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Last week, the Australian government announced the merger of two cabinet-level departments, the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency and the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education.[read more]

The Barefoot College in western India is training illiterate or semi-literate women from all over the world to be solar engineers, making renewable energy technology and knowledge accessible.[read more]

The external release of documents relating to the activities of the Heartland Institute has raised many questions, but an important issue that is now in the open again relates to the teaching of climate change in schools. How should this be handled and what should be taught? Is there justification in arguing that “both sides” of the issue should be covered? Are there “two sides” to this issue? If so, what exactly are the “two sides”, particularly in the context of a high school education?[read more]

Fortunately, since the Powerpuff Girls are busy taking leaps in the air instead of promoting eco-friendly behavior, a California nonprofit, Zilowatt, is designing energy conservation education for grade school students. The New York Times profiled their program recently. The article featured the superhero graphic below, which is from Zilowatt’s website.[read more]

Ask any climate scientist to explain global warming to a fifth grader, and they will pull out the bathtub analogy: The atmosphere is the tub. The level of carbon is the water standing in said tub. There’s a spigot and a sink—water in and water out. For the longest time, carbon in and carbon out of the atmosphere have been in balance....[read more]

Leaders in the environmental industry took part in a roundtable this morning to discuss the future of renewable energy.Representing both ourselves and our energy PR clients, Aspectus joined the ensuing twitter debate, which covered many of the usual topics – the energy mix, targets, shale gas (following a question from The Guardian’s...[read more]

A group of more than 100 university and college student government presidents submitted a letter (PDF download) today urging Congress to launch a national program for clean energy science and engineering education. The presidents - representing more than one million American students -warned Congress that advanced energy education is...[read more]

When you think 'green jobs,' do you conjure images of green hard hats, caulk guns, and tool belts? Well it might be time to start thinking about 'green' lab beakers, 'green' drafting tables and 'green' brief cases as well, because the careers needed to secure competitive clean energy industries will also run the gamut from cutting-edge...[read more]

I'm tired of proposing stuff to NSF. The fact that I have exactly the right background to achieve what they are asking for is likely to matter far less than the fact that I have no publications in the field. They always ask for the right stuff and then give the awards to people unlikely to achieve the goals. Anyway, maybe somebody...[read more]

The US Dept. of Energy has a newly revamped resource for the up and coming energy geeks: The Energy Information Administration (EIA) today unveiled Energy Kids, its redesigned website, featuring more than 100 pages of fun educational content for kids, parents, and teachers. Both the site and its ever-popular host, Energy Ant, got a...[read more]

It’s been a busy past couple days for the Department of Energy.Yesterday, President Obama announced that the DOE has awarded $2.4 billion to 48 projects for manufacturing electric vehicles, vehicle batteries and components. The funding comes from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and is directed at increasing U.S....[read more]

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced $377 million in funding to establish 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) pursuing potentially path-breaking basic and translational research at the cutting-edge of clean energy innovation. Of this funding, $277 comes from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, otherwise...[read more]

By Leigh Ewbank, originally posted at the Breakthrough InstituteIn Monday's Washington Post, prominent U.S. business leaders John Doerr (from Kleiner Perkins, pictured left) and Jeff Immelt (CEO of GE) joined the growing chorus calling on the nation's leaders to prepare America for the clean-energy race. They warn that the U.S. is...[read more]

A ten year old kid from Maine named Samantha Smith is credited with helping end the cold war by writing a letter to then Soviet president Yuri Andropov asking if he was going to start a nuclear war with the United States. He responded by inviting her to tour his country, a visit that resulted in an unlikely friendship and a fresh way of...[read more]

Hello Everyone. Just a quick announcement and ask for assistance as I have recently accepted a position at CEIBS as an Assistant Professor, and beginning in September I will be teaching a 1 year project based class called Sustainability and Responsible Leadership at CEIBS. Part of the core curriculum (required for graduation), all 250...[read more]