Innovation in Solar Tech
Solar Tech is experiencing a dramatic shift in the cost of almost all elements of the value chain, from [...]
Nanotechnology: A Catalyst for the 21st Century
Knowledge is cumulative. What our grandchildren need to learn is far greater that what we were taught just two generations [...]
Sustainable Product Development and Fuel Cell Systems
I recently went to China and gave a talk at Nanjing University entitled “Sustainable Product Development and Fuel Cell Systems”. [...]
The Abundance Cycle
Last week I went to Bar Harbor and visited Mount Desert Island on the occasion of my wedding anniversary. While [...]
The Productivity Frontier
Michael Porter, world famous strategy guru, defines the productivity frontier as representing the sum of all existing best practices at [...]
You are the God of Your Part
A few years ago when I was heading up the development and commercialization of a clean sheet strategic platform at [...]
The Triple Bottom Line
In his seminal text book Ecological Economics, Herman E. Daly discusses three macroeconomic problems associated with sustainability: allocation, distribution and scale. [...]
The World Resources Simulation Center in San Diego
Today we visited a unique learning facility in San Diego, CA. The World Resources Simulation Center's mission is to visualize sustainable [...]
Example of a Renewable System
A great example of a model renewable system is one in which water is electrolyzed using renewable energy to produce [...]
Designing Sustainable Systems
Designing sustainable systems requires taking a whole system perspective. In most cases, this involves considering people as creators, sustainers, users [...]