Innovating to Reduce Your Car/Truck’s Emissions – Clean Tech Open Winner!

Learn How They Won Big & Think Outside the Pipe By innovatively solving a technical exhaust problem, this creative team from NG1 Techflo Exhaust won the Clean Tech Open – and all the funding and contacts that come with it.  What can you learn from their experience – and do you want this on your truck? “One… Continue reading Innovating to Reduce Your Car/Truck’s Emissions – Clean Tech Open Winner!

A Clean Energy Investor & Evangelist with a Ted Roosevelt IV

Jobs, Clean Tech Investing, Carbon Tax & Bridging the Ideological Divide Remarkable clean energy innovations, the challenges of a carbon tax, jobs, and investing in clean energy – told with great stories. All from a man who carries the legacy of one of the most renowned (and provocative) United States Presidents. Listen to this engaging… Continue reading A Clean Energy Investor & Evangelist with a Ted Roosevelt IV

Your Brain & Heart are 73% Water – Fixing Droughts & Water Scarcity w Dow’s Global Water Leader

1.2 Billion People Live in Water Stress & Drought Threatens Our Food Supply Your brain and heart are 73% water, your lungs are ~83% water, your skin is 64% water, and your muscles and kidneys are 79% water.  Even your bones are 31% water. Yet 1.2 billion people live under water stress on the planet – and… Continue reading Your Brain & Heart are 73% Water – Fixing Droughts & Water Scarcity w Dow’s Global Water Leader

Transforming Wind Turbines – Interview with Jennifer Baird

Serial Entrepreneur is Accustomed to Leading Innovation “Wind and solar are crushing fossil fuels,” according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance on April 6, 2016. How is this happening? Transformative innovation. One of the transformational leaders is Jennifer Baird, CEO of Accio Energy who Green Connections host Joan Michelson spoke with in this fascinating interview from the ARPA-E… Continue reading Transforming Wind Turbines – Interview with Jennifer Baird

VW on Electric Vehicles – Anna Schneider, SVP of Industry & Government Relations

Americans love their SUV’s and the number of electric vehicles on the road is still only a small percentage of all vehicles. Transportation is one of the top energy users on the planet and car manufacturers respond to what we buy – not what we say. Anna Schneider, Vice President of Industry-Government Relations at Volkswagen… Continue reading VW on Electric Vehicles – Anna Schneider, SVP of Industry & Government Relations

Luxury and Sustainability? MGM Resorts’ SVP & Sustainability Chief on the Win-Win

There is no tradeoff between luxury and sustainability, says Cindy Ortega, SVP and Chief Sustainability Officer of MGM Resorts, who ensures their 23 luxury resorts worldwide use the most viable sustainable options – with surprises. Part change agent, part CFO, and part sustainability evangelist, Cindy shares practical tips for selling sustainability (or any change) internally, motivating employees – and… Continue reading Luxury and Sustainability? MGM Resorts’ SVP & Sustainability Chief on the Win-Win

The “Gifts” of the Gulf Oil Spill? – Six Years Later

Six years ago, on April 20th 2010, the U.S. (and the world) got a huge wake-up call when BP and Transocean’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing 11 people and spewing ~5 million gallons of oil over 600 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico. Watching images of the gushing oil non-stop for 87 days… Continue reading The “Gifts” of the Gulf Oil Spill? – Six Years Later

Circumventing Uncertainty – ARPA-E 2016 Energy Innovators

Everybody knows how hard it is to make intelligent decisions based on fluctuating circumstances and priorities, as well as indecision on the part of those who can affect us.

“The Force Awakens” in the C-Suite: As 2015 Becomes 2016, “Nice to Haves” Become “Must Haves”

As 2015 becomes 2016, it is striking how many issues that were once dismissed as “just a public relations issue” or “nice to haves,” underfunded and relegated to departments deemed less influential, are now high priorities in the C-suite. (Photo credit: Doug Mills) What’s going on? Has the Star Wars “Force” awakened the C-suite?

Carol Kordich, Director of Sustainable Materials at Ford

You may be sitting on plastic bottles in your car! Carol Kordich, head of Global Sustainable Fabric Strategies and Development at Ford Motor Company explains to Joan how significant parts of several Ford cars and trucks are made from sustainable materials, including seat fabric made in part from the REPREVE material that turns plastic water… Continue reading Carol Kordich, Director of Sustainable Materials at Ford