Clean Water: a big clean tech win

Desalination technologies are on the forefront of the green/clean technologies that are attracting investment from public and private sources. As water insecurity increasingly challenges foreign and domestic markets, new research is developing approaches that will bring greater efficiencies. One of the unknowns is public opinion. In a country that apparently prefers to drink water from bottles than their own tap, ... Read More...

Being Wrong About Greed

Edward M. Liddy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AIG, should be wrong. Here’s why. Liddy believes that AIG will not be able to “attract and retain the best and brightest talent to lead and staff the AIG businesses” without retention payments-bonuses.  His stance shows an alarming cynicism about his staff. While he is taking $1 in payment for 2008-2009, staking ... Read More...

What’s the Question?

Getting to a sustainable, durable economy means asking the right questions. Anna Jaffe, in a quest to build the right car, is building a network to do just that. We say “right car” because her project began where so few projects do: what is the question? What would the right car look like? We recently had the pleasure of hearing Anna, a ... Read More...

Supporting change?

We have a new President: one who faces huge challenges yet brings a kind of energy for change we haven't seen for some time. We'll need it. Change, the kind of change that will refocus our economy, is not going to be easy or free. No one has all the answers, but it will demand that we rethink what's important and ... Read More...

Cars cars cars: What would you do?

The first line of defense from the Detroit car makers is that they make the cars that "The American People Want." Realistically, that doesn't make much sense since Detroit is in trouble because The American People have been buying foreign cars in increasing numbers for some years now. So should Detroit listen to the American People, we'd more likely have ... Read More...

Sustainability is not just a passing fancy

Eaton Corporation (NYSE:ETN), a diversified power management company with sales of $13 billion in 2007, is increasing the visibility of their unique approach to corporate growth. Focusing on sustainability, both within their organization, ... Read More...