Next100 - A Dialogue on the Next Century of Energy

Oct 24 2008

The Green Seen

A roundup of green headlines that caught our eye this week:

Incandescent light bulbs be gone! Bright Green Blog reports on the EU's ban of filament bulbs beginning 2010. This switch will help reduce domestic energy consumption for lighting by 60 percent, saving about 30 million tons of CO2 annually. The 27 EU member states are in good company: Australia, Cuba and the Philippines are other countries phasing out incandescents.
Project Better Place announces it will silently roll electric vehicles into Australia.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, in partnership with Cisco, is encouraging Canadians to commit One Million Acts of Green over the next nine months. According to Conscious Consuming blog, acts can include recycling a cell phone and biking to work. What's more, participants can log their acts online and see an immediate impact via an extensive green calculator.
Treehugger features the Consumer Electronics Association's new report titled Environmental Sustainability and Innovation in the Consumer Electronics Industry. The report discusses the shrinking environmental footprint of the CE industry, including such highlights as an 80 percent waste diversion rate from at least half of the companies interviewed.

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This is being rather generous to Lutz. 1. The "Volt", in no small part, will be targeted as a product to people who care about energy and environmental issues. These people don't embrace Lutz' antideluvian concepts of rejecting science. How responsible is it for a GM executive to be rejecting the science? 2. As well, Lutz didn't exactly sound too enthusiastic about the Volt itself. 3. And, GM public communications has 'defended' Lutz in rather absurd ways. -A Siegel
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This article is right on - small businesses have a huge role to play in sustainability. Not only do they add up in aggregate, but many small businesses operate in industries that can have a significant environmental impact depending on the exact practices, like dry cleaners, auto repair shops, etc. Green is also starting to affect the bottom line more and more, customers are increasingly voting with their feet for more sustainable businesses as can be seen from the growth of sites like http://www.ecovian.com. This is also a huge opportunity for small businesses to leapfrog their bigger brothers by being more agile in adopting these measures. -Emily
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Great entry, Katie. Love the level of detail you managed to get in there! Probably won't be able to compete with coal and oil any time the next decade, but definitely a great technology to look into! Keep it up :) -Rune (Norway)
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