todel.icio.us | diggPost tags: Bachman Wilson House, cantilever balcony, eco design, Fiesole, frank lloyd wright, green design, millstone frank lloyd wright, Paolo Bulletti, Sharon Lawrence Tarantino, sustainable desig ...

http://inhabitat.com/iconic-frank-lloyd-wright-home-may-be-moved-from-

URBAN - J. Mayer H. Architects Transform a Drab 1950s Hamburg Building into a Playfully Modern Office

Read the rest of J. Mayer H. Architects Transform a Drab 1950s Hamburg Building into a Playfully Modern OfficePermalink |Add todel.icio.us | diggPost tags: Daylighting, germany, green architecture, green design, Green rehab, green renovation, gut rehab, hamburg, J. Mayer H. Architects, Schlump One, sustainable desig ...

http://inhabitat.com/j-mayer-h-architects-transform-a-drab-1950s-hambu

URBAN - LEED Gold 7 Bryant Park Breaks Ground in Midtown Manhattan

New York welcomed its latest green office tower, 7 Bryant Park, yesterday with a groundbreaking led by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Located on the corner of Sixth Ave. and 40th Street in midtown Manhattan, the Pei Cobb Freed and Partners-designed building is slated to be LEED Gold-certified and incorporates many sustainable features as well as spectacular views of the city and a prime spot just steps away from many subway lines. READ MORE >Permali ...

http://inhabitat.com/leed-gold-7-bryant-park-breaks-ground-in-midtown-

URBAN - NBBJ Unveils Samsung's New Garden-Filled San Jose Campus That Could Rival Them All

Read the rest of NBBJ Unveils Samsung's New Garden-Filled San Jose Campus That Could Rival Them AllPermalink |Add todel.icio.us | diggPost tags: "sustainable architecture", eco design, energy efficient design, gardens, green architecture, Green Building, green design, high performance envelope, NBBJ, open air concept, samsung, samsung campus, san jose, silicon valley, Sky-Gardens, Sustainable Building, sustainable desig ...

http://inhabitat.com/nbbj-unveils-samsungs-new-garden-filled-san-jose-

URBAN - Off-Grid Stamp House is a Cyclone-Proof Home in North Queensland, Australia

Read the rest of Off-Grid Stamp House is a Cyclone-Proof Home in North Queensland, AustraliaPermalink |Add todel.icio.us | diggPost tags: "sustainable architecture", charles wright architects, cyclone proof home, disaster proof home, eco design, energy neutral, far north queensland, FNQ, green architecture, Green Building, green design, green home, hurricane proof home, net-zero energy, off grid home, off-grid, Solar Power, solar powered home, st ...

http://inhabitat.com/off-grid-stamp-house-is-a-cyclone-proof-home-in-n

WIND - Pioneer Green Energy Bringing Wind Projects To The South

Texas-based renewable energy company Pioneer Green Energy has announced plans to develop two wind energy projects in northeast Alabama, the state's first wind energy facilities."These wind energy projects will increase our energy independence and help move the country away from unstable foreign energy supplies," stated David Savage, Pioneer Green Energy co-founder and vice president. "It will also reduce Alabama's dependence on other sources o ...

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/26/pioneer-green-energy-bringing-wind

WORK - Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Chris Bosh Campaign For More Programmers

As any tech company can tell you, there is a major shortage of engineers in the U.S., particularly computer programmers.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2013/02/26/bill-gates-celebriti

WORK - Marissa Mayer Is Wrong: Freedom For Workers Means Productivity For Companies

This is a guest post by Gary Swart, the CEO of oDesk, an online marketplace for hiring remote workers. Work is not one-size-fits-all-and forcing it to be may put your company on the road to extinction. Today, for example, it's not unreasonable to imagine that your best developer is nocturnal, your all-star

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jjcolao/2013/02/26/marissa-mayer-is-wrong-

WORK - The Cities With The Most Computer Science Jobs

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/ehfk45eehfi/1-washington-d-c

WORK - The Most Powerful Women In Tech, 2012

The 15 most powerful women in technology.

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emeh45gkje/the-most-powerful-women-in-t

EARTH PORTATION News February 25th

CLIMATE - Department Of Defense Launches Attack On Climate Change

The U.S. Department of Defense has been among the most aggressive leaders on climate change action under the Obama Administration, and it has just stepped it up to the next level. Last week, DoD released the new Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap, its blueprint for addressing the effects of climate change in a national security context. That includes global impacts such as geopolitical consequences, conflict acceleration and competition for foo .. ...

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/23/climate-change-and-natio

ECONOMICS - Study Finds Fuel Economy Standards More Cost Effective Than Fuel Tax

According to a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) study, government-set fuel economy standards, which have been practiced for many years, are 6 to 14 times less effective than a fuel tax for reducing gasoline usage.ZiS-110V. Art Konovalov / Shutterstock.comThe concept of fuel efficiency standards ensures that new vehicles are more efficient, but, what about the rest of the cars on the road? The objective of fuel economy standards is t .. ...

