Click on the headline (link) for the full text.
Many more articles are available through the Energy Bulletin homepage
Energy Collective: new site for energy discussions
Mark Lazen (managing editor), The Energy Collective
Our Mission
The Energy Collective is a community of policy makers, entrepreneurs, scientists, activists and concerned citizens who are committed to finding ways to meet the world’s growing demand for energy and addressing the looming threat of climate change. Our goal is to provide a forum where the best thinkers on these multi-faceted issues can engage each other and forge areas of consensus that point the way towards a prosperous and sustainable future.
To help us facilitate this crucial debate, we adhere to a few simple principles:
- We’re inclusive. Every person on the planet needs energy and is impacted by climate change, and all have a stake in successfully meeting the challenges we face. As difficult as it may be for those from industry, government, and environmental activism to find common ground, at The Energy Collective, we believe that our problems will be solved with everyone at the same table, or they won’t be solved at all.
- We’re civil. In other online communities, environmental activists, policy makers, industry mavens, and technologists have self-segregated because the mix of viewpoints has proven too volatile to be contained within a single forum. But our members are committed to displaying the restraint and mutual respect required to advance this urgent dialogue.
- We’re rational. At The Energy Collective, prejudices are no substitute for evidence and ideology gives way to facts. Our member-bloggers are some of the most knowledgeable, accredited people in their fields, and they engage each other with razor sharp wits and open minds.
So if you haven’t already joined us, do it now. Register. Blog. Comment.
Be part of the conversation and help set the course for tomorrow’s energy policy today.
(August 2008)
The people and group behind the site:
Mark Lazen (LinkedIn bio)
Interview with Social Media Today CEO Robin Carey (video) :
Online social networking is becoming an essential tool for companies to engage, listen to, and interact with customers and potential customers in ways that have never before been possible. The challenge for businesses is how to create and maintain communities that deliver measurable business value.
Social Media Today LLC helps global organizations create purpose-built B2B social communities designed to achieve specific, measurable corporate goals by engaging exactly the customers and prospects you most want to reach.
Utne special: Mother Earth’s big comeback
Utne Magazine
Special Online Project
Tired of the doom and gloom? So are we. Our world may be in crisis, but it’s a world teeming with bright, hopeful ideas. And it’s about time they found an audience.
We filled the September-October issue of Utne Reader with good green news, spotlighting the designers, artists, inventors, attorneys, investors, academics, and citizens who are working to fix the planet’s problems. We’ve added others here (use the menu below to navigate) and we’ll keep discussing fresh ideas and innovations in the Utne Salon.
Eco-Design for Green Cities and Structures
Ecosystem Services
More Environmental Innovations To Give You Hope
(Sept-Oct 2008)
Also see their editor’s note: Eco-Neurosis.
Relocalize Newsletter #23
Post Carbon Institute
In this issue:
1. 10 Steps for Individuals
2. Going Retro
3. Online Resources
4. Updates from the Isles
5. New on Global Public Media
6. Relocalization Groups Projects
7. Upcoming Events
(18 August 2008)
