Jul 3, 09
Columns and Features
Pioneer City 2030: What the Energy System of the Future Looks Like
The energy system of the future is being founded now. New energy systems and technologies are growing on...
Insider Voices: Human Dimensions of Low Carbon Technology
This is a really smart project discussing how cutting-edge climate-friendly business ventures have begun and succeeded or failed...
Worldchanging Interview: Shawn Frayne
Shawn Frayne, president of Honolulu- and Hong Kong-based Humdinger Wind Energy, is a prolific inventor and innovator whose...
Planetary Boundaries and the New Generation Gap
A sort of generation gap on global issues is emerging around the pace of change. The older generation...
Worldchanging Interview: Emily Cummins
By Spring Greeney Innovator. Entrepreneur. Advocate. All this, and only 22 years old. But when I asked British...
Roundup: Scientists Write to Obama, Retrofitting Detroit, 3D Printers Under $1K and More...
An Open Letter to the President If you think it's frustrating to be a climate activist watching Washington, imagine what it's like for the scientists who are running the numbers while witnessing bureaucratic action consistently fall short of what they...
Special Innovation Zone: Imagination Without Regulation
Existence is the ultimate proof of the possible. Every time a bold new project is tried, and works, we advance our sense of the achievable. Given how much transformation we need in order to meet the challenges we face, we...
A Declaration of Health Data Rights
The United States has the most expensive and sophisticated health care system in the world, yet to many it appears broken. While the debates about health care reform focus on costs and how they're managed, there are also problems with...
Reader Report: 36th Annual Global Health Council
By Aman Bhandari and Jaspal Sandhu, with Hassan Masum The recent 36th annual Global Health Council meeting in Washington, DC hosted 2500 participants from over 100 countries, who converged to talk about technology’s role in reshaping global health. The...
Iran: The Whole World is Watching
I just turned my Twitter avatar green in a show of support for Iranian democracy, using a simple tool created by Arik Fraimovich of Topify.com, and this made me think of the 1996 campaign to turn web pages black...
Roundup: Participatory Medicine, Music Tees and More...
Journal of Participatory Medicine: A Tool for Personal Resilience "Participatory medicine" has been a meme for nearly a decade, describing proactive strategies for wellness ranging from patient peer support groups to collaborative treatment and research efforts. Now the movement hopes...
Harnessing Both Sun and Cell Phone to Close Gaps in Local Health Care
Two projects led by US students and their international allies are helping to fill gaps in health care gaps in the Global South. Though one project involves cell phone text messaging and the other equipment sterilizers powered by the sun...
ICLEI's Emani Kumar explains Urban Energy Innovation in the Global South
By Alex Aylett It's been a while since most cities took an active role in managing their own energy supply. Centralized national or regional generation and supply grids effectively displaced the days when cities ran their own independent systems...
WeCommune: Tech Support for Communes
Post-ownership living may be closer than we think. We see the evidence all around us, in the form of innovations from community kitchens to emerging mobility solutions. So, if people are recognizing the practical potential in social solutions, why aren't...
Roundup: Flag of Earth, High Line Opens, Acqua Veritas and More...
The Flag of Earth A strong visual reminder of the most powerful invisible forces governing our lives on this planet, and of the relative insignificance of national boundaries in the face of these cosmic realities: The Flag of Earth symbolizes...
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