Forget Dragon’s Den – Greenbang just attended the “Green Dragon’s Lair”, a night of environmental pitching for business funds, with an esteemed 🙂 panel of green experts listening to a variety of start-up green entrepreneurs, who presented a host of innovative ideas about everything from car fuel systems to food
According to the old axiom, the safest way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket. Still, if you’re a VC with a wodge of cash burning a hole in your neatly cut suit, you might want to think about putting
Green tech company M2E Power has got itself $8m in VC funding to further develop batteries that are charged by human movement, so News.com tells us: “Its initial target is to create a D-size battery for the military and then create batteries for consumer electronics. Later, it plans to
Like a giant game of carbon top trumps, if you’ve ever wanted to compare and contrast the dirtiest power plants around the world, the Carbon Monitoring for Action (CARMA) website is for you. It’s a global database showing the CO2 emissions, power production, and emission intensity of the
Greenbang has spent many happy days in Las Vegas (although has so far missed out on seeing the Flying Elvi, to her chagrin). But it seems plans are afoot to turn the state of Nevada and haven of all things tack into a green playground. The smarter half of the
It’s a little bit green, a little bit Blue Peter for grown-ups. Time to take advantage of global warming in your own back yard and make a solar powered oven (OK, ok, maybe you’ll have to wait til June but the idea still holds). With BBQ season beginning
A couple of weeks ago, we asked you lot for your questions to put to Simon Mills – the sustainable development coordinator for the City of London Corporation. Rachel Says: What is the plan for making buildings zero carbon at the 2012 Olympics? Dear Rachel, I’m afraid I work for
A couple of weeks ago, we asked you lot for your questions to put to Simon Mills – the sustainable development coordinator for the City of London Corporation. Zeenat says: As the owner of three of London’s most vital wholesale markets, serving the fresh produce needs of London’s businesses,
A couple of weeks ago, we asked you lot for your questions to put to Simon Mills – the sustainable development coordinator for the City of London Corporation. Honey Shop Says: What is the City of London doing to encourage its resident corporations to simply use less? Case in point: Making
A couple of weeks ago, we asked you lot for your questions to put to Simon Mills – the sustainable development coordinator for the City of London Corporation. Colin Says: Successful recycling is not about diverting waste from landfill, the bottleneck in the process is encouraging customers to buy products made
A couple of weeks ago, we asked you lot for your questions to put to Simon Mills – the sustainable development coordinator for the City of London Corporation. Ben says: With a huge unmet demand for food growing space from the population in the area, are the City of London looking
A couple of weeks ago, we asked you lot for your questions to put to Simon Mills – the sustainable development coordinator for the City of London Corporation. Here you go then – a blog per answer… Adam Says: November 2nd, 2007 at 5:23 pm Why is the City so bad
