Is biomimicry a megacategory of cleantech?
Updated: 2010-05-31 18:30:56
I had a terrific interview last week with natural sciences expert Janine Benyus, who is the foremost authority on an emerging area of science called biomimicry. In fact, Benyus is credited with coining the term in the1990s. Basically, biomimicry is a...

Applications are now available for SustainUS’s Agents of Change delegation to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations in Cancun, Mexico, November 29-December 10. Applicants must be 18-26 years old at the start of the negotiations, and must be either U.S. citizens or permanent residents, or have been studying or working in the [...]
A Fremont solar company gets a visit from the President and triggers another round of green tech euphoria.
E2 shares President Obama’s plan to reduce emissions from the transportation sector.
“The president is directing EPA and DOT to create a first-ever national policy to increase fuel efficiency and decrease greenhouse gas pollution from medium- and heavy-duty trucks for model years 2014-2018, and an extension of the national program for cars and light-duty trucks to [...]
This was originally posted on the Innovation Exchange blog.
There is no question that tools exists today to significantly reduce fuel consumption by medium and heavy-duty trucks. The recent National Academy of Sciences’ report on reducing emissions from these vehicles explored this in-depth as did another recent report from NESCAUM. The key question is: can we [...]
California has set some ambitious targets for ramping up renewable energy sources. Some say too ambitious. The state will likely miss the first milepost this year. Next stop: 33% by 2020.
I wish. This is Rock Creek Lake, California, on May 20, 2010. In a normal year our campground there would have been open a month ago.
Postscript: Save the “weather is not climate” lectures in the comments. I understand.
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Four percent of lizard populations have disappeared in the last 35 years, and 20% more could follow by 2080 if climate change is left unchecked, new research finds.
The New Scientist (“new” in most magazine titles meaning “socialist”) has yet another whole issue aimed at slamming climate skeptics. You might start to think they felt threatened or something.
I found the cover hugely ironic:
The implication I guess is that climate skeptics are somehow trying to silence real scientists. This is enormously ironic. With a [...]
If you've been paying attention at all over the last year, you've no doubt heard that Americans don't care very much about climate change.
OK, we have to exempt from the “worst” list those that are sitting in front of air conditioning exhausts, but this is just awful:
The natural environment for millions of acres around this site in Russia Norway is reflective snow cover, so the temperature station is on black asphalt.
Recent reports that Bill Gates is funding climate intervention field testing are not entirely accurate... but that doesn't mean experiments aren't on the way.