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Community Solar Gardens Help Renters Go Green, but Solar Companies are Concerned
Posted on Mar 12, 2010 by Jennifer Lance.
If you live rent an apartment, own a condominium, live in a shady neighborhood, or simply don’t want solar panels on your roof, residents of Colorado have a solution: community solar gardens. What’s a community solar garden? It’s a unique idea to allow residents to purchase a share of a large solar array that would give them credit on their utility bill and qualify for rebates.
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Sourcing Sustainable Consumer and Office Products with BuyGreen
Posted on Jan 07, 2010 by Sean Daily.
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GreenTalk Radio host Sean Daily talks about buying products that are “better for you and better for the planet” with Doug Farquar, co-founder and CEO of BuyGreen. Doug helped to create the site in response to his own search for earth-friendly products. The goal of BuyGreen is to provide the best possible buying experience by offering a wide range of products, the tools needed to understand why a product qualifies as ‘green’, and superior customer service. You can also find BuyGreen on Twitter.
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Google Earth Engine Counts Trees in the World’s Forests
Posted on Dec 22, 2009 by Scott James.
Brian McClen, VP of Engineering for Google Geo Group, unveiled a new program called Google Earth Engine during a Copenhagen event hosted by Avoided Deforestation Partners. Earth Engine, powered by Google, is “a computational platform for global-scale analysis of satellite imagery,” creating a large-scale storage destination for satellite and other data that tracks the status of the world’s forests. Simply put, it will help the world know where forests are being preserved and where they are being cut down.
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GTR Green Blogger Series: Chris Baskind of Lighter Footstep
Posted on Sep 24, 2009 by Sean Daily.
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GTR Green Blogger Series: Ariel Schwartz of Fast Company and Cleantechnica
Posted on Sep 18, 2009 by Sean Daily.
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GreenTalk Radio’s Sean Daily speaks with Ariel Schwartz, a writer and blogger focused on cleantech and related topics. She serves as the editor of Cleantechnica.com, a blogger for TriplePundit.com, and a writer for FastCompany.com. She has worked in publishing, organic farming and in newspaper journalism.
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