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/25/study-finds-fuel-economy

ENERGY - 100%, 99%, 80%, 70% - How Much Can/Should The World Be Powered By Renewable Energy?

How much can/should the world be powered by renewable energy? Or how about your country or region? A number of studies have tackled this question, and I recently realized that we hadn't stuck them all together in one easy-to-find place. So, I created this page specifically for that purpose: 70%, 80%, 99.9%, 100% Renewables - Study Central.Keep that page bookmarked - it will be updated with new major studies on this topic as they are produced. .. ...

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/24/100-99-80-70-how-much-ca

ENERGY - All New January US Electrical Generating Capacity Came From Renewable Sources

Solar panel, wind turbine & globe via ShutterstockA new report from the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Office of Energy Projects announced that 1,231 megawatts (MW) of new in-service electrical generating capacity came online in January 2012, and all of it came from a collection of wind, solar, and biomass sources.The January numbers represent a nearly three-fold increase in new renewable energy capacity compared to the same tim .. ...

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/25/all-new-january-us-elect

ENERGY - Fully Sustainable Global Energy Supply By 2050 (VIDEO)

Continuing on with our daily series on Leonardo ENERGY videos, here's another plan to power the world 100% with renewable energy - wind, water, sunlight, and biomass:Fully Sustainable Global Energy Supply By 2050 (VIDEO) was originally published on: CleanTechnica. To read more from CleanTechnica, join over 30,000 others and subscribe to our free RSS feed, follow us on Facebook or Twitter, or just visit our homepage .. ...
http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/25/fully-sustainable-global

ENERGY - Over 3 Million Clean Energy Jobs In The U.S. In 2012 (Infographic)

The impressive growth of the U.S. clean energy industry continued in 2012, resulting in postings for over 3 million clean energy job openings.The great infographic posted below details some of the specifics of this impressive growth.Source: Solar Power World Over 3 Million Clean Energy Jobs In The U.S. In 2012 (Infographic) was originally published on: CleanTechnica. To read more from CleanTechnica, join over 30,000 others and subscribe to our .. ...

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/25/over-3-million-clean-ene

ENERGY - Powering The World With Wind, Water, & Sunshine (VIDEO)

Continuing on with our daily series on Leonardo ENERGY videos, here's one on a plan to power the world 100% with renewable energy - wind, water, and sunlight (WWS):Powering The World With Wind, Water, & Sunshine (VIDEO) was originally published on: CleanTechnica. To read more from CleanTechnica, join over 30,000 others and subscribe to our free RSS feed, follow us on Facebook or Twitter, or just visit our homepage .. ...
http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/24/powering-the-world-with-

ENERGY - Saudi Arabia Reveals Plans For 54 GW Of Renewable Energy

Saudi Arabia has just released a white paper for its K.A.Care program, detailing the competitive procurement process (CPP) for the ambitious plan. As it currently stands, the program aims to develop and install 54 GW of renewable energy in the kingdom by 2032, including 41 GW of solar power. The other 13 GW will be supplied by wind energy, geothermal, and waste-to-energy power plants.The plan is for 5.1 GW of renewables by 2018, 23.9 GW by 202 .. ...

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/25/saudi-arabia-reveals-pla

ENERGY - The World's 25 Biggest Oil Companies

Not just the usual suspects; state-owned giants dominate this lis ...
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mef45jleg/not-just-the-usual-

ENERGY - Those Australian Electricity Price Increases We Keep Hearing About (Charts)

This article was originally published on RenewEconomy:Australian consumers have been buffeted by some hefty electricity price rises in the last few years, and face yet more in the next couple of years. But how long will it last, and what sort of price will householders be facing in 2020?It's not the sort of question - or time horizon - that customers would normally be worried about, unless you are considering the value of producing your own en .. ...

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/24/australian-electricity-p

MUSIC - Ten Billionaires Of The Music Business

They may not all own record companies, but each of these billionaires has a hand in music ...
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/feki45flgm/ten-billionaires-o

SCIENCE - "Radically New" Plasmonic Solar Cell Grows From A Forest Of Gold Nanorods

Researchers at the University of California - Santa Barbara are pretty excited over this new solar cell they've been working on, and who can blame them? For the past 100 years or so, everybody's been tinkering around with solar energy conversion based on semiconductors and meanwhile a promising new field called plasmonics has been bubbling up under the surface. The research team has developed a free-floating plasmonic device that produces hydr .. ...

