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March 9th, 2010

By Richard Matthews in: Green Jobs

The 2010 World Energy Technologies Summit

On Thursday March 18, the 2010 World Energy Technology Summit will convene in New York city. The summit will explore technologies that can help save the planet and shape the future. Some of the world’s brightest minds and innovators in energy-tech will…

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March 4th, 2010

By Richard Matthews in: Green Jobs

President Obama’s “HomeStar” Program

President Obama has revealed his latest plan to make the US greener and stimulate the economy. Obama’s plan is known as “HomeStar,” after the famous Energy Star program used to grade energy efficient appliances.Similar to the “Cash for Clunkers” progra…

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February 26th, 2010

By Richard Matthews in: Green Jobs

Best Green Videos

These videos are meant to represent some of the capabilities of green video to communicate a wide array of environmental themes. From educational to sustainable, long and short, here are some of the best green videos. (Note: These videos were selected …

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February 3rd, 2010

By Richard Matthews in: Green Jobs

Obama Makes Good on Executive Order to Reduce the Federal Government’s GHGs

As nations were preparing to communicate their emissions reductions strategies to the UNFCCC ahead of the January 31 deadline, President Obama was leading by example with Federal government emissions reductions.Executive Order 13514 on Federal Sustaina…

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January 24th, 2010

By Richard Matthews in: Green Jobs

Review of The Green Market’s Sustainable Stock Portfolios and Future Prospects

With the aim of helping investors see the value of sustainable stock, The Green Market has been charting the performance of stock in 3 renewable energy sectors and 2 energy efficiency sectors. The 3 renewable energy sectors are Solar, Wind and Geotherm…

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December 29th, 2009

By Richard Matthews in: Green Jobs

The Best Eco-Inventions of 2009: Energy Efficiency

The Smart Thermostat: The EnergyHub Dashboard communicates wirelessly with your furnace and your appliances and monitors energy consumption and costs. It can also turn appliances on and off and raise or lower the temperature in your house. The EnergyHu…

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December 28th, 2009

By Richard Matthews in: Green Jobs

Best Eco-Inventions 2009

There were a host of greener inventions in 2009 and they include everything from tooth brushes to a planetary nervous system.The term “eco-inventions” is composed of “eco” the short form of ecology, defined as the branch of biology concerned with the r…

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August 17th, 2009

By Richard Matthews in: Green Jobs

Green Bubble?

A bubble is defined as “the phenomenon of rising share prices amid a mood of general euphoria, leading to a ‘bursting’ and a reversal of the prices and the mood.”According to the Conservative publication The New Republic, the Green bubble has already b…

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July 20th, 2009

By Richard Matthews in: Green Jobs

The New Normal and Implications for Business

The 90s seemed to venerate vision, exit strategies and marketing communications, but the New Normal is changing this and businesses that want to survive need to understand the implications.More than one year ago visionary investor Roger McNamee reviewe…

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July 15th, 2009

By Richard Matthews in: Green Jobs

The New Normal and Sustainability

Americans are adjusting to the new economic reality of higher unemployment and lower incomes and this is helping to drive sustainability.In a recent article entitled “Americans Adapt to the New Normal” Alice Gomstyn reports that Americans are doing far…