Renewable Energy
Planet Forward, George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
Government oil use mostly goes towards the military, but with prices on the rise an alternative is becoming essential.
Planet Forward, GWU School of Media and Public Affairs
What role does natural gas fracking play in our move towards renewable energy? At our fall Fracking Salon we ask some experts to explain fracking - its dangers, what this means for entrepreneurs and where it fits in the discussion of energy... Read More
Gobble, gobble! All of us at Planet Forward wish you and your families a very happy Thanksgiving! In honor of the holiday, we're providing you with some food for thought! This week we're featuring ideas from the Planet Forward community that... Read More
This week on Bloomberg West we featured an innovative water treatment project developed at Stanford University. The researchers are not only cleaning up our oceans, but they say they can produce energy from it, too!
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More energy from the sun hits Earth in one hour than all the energy consumed on our planet in an entire year. Water covers approximately 70 percent of our world's surface. The greatest opportunity to harness the sun’s renewable energy exists with... Read More
When most people think of wastewater treatment, they probably don’t think of rocket science. Well, at Stanford we are bringing rocket technology to wastewater treatment. Sounds crazy, right? It turns out the two fields have a lot in common. In the... Read More
Sungevity
The sky is the limit for technological and business ingenuity now that solar is cost-effective. The year 2012 has been designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All, and the UN called on the world to focus... Read More
Researchers from the California Institute of Technology have created a prototype for a solar-powered sanitation system that can be used in remote parts of the planet that are not currently served by municipal sewage systems. Caltech's prototype,... Read More
KMD Architects/Sprout Collective
What if every child had access to a sheltered, inspiring learning space? What if this learning space didn't harm the site on which it sits and could sustain itself by only the sunlight and water that fell on its roof. What if the space also educated... Read More