“Some call me nature. Others call me Mother Nature. I’ve been here for over four and a half billion years. 22,500 times longer than you. I don’t really need people, but people need me. Yes, your future depends on me. When I thrive, you thrive. When I falter, you falter. Or worse. …” NatureSpeaking video… Continue reading The Next Generation of Clean Energy Solutions — Six Takeaways From Two Approaches
The Cleantech Open is the world’s largest cleantech accelerator and is dedicated to providing entrepreneurs and technologists the resources needed to launch a successful cleantech company. Joan Michelson was once again in attendance for the 3rd Annual Cleantech Open Southeast Regional Innovation Summit and Gala in Alexandria, Virginia. The CTOSE Summit showcased amazing entrepreneurs who… Continue reading Cleantech Open 2014
From the Cleantech Open 2014, Joan talks with this year’s winner, NG1 TECH. Hear about their Techflo Exhaust technology that dramatically improves fuel efficiency while decreasing emissions and reduces sound.
How do you nail a Kickstarter campaign? Amber Wason COO of Riide shares her strategy on how the electric bike start-up was successfully funded on the day it launched. Find out what Riide is doing to stand out in this emerging industry and what Kenneth Cole has to do with electric bikes.
What is the “power of the one percent”? Listen to Brandon Owens, a leader in the GE Ecomagination division of GE talk with Joan about the utility of the future, and what GE is doing to fill the skills gap in the energy industry.
What is the mainstream media getting “completely wrong” about climate change? Listen to what Katharine Hayhoe, one of TIME magazine’s Top 100 Pioneers and one of those “climate scientists” we hear about tells Green Connections host Joan Michelson. Hayhoe is also an Atmospheric Scientist and director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University. She’ll also tell us what we can do about… Continue reading Interview with Katharine Hayhoe
There’s a tsunami… A march to demand action to combat climate change drew nearly half a million people in New York City and about a million people in marches around the world — including the head of the United Nations, Ban Ki Moon. The march was on the eve… Continue reading An Inflection Point: The Masses Are Finally Feeling It
Do you want your business to prosper from the clean energy economy? Then listen to Green Connections host Joan Michelson on UR Business Network with tips on how to do so. In this interview UR Business Network, MYOB – Mind Your Own Business Radio Show for Entrepreneurs with Rick Brutti, Joan speaks about the need for more… Continue reading Joan on UR Business Network
By Christina Viscelli, Green Connections Longboat Beach Club golf course and marina The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art is initiating a facilities improvement project that will save them upwards of $100,000 a year in electricity and water expenses. When Longboat Key Club decided to stop using plastic and styrofoam cups, they eliminated… Continue reading Small Towns Making a Big Difference: World Environment Day
The confluence of Earth Day, Easter and Passover all arriving this year on the heels of the dire report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is striking. Regardless of your religious and political beliefs, it’s a call for ambitious action within a moral framework, before the seas rise up against us (literally).… Continue reading “Eco-Spirituality” = Earth Day + Easter + Passover + IPCC Report
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