Waterborne illnesses affect 40 million Indian people every year. But Piramal Water Private Limited, an organization in rural India, has a plan to solve this problem. Their idea is to meet the need for clean water with solar-powered, h2O-dispensing ATMs. These machines are franchised around villages, and a liter of water costs the people…
A Green Chamber of Commerce Offers a New Voice for Business The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has—how to put this—not been a friend of environmental legislation or regulation. The Chamber—which represents more than 3 million U.S. businesses—spent millions to lead the successful fight against carbon cap-and-trade legislation, along with health care reform and most of…
Do you have a passion for the environment? Are you looking to further develop your skills in Web technologies? Would you like to work with industry leaders in the Green movement? Are you excited by the idea of being a key player in a growing national organization? If you answered YES to these questions, we…
The U.S. Green Chamber of Commerce is looking for an Advocacy Assistant to help establish its new advocacy department scheduled to launch in January 2012. The U.S. Green Chamber of Commerce is a national nonprofit organization that empowers businesses to achieve economic, environmental, and social sustainability. The Chamber advocates for its members on policies that…
Al Gore notoriously used multimedia to bring global warming to the public’s attention: Millions of people woke up to the climate crisis thanks to the world’s most famous Power Point presentation. An Inconvenient Truth thrust climate into the national discourse, forever branding global warming as an issue we could no longer ignore. But even though…
On Thursday, September 8th a widespread power outage left over 5 million people in California, Arizona, and Mexico without electricity. Among the population affected, 1.5 million San Deigans were left in the dark as 2 million gallons of sewage water began to spill into San Diego water tables, beaches, lagoons, and harbor. The spillage caused the closure of 1o miles of San Diego…
The Story Behind Google’s Huge Appetite for Energy Google this week dumped a massive amount of data about how much energy it uses (a lot), and how efficiently the company uses it (quite). As per usual with Google, the news came out via a blog post, this one from Urs Hoelzle, Google’s Senior Vice President…
Moving San Diego to a Clean Energy Future Join a worldwide rally to demand solutions to the climate crisis Scientists tell us that 350 parts per million is the safe upper limit of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. Currently we are at 394 and rising rapidly. Click here to read about the effects and dramatic…
San Diego City College 1313 Park Blvd. San Diego Ca. 92101 September 24, 2011 – Saturday 9:00am – Sunset The “Water for Children Awareness Music Festival and Eco Fair” will be held at the campus of San Diego City College in San Diego (Near Balboa Park) California, with community organization promoting the event that focuses on Water…
GET IN THE MIX: The ultimate networking event where San Diego’s business elite meet at the Town and County Resort & Conference Center on Tuesday, September 20, 5 to 9 p.m. San Diego’s Business Mixer & Expo offers businesses and entrepreneurs a great opportunity to network during an evening of fun with business people representing…