Tag Archives: Going Green

So you want to go green. But where do you start? Unless your sibling or significant other happens to be a green energy specialist or sustainable living expert, the path to true eco-friendliness and energy efficiency is difficult to take. Often times homeowners will simply spend money on perceived fixes because some TV talking head said so, while failing to …

When you want to live as eco-friendly as possible, there are many ways to reduce your waste and keep your carbon footprint small. Green living is a challenge that is best when taken one small step at a time, but there are some options that can make a significant difference without sacrifice. Online learning is one of those steps that can make a big difference for the environment, without impacting the quality of your education.

Today’s guest post is a good one that deals with how your company and HR department can implement green practices to everyday business standards. This is something that can be simple to do and yet have far ranging impact if we all set it up in the way we do daily business. A large multitude of human resource management departments …

Amy Nutt asked: What is Geothermal Heating? Humans have been using geothermal power for heating purposes for centuries. This specific type of energy has been contained within the heat that lies in the core of the earth since the planet was formed. The heat comes from radioactive decay of minerals as well as from solar energy that is absorbed at …

Some of the green alternatives that can help you get good gas mileage include keeping your tire pressures at optimal levels and having regular tune-ups. You might not be able to buy a newer, more energy efficient automobile today, but you can still help protect the environment. Conversion kits are available that allow people to changethe fuel that their vehicles …

Biotech for food, fuel Bioengineer: Corn to ethanol is wrong conversion At the GoingGreen conference in Sausalito, Calif., J. Craig Venter says going from food to fuel–corn to ethanol–is taking resources in the wrong direction. He discusses oil palm and the jatropha genome as future fuel possibilities, and talks about algae as a way to convert carbon back into a …

Green VC discusses eco challenges At the GoingGreen conference in Sausalito, Calif., Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures offers his views on environmental challenges facing the world and how clean tech needs to deliver real results. He also criticizes the current green movement as more about style than substance. What do you think? Comment on Vinod’s analysis below.

Tony Perkins Editor of AlwaysOn puts on the Going Green Conference each year and bills it as “Where Green Entrepreneurs take on big business”. This years event was held at fabulous Cavello Pt in the Marin Headlands overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge. We spoke with Tony about the befit of bringing together this group of businessmen and money guys to …

Bio Fuels, using stock such as corn and sugar as the feed for the production of ethanol fuel, have been a big debate over the last year as the public has seen the effects of large scale ethanol production on supplies and pricing in commodity markets. However many of us may not know that behind the scenes there is real …

At Going Green this week a serious discussion centered on the topic of carbon offsets and carbon trading. The fact is that the magnitude of the potential transfer of wealth is going to be unprecedented in the history of civilization. Where these funds going? Where should they go? Restructure the urban environment, rebuild forests, or to incentivize global trade? One …

The Going Green conference kicked off last night at the spectacular setting of the Cavallo Pt Conference Center set in Fort Baker which is nestled among the hills at the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge. While the setting is beautiful the message of this meeting is optimistic in these days of fluctuating gas prices and concerns over global …

GoingGreen is slated to come to Cavallo Pt next week and presents a full line up of companies and mover and shakers in the industry of Green Technology. Tony Perkins has brought together another impressive panel of folks to talk about the business of green and to highlight the technological advancements that are making this such a hot sector for …