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/25/low-cost-hydrogen-from-p

SCIENCE - Graphene Breakthrough - One Photon Can Be Converted Into Multiple Electrons

A new discovery by researchers at the ICFO has revealed that graphene is even more efficient at converting light into electricity than previously known. Graphene is capable of converting a single photon of light into multiple electrons able to drive electric current. The discovery is an important one for next-generation solar cells, as well as other light-detecting and light-harvesting technologies.A paradigm shift in the materials industry is .. ...

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/25/graphene-breakthrough-on

SOLAR - 35X Increase For Solar In Argentina

Currently Argentina is far behind in solar capacity with only about 10 MW in operation. That could change soon due to plans to expand by up to thirty-five times. Solar farms are being planned in the western parts of the country, where there is approximately twice was much solar radiation as in Germany, the world's number one solar market.There is a great deal of solar radiation in the western areas waiting to be utilized.Argentina has a goal o .. ...

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/24/35x-increase-for-solar-i

SOLAR - Solar & Wind Cutting Fossil Fuels Off At The Kneecaps In Coming Years In Australia

This article was originally published on RenewEconomy:The story that has really captured the imagination of our readers this year has been on the Bloomberg New Energy Finance analysis that demonstrated that wind energy was already cheaper than new coal and gas plants in Australia, and solar PV was not all that behind.Because of that interest, we've decided that today's Graph of the Day should be another set from the BNEF report, because they d .. ...

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/24/solar-wind-cutting-fossi

SOLAR - Solar Frontier Predicts 50% Cut In Price Of Its Thin-Film Solar Modules

This article was originally published on RenewEconomy:Showa Shell, the Japanese subsidiary of global oil giant Royal Dutch Shell, has predicted that its solar unit Solar Frontier will be able to cut production costs of its solar modules by half in the next few years as it seeks to emerge as one of the world's biggest solar module manufacturers.Some pundits are convinced that the dramatic price plunge that has accompanied a glut in solar panels .. ...

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/23/solar-frontier-predicts-

SOLAR - Solar PV Demand Falls Short Of 30 GW Mark

The upcoming NPD Solarbuzz Marketbuzz report set to be released in March reports findings that solar photovoltaic (PV) demand for 2012 only reached 29 GW, an increase of only 5% year-over-year compared to 27.7 GW in 2011.Sadly, 2012 is the first year in a decade that year-over-year market growth in the PV industry has been less than 10%."During most of 2012, and also at the start of 2013, many in the PV industry were hoping that final PV deman .. ...

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/25/solar-pv-demand-falls-sh

SOLAR - Solar-powered cell towers lead rural electrification

Powering off-grid mobile phone towers with renewable energy also brings electricity to many areas in dire need of power ...

http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/solar-powered-cel

SOLAR - Sunpower Providing Solar Energy For New SF 49ers Stadium

Even though the 2013 National Football League season is about six months away, one team is driving the ball down the field in helping to boost the changing image of spectator sports as a champion in environmental sustainability.Sunpower is helping recent Super Bowl Finalists, the San Francisco 49ers, by providing a solar panel system for their new stadium.San Francisco 49ers vs. New England Patriots via ShutterstockThe new system at 400 kW is .. ...

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/25/sunpower-providing-solar

SUSTAINABILITY - Corporations Can No Longer Sleepwalk Towards Sustainability

By Comly Wilson, Research Associate at CleanEdisonImage Credit: Global 100The forces of sustainable consciousness and resource scarcity are making environmental responsibility a necessity, not just a strategy, for major corporations. It is becoming increasingly difficult to simply re-brand products to be green as the public gradually becomes more wary of "greenwashing" and starts to pay attention to corporate responsibility indices, such as In .. ...

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/25/corporations-can-no-long

TECH - 3D printing is fun and futuristic, but how will it "revolutionise the solar energy industry"?

Writing in the Guardian, John Licata claims that 3D printed solar cells are "More efficient, less complex and cheaper, 3D solar cells can also capture more sunlight than conventional PV models." Why ...

http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/3d-printing-fun-a

TECH - Bringing a little cheer to energy innovation

There's glitter all over the carpet in the hallways at the Gaylord National Resort, a sprawling hotel that sits on the shores of the Potomac River just south of Washington, D.C. It's definitely not from the thousands of energy geeks that are arriving at the hotel on Sunday night to kick off several days of discussions and meetings about next-generation energy technology for the ARPA-E Summit. It's the aftermath from thousands of preteen girls, de ...

http://gigaom.com/2013/02/25/bringing-a-little-cheer-to-ener

TECH - Digital lighting slowly claiming a spot in the Internet of Things

The digital lighting industry is in a quandary. Prices for LED lights are falling quickly, making the technology more compelling to customers, particularly owners of office buildings and warehouses. But the price decline has come at the expense of manufacturers who have over built production capacity and now need to idle some of their equipment. This imbalance of supply and demand is also happening at a time when market researchers are expecting ...

http://gigaom.com/2013/02/24/digital-lighting-slowly-claimin

TECH - LEDs Without Heavy Metals, Silicon Nanocrystal Multicolor LEDs Created

LEDs that are completely free of heavy metals have been successfully created by researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the University of Toronto. The highly efficient and heavy-metal-free LEDs were made by utilizing silicon nanocrystals that are only a few nanometers across. The silicon-based light-emitting diodes (SiLEDs) should eventually be able to take the place of any currently used LEDs, but without having the same envi .. ...

