Scrap wind turbine content rules, GE urges

By On October 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Richard Blackwell, Globe and Mail, October 11, 2011

One of Canada’s biggest suppliers of wind turbines says content requirements that force companies to make renewable energy equipment in local plants are counterproductive and should be eliminated.

Simon Olivier, general manager of sales for General Electric Canadian renewable energy business said in an interview that the [...]

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Nick Parker speaking at CTN2010: Taking Cleantech Global, November 3, 2010.

Canada and the Cleantech 100

By On October 26, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Toronto, October 26, 2010 –  Two weeks ago the Cleantech Group, an American research and investment company focused on clean technology, released its list of the 100 most promising clean technology companies in the world (cleantech.com/GlobalCleantech100.cfm). North America placed a whopping 57 countries on the list; however, only two of those 57 companies [...]

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Masdar City’s Sustainable, Carbon Neutral, Zero Waste Vision Impresses at Globe2010

By On March 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Certainly among the most adventurous, ambitious and thought provoking ideas at Vancouver’s recent Globe2010 was the video depicting Masland City being built near Dubai in United Arab Emirates. Initiated in 2006, the completely sustainable, carbon-zero project is projected to cost USD$22 billion and take some eight years to build. The city is planned to cover [...]

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The Story of Stuff

By On April 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Yesterday morning CBC’s Andy Barrie mentioned the site http://storyofstuff.com/ during his morning radio program. His description was that Laurie Anderson does for consumerism what Al Gore did for climate change. Go to the linked site, click play and watch for twenty minutes.

If you need further convincing I’ve pasted below some text from the [...]

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