Kamikatsu, a small town home about 2000 people in rural Shikoku, Japan, is a true zero waste community. I feature the town’s recycling efforts in Earth911.com.

Within the cavernous halls at CES 2012 were plenty of energy efficient, “green” and eco-friendly products along with OLED and smart TVs. Panasonic and Samsung led the pack.

Global demand for rare earth minerals will increase over seven percent a year, but now various reports suggest that prices for these materials will start trending downward.

As I left Silicon Valley for several weeks and the holidays in Los Angeles, I could not help but notice one of the local trees reaching the sky with its branches spread wide while boasting a range of reds and yellows.

Welcome to co-housing. As land becomes scarce and the desire to be part of community becomes stronger, developers are taking a second look at how they build neighborhoods.

The glimmering computer screens may look cool at night, but this picture was taken at an indoor shopping mall before the store opened. Apple can do better.

Since Project Runway has jumped on the Twitter bandwagon, we figured that as Season 9 is wraps up, we will review what we have liked in the world of social media the last quarter.

On Monday October 31 at 1:00 pm PST / 4:00 pm EST, I will co-host a webinar with Sustainable Silicon Valley and Engage PR about using social media tools to demonstrate thought leadership on business issues.

The lesson that Steve Jobs taught many people, including me, is that if you believe in your inner creativity, refuse to be distracted by what the naysayers dart at you, and keep to your vision, your hard work will reap incredible results in the end.

A disturbed individual briefly shattered this idyllic scene with his rampage on Wednesday morning. Three hard working people were lost, many more injured, and countless loved ones are now suffering through an heinous tragedy. Our thoughts are with their families and loved ones.