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/23/leds-without-heavy-metal

TECH - News and the new amplification reality

A few days ago, in wake of the lively war of words between Elon Musk's Tesla & The New York Times, my colleague Mathew Ingram pointed out that thanks to the Internet and the social web, everyone from companies to governments are acting like media entities and spreading their messages, bypassing the messengers - aka the media outlets. Given that, one might ask: who needs traditional media then? I tried to help answer that question in my post ...

http://gigaom.com/2013/02/24/news-and-the-new-amplification-

TECH - What Do AT&T And Big Oil Have In Common?

By Zana Nesheiwat, Program Associate at Fuel Freedom FoundationBig Oil via ShutterstockWhen's the last time you made a long-distance phone call? Do you even notice the difference between local and long-distance charges? Before 1984, only AT&T could sell long-distance telephone service, making a long-distance call to your great aunt cost $3.00 a minute. That monopoly and unfair pricing ended when a federal judge required AT&T to grant a .. ...

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/25/what-do-att-and-big-oil-

TECH - When will we see more billion-dollar health tech companies?

Investors may be funneling millions of dollars into digital health but they're not as optimistic as entrepreneurs in thinking that billion-dollar valuations are on the horizon for the current crop of health tech startups. A recent survey from InterWest Partners compared the perspectives of health tech entrepreneurs and investors on areas of opportunities and challenges in health care information technology. When asked "which companies are most l ...

http://gigaom.com/2013/02/25/on-timing-of-billion-dollar-hea

URBAN - Deconstructed 1940s Citroën H Van Transformed into a New Parklet for San Francisco

Read the rest of Deconstructed 1940s Citroën H Van Transformed into a New Parklet for San FranciscoPermalink |Add todel.icio.us | diggPost tags: bikes, citroen, Citroen van, Cycle Club San Francisco, cycling, micro park, mini park, Parklet, parklet program, parklets, public space, Rapha Cycle Club, rebar, rebar studio, San Francisco, San Francisco Marin .. ...

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URBAN - House built from shipping containers designed in Denmark, assembled in China

Here is a twist on the usual situation, a product going in the opposite direction ...

http://www.treehugger.com/modular-design/house-built-shippin

URBAN - Modularflex Disaster Shelters Pop Up Where They Are Needed Most

Anyone who has ever struggled to pitch a tent can attest to how difficult it can be to assemble a temporary shelter. Add the stress of a natural calamity, and every second saved by quick and simple construction is a blessing aided by the genius of good design. Argentine architects Matias Alter and Matias Carrizo have created the Modularflex, a foldable disaster housing unit that packs flat and can be assembled in about half an hour.Read the rest ...

http://inhabitat.com/the-modularflex-disaster-shelters-pop-u

URBAN - Wood construction tries to grow up

Funny thing how the concrete industry complains about the safety of six-story wood buildings, but as the Toronto Star reports, there are a lot of advantages ...

http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/wood-constructi

WATER - Fish gill-inspired water management system wins student design contest

The biomimetic design could increase water delivery efficiency, decrease water-borne illness, and lower wastewater operating costs ...

http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/fish-gill-inspire

WIND - Where Do I Put My Offshore Wind Farm?

By Chelsea DrenickOffshore wind farm via ShutterstockAt the end of 2012, the European market boasted a cumulative 4,995 MW capacity from 55 offshore wind farms and the United States market boasted a total capacity of zero. As disheartening as that might sound to American renewable energy proponents, it looks like our first offshore wind farms are on the horizon (pun intended), as the production tax credits were extended, along with DOI's Burea .. ...

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/24/where-do-i-put-my-offsho

WORK - Accidents waiting to happen: Insider knowledge

Workplace accidents must be treated like any other source of knowledge if companies and their employees are to learn from such incidents and prevent future accidents from occurring, experts say ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130225092049.ht

WORK - Sorry, Yahoo!; working from home makes more sense than ever

Management often has a problem when people want to work from home, but the advantages for everyone are significant ...

http://www.treehugger.com/green-jobs/sorry-yahoo-working-hom

WORK - Yahoo to homeworkers: Get back to the office. Now.

The internet company thinks it is better if people work at the office rather than on the internet. Is this a good idea ...

http://www.treehugger.com/green-jobs/yahoo-homeworkers-get-b