Are Crowdfunded Renewables The Game Changer?
Originally published on Energy Post by Clare Taylor Crowdfunding of renewable energy projects is growing fast in Europe. If this grassroots movement gets organized in time to access the big money...
View ArticleZero-Emissions LEGO Car Nails It
An insane life-size zero-emission car made out of LEGOs recently had its official debut. Sam Laird of Mashable calls it “the ultimate nerd invention.” Steve Sammartino (@sammartino), the Australian...
View ArticleTop 10 Most Interesting Energy, Environment, & Climate Articles From December
Here’s my latest monthly pick of the “Top 10” most compelling clean energy, climate, and environment-related news stories from last month. While some articles may impact you profoundly, at the very...
View ArticleHere Comes The (Third) Solar Crowdfund: CrowdSun
Move over, Mosaic and SunFunder. There’s a new solar crowdfunding website in town—Crowdsun.com. The third online investment platform for financing solar projects bills itself as “Your solution to safe,...
View ArticleMyEV Electric Car Data Logger Gives You All Da Data
If you’re an EV enthusiast, chances are you self-identify as a nerd. And what do nerds like? Data points, lots and lots of data points. Automakers know this, and have bombarded would-be EV owners with...
View ArticleKiva Funds Renewable Energy Projects, Solar Lights and Clean Cookstoves
Microlending service Kiva funds renewable energy projects around the world, all focused on providing appropriate technology to developing communities Kiva Funds Renewable Energy Projects, Solar Lights...
View ArticleIntelligent Energy Monitoring System Ecoisme Raising Crowd Funding
A new Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign has already raised nearly half of its goal in under a week, with the hopes to fund an intelligent energy monitoring system. Ecoisme bills itself as an “The World’s...
View ArticleNeurio Beginning To Make Homes Smarter
The Neurio Home Intelligence system has begun shipping to Kickstarter backers, as a new piece of technology that aims to make an ordinary home a smart home. Announced back in late 2013, Neurio launched...
View ArticleA German Energy Crowdfunding Startup That Aims To Make Community Energy Easy
Originally published on RenewEconomy by Chris Cooper Germany’s energy crowd-funding start-up CrowdEner.gy aims to make community energy easy. But recent government changes to the feed-in-tariff have...
View ArticleFLAUNT Electric Bicycles Join The eBike Revolution
FLAUNT's electric bicycles set a new standard for the industry across both form and function, and the Indiegogo campaign will bring these bikes to market! FLAUNT Electric Bicycles Join The eBike...
View ArticleThis Project Taps Into Crowdfunding & Education To Finance 100% Renewable Energy
How can we get to 100% renewable and clean energy? That’s the $64,000 dollar question (or in this case, maybe it’s the $64 billion trillion question) that will need to be answered, at least in part,...
View ArticleA Call For Help For Puerto Rico
I was delighted to discover, shortly after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico on September 20, that Donald Trump understood that the island commonwealth is part of the United States. Perhaps he knew that...
View ArticleThe Future Is Now: whatauto Announces Partnership With Uniti To Promote...
Through a unique partnership, whatauto supports Uniti by creating a community of EV enthusiasts and generating demand for test drives of their vehicles
View ArticleHiveMind’s Mycelium Technology Can Help Atmospheric Carbon Drawdown
Mycelium forms a symbiotic friendship with the root systems of plants, allowing trees and plants to 'talk' to each other and share information. Mycelium is also a huge factor in the carbon drawdown...
View ArticleSlimFold Wallet Is The Fashionable, Eco-Friendly Wallet You Crave
I recently conducted an interview with Dave Zuverink, Founder and CEO of SlimFold. I was tired of my old, thick, leather wallet and wanted to see if I could replace it with a thin vegan one. I found...
View ArticleKopernik — Goals, Process, & Origins of the @ZFEP Winner
Originally published on Sustainnovate. Kopernik was the big winner in the nonprofit category of the Zayed Future Energy Prize this year. It was an honor to sit down with Ewa Wojkowska, Kopernik’s...
View ArticleEV Charging Company POD Point Raises £267,750 Via Crowdfunding
Originally published on EV Obsession. The electric vehicle charging point company POD Point raised £267,750 during its recent Open Charge Mini Bond crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, according to a...
View ArticleFastned Financing For Next 3 Years Just Secured
Originally published on EV Obsession. The electric vehicle fast-charging station company Fastned has secured new funding to cover its operational expenditures for the next 3 years, according to an...
View ArticleSolar-Powered & Bike-Powered Cafe Franchise On Indiegogo
Originally published on Ecoprenuerist. Who wouldn’t want to buy coffee at a café that is pedal and solar powered, cleans the air around it, and recycles coffee grounds into flowers? The whole idea...
View ArticleNew Electric Car Planned For Brazilian Market
Originally published on Sustainnovate. A new electric car, designed specifically for the Brazilian market, is currently being developed by a number of entrepreneurs in the country under company name...
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