If you are an eco entrepreneur, imagine all the people who work around you are so too. Wouldn’t that be super productive, highly motivating and very efficient? Well, such a space exists in New York It is called Green Spaces, and brings together leading green entrepreneurs by offering shared work space, resources and a community to launch their business. So how does it work?...
Web 2.0 is barely in the vocabulary of the general public and here we are blasting into Web 3.0. But, that’s the tech world for you.
Web 3.0 is called the semantic web – a smart browsing system in which a search engine learns the meaning of a word in order to improve searches. Considering how much the web has expanded, it’s not surprising that we would need an advanced way to search.
Right now, a green search engine called Truevert has the jump on the semantic web....
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You're here on TreeHugger, so you likely feel a connection between being online and being active in social change. That connection - using the internet as a means of doing good for the world - is quickly spreading thanks to the rise of social networking, free-to-use platforms for websites, and a broadening number of devices through which we can connect to the web.
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A major component of Bioneers is the field of biomimicry. Janine Benyus was a keynote speaker, there was a full-day intensive on the subject, and several workshops. And so it was necessary for the leaders in biomimicry to be present. They were.
Announced at Bioneers 2008, the Biomimicry Institute is launching later next month an incredible website that will serve to spark imagination and innovation in the field of biomimicry - AskNature.org.
And you can be part of its creation. Read on to find out how. ...
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Many TreeHugger favorites made their way to Bioneers 2008. From carpets to paper, from solar to social networking websites, many TH friends permeated the exhibit hall.
Check out the huggable companies who made it out to the conference to show off their greener sides. ...
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In part two of our conversation with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, we get deeper into the nuts and bolts of Wikia Green, but also tackle the role that free culture can play in saving the world (hint: it's a big role). ::TreeHugger Radio
Social networking is quickly becoming the way we operate today, including green living. Websites that let people talk with one another to get ideas on how to live more greenly and support one another in their decisions are part of this new way of life.
And of course a part of that can be some friendly competition to see who is greener. AmIGreenorNot is a brand new website - still in beta mode - that asks just that question of you. ...
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Climate impact might not be the first thing on your mind when jumping on a search engine (unless you’re searching “climate impact”). But much is going on behind the scenes of these ethereal data dealers of search. Yahoo! has recruited its secret weapon in the climate battle, Christina Page, from the arsenal of the Rocky Mountain Institute, Amory Lovins’ brainy and prestigious “think-and-do tank,” (also a TH guest poster).
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In part two of our in-depth discussion, Paul Hawken unpacks his new opensource, wiki-based Web entity, WISER Earth. He also offers up some details on Blessed Unrest the movie (and the remix), and brings it back to basics with the news no one wants to talk about. ::TreeHugger Radio
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