Archive for February, 2010

Michael Jackson: He would have LED

Feb 06, 2010 No Comments by

Two regrets I have about Michael Jackson:  1)  I never saw him live in concert and 2) I didn’t see This is It in the theaters.  But I did finally see the DVD, and while the film was stellar and moving . . . I was entranced by one of the special features, “The Gloved [...]

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The Recall – Don’t Dismiss Toyota

Feb 05, 2010 No Comments by

I realize that defending Toyota in February 2010 is like defending Richard Nixon in August 1974, but I’m about to do something that will make me about as popular at a Green Drinks gathering as a big juicy Costco steak.   I’m going to cut Toyota some slack.   I have not followed this story [...]

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Water Wars: The Floodgates Have Opened!

Feb 03, 2010 No Comments by

Wow.  Two weeks ago I posted a short film I did with Patrick Benson on LA’s tenuous relationship with water.  And as I often do weekly, I posted the link to most of the LinkedIn groups to which I belong.  From a bird’s eye view, the results were interesting:  I think few actually watched the [...]

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Branding in a green world

Feb 03, 2010 1 Comment by

How to Target a Wide Audience with Green Products Co-written with Kat Shoa, www.katshoa.com, who specializes in marketing strategy. Despite the economic downturn, companies and consumers continue to demonstrate an interest in green products and sustainable business practices due to concerns about energy independence, the world we will leave for future generations, waste management, environmental [...]

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Filtrado de una solución – Filtering for a solution

Feb 02, 2010 2 Comments by

It has been my pleasure to work on this article with Soledad Obregon, a graduate student at the Technological Institute of Buenos Aires (Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires, or ITBA).  This article will be in Spanish and English, and to honor the success that the ITBA group had in Corrientes, Argentina, this article will be [...]

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