This week, a business coalition formed by AT&T and the Henry Ford Community College announced the creation of the Michigan Alliance for High-Tech Skills Training, an industry-led job retraining program that will be available to displaced workers and interested students in Michigan this year.
Henry Ford Community College will design a curriculum to develop core competencies [...]
Filed under: News on February 12th, 2010 @ 8:00 am
Tagged with: Business, economy, efficiency, funding, government, infrastructure, jobs, markets
Time To Know is an enigmatic Israeli startup that has somehow managed to remain under the radar of Israel’s tight knit startup community. What makes this little-known company so amazing is not just the daunting challenge it has chosen to meet, but that it has quietly ramped up 350 employees and no less than $60 [...]
Filed under: News on February 3rd, 2010 @ 8:00 am
Tagged with: Business, economy, entrepreneur, growth, infrastructure, innovation, research, Technology
As we attempt to curb our reliance on fossil fuels and move towards energy independence, I’m constantly on the lookout for new innovations in green technology that can open new opportunities, both for their environmental benefits and investment potential. So while the idea of offshore wind farms is nothing new, I was intrigued by the [...]
Filed under: Environment, News, Technology on September 9th, 2009 @ 3:37 pm
Tagged with: clean energy, energy, Green, Green Tech, green technology, Hywind, infrastructure, innovation, innovative, investing, investment, manufacturers, offshore, oil, opportunities, opportunity, success, Technology, turbine, wind farm
This Sunday’s landslide victory for the Democratic Party of Japan marked the first change in party power in half a century. Having watched as Barack Obama took the 2008 United States presidential election using change as the foundation of his campaign, this election paints a clear picture of what the Japanese people want: CHANGE.
The Democratic [...]
Filed under: News on September 1st, 2009 @ 11:21 am
Tagged with: Diet, DPJ, government, green technology, growth, infrastructure, Japan, LDP, leadership, lost decade, stimulus
The first forays into green energy cultivation typically happened on a smaller scale, adhering to a residential or small-community model, but nowadays the companies investing in these new technologies are increasing the size and centrality of their efforts.
Reading the New York Times got me excited because of the prospect of wind and solar farms becoming [...]
Filed under: Environment, Technology on August 28th, 2009 @ 12:48 pm
Tagged with: Business, clean energy, economy, energy, green energy, green technology, infrastructure, renewable, scale, Solar Energy, Technology, wind energy
Even though the African continent has the least least negative impact on the environment, many scientists believe Africa will probably be the hardest hit by the consequences resulting from climate change.
Ten African nations, including South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria, will be discussing the best ways forward for the continent in a summit this week. They [...]
Filed under: Environment, News on August 24th, 2009 @ 3:36 pm
Tagged with: Africa, climate change, debate, discussion, energy, global, Green, infrastructure, investment, research, sustainability, sustainable energy
Big Money has an interesting thought piece around the subtle societal shifts that will develop around electric car charging stations. As hybrids and eventually full electric vehicles increasingly become the norm within our (mostly) car-reliant culture, infrastructure will have to be developed to support this change. Eventually, we will reach a tipping point where traditional [...]
Filed under: Community, Environment, News on August 20th, 2009 @ 10:50 am
Tagged with: Business, CARS, efficiency, electric car-charging, electric vehicle, funding, government, infrastructure, innovation, innovative, opportunities, opportunity, vehicle
I came across this story today and felt it was worthy of being discussed. Since the energy boom started to make waves in Canada with the discovery of untapped natural gas reserves, reactions have been mixed to say the least.
While certainly a boon to the local economy – according to the Economist: “They have brought a bonanza [...]
Filed under: Community, Environment, News on August 18th, 2009 @ 2:16 pm
Tagged with: British Columbia, Business, business practices, Canada, communication, Community, discussion, economy, Encana, energy, ethics, infrastructure, jobs, natural gas, sustainability, Sustainable Fuel
There is little doubt that one of the key components in our nation’s economic recovery and ongoing security is a transition away from dependence on fossil fuels, particularly foreign oil, towards renewable energy solutions. But even as we move to develop sustainable energy technologies like solar and wind, are we neglecting the most important element, [...]
Filed under: Environment, News on August 7th, 2009 @ 6:18 pm
Tagged with: clean energy, energy, energy grid, funding, government, infrastructure, investing, investment, networks, recovery, renewable energy, strategies, strategy, sustainability, Technology
This week industrial engineer James Dyson stressed the role of science and engineering with the release of a new report entitled “Making the UK the leading high-tech exporter in Europe”. Dyson – who is perhaps best known for his bagless vacuum cleaners – is calling for more investment and support for innovative engineering.
GreenRoad announced last month that it has raised $10 million in financing from Generation Investment Management, the investment firm co-founded by Al Gore in 2004. GreenRoad, which is developing technologies to encourage safe and fuel-efficient driving behavior, intends to use the proceeds to accelerate the deployment of its GreenRoad 360 service among new and existing customers. GreenRoad [...].