Smart Power

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Daniel Lerch and the Post Carbon Institute Flame. The PlanetShifter.com Magazine Interview by Willi Paul

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Raising Capital for a CleanTech China: The PlanetShifter.com Magazine & Networks Interview with Mohamed Jarraya, Future Trends International

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Is that Data Center Dating Your Heifer? – GreenNews from PlanetShifter.com

Hey diddle diddle. Guess what the cow has done this time?
America’s dairy farmers could soon find themselves in the computer business, with the manure from their cows possibly powering the vast data centers of companies like Google and Microsoft. While not immediately intuitive, the idea plays on two trends: the building of computing centers in more rural locales, and dairy farmers’ efforts to deal with cattle waste by turning it into fuel.

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Marin Energy Authority (community choice aggregator) Zaps PG&E Agitation: The PlanetShifter.com Magazine Interview with Alexander Bischoff, Principal - Open4Energy.com, Mill Valley, CA

Please download the Marin Clean Energy brochure at the end of this post.

“It is a desperate shame to see oil interests interfering in this obvious statewide and national interest. This to me is where government must intervene in the greater interests of the state and the country.” AB

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Green Building Information Modeling (BIM): The Planetshifter.com Interview with EcoDomus.com Co-founder and President Igor Starkov

“ Using EcoDomus it’s much easier for the average facilities manager to find items within the building (i.e. which valve to use to stop the leaking water pipe on the 3rd floor – you can trace in 3D the whole system; or select an item in 3D and see its design intent value and what a building sensor is telling about this piece of equipment at this moment and when the last inspection was performed).”

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Biodigesters and the Community Energy Revolution. PlanetShifter.com Interviews Joe Russo, ECOregon

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Green to Gold: Interview with Sally Dehm, Sr. Account Executive & PR Strategist, PENMAN Public Relations by Willi Paul, PlanetShifter.com

“Getting the right message to the right people in the right place at the right time.” PENMAN

How do you define sustainability?

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A Visit to the Green Leaf Inn: Interview with Fritz Kreiss, EcoVision Sustainable Learning Center and Green Power Development, LLC, by Willi Paul

I've trying to live and work sustainably, leaving a small footprint etc. for most of my life. So much so that we don't produce enough compost for our garden needs and put only a 5-10 liter bag of rubbish out for weekly collection.

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“Coal Dead” - Interview with Jeff Biggers on "Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland" (AlterNet.com)

After a strip-mining operation obliterated the author's family homestead, he set out on a 10-year journey to examine the staggering human and environmental costs of coal.

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PlanetShifter.com GreenBusiness Interview from Paris with Inventor and Energy Technologist Ari Minkkinen, Xsorb eco technology B.V.- by Willi Paul

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Eakulu and the Island Sounds of Re-Appearance: Interview with Creator JR Beardsley by Willi Paul

The Last Rainforest A Rocking Reggae Adrenaline Rush
An original musical by Will Rose "Live" with the Eco-Freako Brothers
Character and story development by J.R.Beardsley / Touche International.
Designed to Save man from himself.

Image Source

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Carbon Solution Integrator and Mentorpreneur: PlanetShifter.com Interviews Ian Browde, CEO, Greening Point, Inc.

"Enabling More Sustainable Communities" -

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Five Easy Questions for Ruta Stabina, Sustainability Leadership Program Coordinator - The University of Oregon

About Sustainability Leadership at UOregon.edu

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Global climate change has prompted efforts to drastically reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas produced by burning fossil fuels.

In a new approach, researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have genetically modified a cyanobacterium to consume carbon dioxide and produce the liquid fuel isobutanol, which holds great potential as a gasoline alternative. The reaction is powered directly by energy from sunlight, through photosynthesis.

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Willi Paul, Green Merlin and the Cradle of Humankind: Interview with Alwyn Smith, Southern African Alternative Energy Association (SAAEA)

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Building the East Bay Green Economy:
Critical Steps for Supporting & Engaging East Bay Green Businesses
by Elizabeth Redman

[ Please download the entire report - attached as pdf below]

Executive Summary

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Ecotech Design Studio, Malibu, California

Our goal is to develop zero carbon emission energy solutions for architecture and green high-value products through the reuse of materials producing zero landfill production techniques.

Our team of dedicated designers, engineers, and LEED certified architects, from around the world, strive to bring aesthetic green solutions to the world marketplaces.

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A commencement address by Paul Hawken: To the Class of 2009
University of Portland, May 3rd, 2009

http://www.paulhawken.com/paulhawken_frameset.html

When I was invited to give this speech, I was asked if I could give a simple

short talk that was "direct, naked, taut, honest, passionate, lean,

shivering, startling, and graceful." No pressure there.

Let's begin with the startling part. Class of 2009: you are going to have to

figure out what it means to be a human being on earth at a time when every

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Interview with Pam Evans, Coordinator
Alameda Co. Green Business Program
http://www.greenbiz.ca.gov/index.html

by Willi Paul

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Part One: The email

“Sure, so send us the questions and we will get them to Craig and get you your responses. Thanks,”

Doug Kohl
Sierra Communications
www.sierracomm.com

“Below are the responses to the questions that Craig chose to respond to. Let us know if you need anything more for your piece.”

Later:

“Craig will answer questions from a personal perspective but not comment on cl related questions. “

“Also when he has an overload of questions he prefers to answer those he can. “
Doug

Part Two: Craig’s answers to our questions

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“Darwin 23.05.889: The Sequence” - An online earth to orbiting station to angels collaboration

PS.com needs to evolve. How?

Project Vision Plan

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May 18

Wendy Church, PhD, E.D.
Facing the Future - Seattle, WA
http://www.facingthefuture.org/

Hi Wendy:

Dave suggested that you might be interested in assisting with the design and implementation of PlanetShifterKids.com, a project that stems from it's parent, PlanetShifter.com.

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Community Event Circle #2
By: Willi Paul

Earth Day
April 22, 2009

1. Draw a symbol for sustainability
2. Draw a symbol for a land-fill
3. Draw a symbol for a ghetto
4. Draw a symbol for green jobs
5. Draw your green hero
6. Draw a symbol for backyard compost
7. Draw a symbol for a melting glacier
8. Draw a symbol for a homeless camp

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Community Event Circle #2
By: Willi Paul

Earth Day
April 22, 2009

1. Draw a symbol for sustainability
2. Draw a symbol for a land-fill
3. Draw a symbol for a ghetto
4. Draw a symbol for green jobs
5. Draw your green hero
6. Draw a symbol for backyard compost
7. Draw a symbol for a melting glacier
8. Draw a symbol for a homeless camp

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Community Event Circle #2
By: Willi Paul

Earth Day
April 22, 2009

1. Draw a symbol for sustainability
2. Draw a symbol for a land-fill
3. Draw a symbol for a ghetto
4. Draw a symbol for green jobs
5. Draw your green hero
6. Draw a symbol for backyard compost
7. Draw a symbol for a melting glacier
8. Draw a symbol for a homeless camp