Triple Pundit: People, Planet, Profit

Imagine H2O Prize Competition to Drive Water Innovation

2009-11-07T01:26:04Z

As 3p readers know, the growing scarcity of freshwater is causing significant social and environment problems around the world. From a rise in cholera in parts of Africa to chronic water shortages in Australia as a result of drought, people everywhere are feeling the impact of the global water crisis.   Imagine H2O, a non-profit that [...]

Thanks to Triple Pundit’s Sponsors

2009-11-07T00:45:41Z

As November rolls along, we’re happy to see our community of readers, contributors, and sponsors growing. Our sponsors in particular are what make it possible to continue to publish great content and continue to build the 3p movement. Please take some time to check out what they’re doing and if you’re in a [...]

European Lawmakers To Give Free Carbon Credits to Heavy Industry

2009-11-06T20:14:20Z

The EU, that bastion of environmental common sense, is giving away its carbon credits. For free. To some of their biggest polluters. Reuters reports that European Union lawmakers have approved a list of heavy industries, including metals, textiles, building materials and ceramics, that will be handed free carbon credits starting in 2013, rather than have to [...]

Barcelona Climate Talks End after a Week of Boycotts- Next Stop: Copenhagen

2009-11-06T19:07:06Z

The final week of climate negotiations in Barcelona have now ended. The last meeting before the main event in Copenhagen next month served to emphasize the lingering stalemate between rich and poor nations, and the equally unmoving impasse between political factions in the United States. On Tuesday, delegations from 50 African nations boycotted the climate talks [...]

Give more, Useless

2009-11-06T18:47:21Z

Believe me, USELESS, I get it. I get the point you’re trying to make. Your anti-consumerism, “Use less, give more” message is not a new one. However, following it with a list of products to purchase definitely is. I understand that you mean to be somewhat ironic. And I get how handy it is that when [...]

SolarReserve: Everything’s Better With a Little Salt

2009-11-06T16:25:40Z

It’s the holy grail of renewable energy: power, even when the sun don’t shine, or the wind don’t blow. Some companies are hoping advances in battery capacity will provide the answer, others are looking to flywheels, or hydrostorage. But SolarReserve, an 18-month old start-up based in Santa Monica, uses a fundamentally simpler technology: hot, hot [...]

Warrior Film-making: The Story of Free Range Studios

2009-11-06T18:47:57Z

I recently visited Free Range Studios to meet with its talented co-founder Jonah Sachs in Berkeley, California, to talk about his startup story. Free Range began 10 years ago as two guys, one laptop, one apartment, and enough creativity and change-the-world-or-bust aspirations to eventually challenge agribusiness, and our consumer lifestyle, with The Story of Stuff, [...]

How to Bring Green Weddings to the Masses

2009-11-06T16:30:23Z

One’s wedding is usually one of the pivotal, most memorable events in one’s life. And yet for an increasing number of people, there’s a nagging sense that things could be done differently. The wedding favors, where did they come from? Who made them? What are they made of? My choice of location, while idyllic, does [...]

SC Johnson Ahead of GHG Reduction Target

2009-11-06T18:49:02Z

SC Johnson, maker of a variety of household products that include Glade, Drano and Scrubbing Bubbles, says in its latest sustainability report that it has reduced greenhouse gas emissions 27 percent at its worldwide factories over the last eight years. In the U.S., the Racine, WI, company reported a 17 percent reduction in GHG emissions since [...]

Why Attend The Cleantech Open?

2009-11-06T16:35:44Z

Here are a few reasons I am attending The Cleantech Open on November 17, 2009 at San Francisco’s Nob Hill Masonic Center: Bill Weihl, Google Green Energy Czar, is the event’s key note speaker. There will be 120 of the latest clean technologies displayed in the exhibition hall. You can imagine how many venture capitalists will be attending [...]

Video: Al Gore Interviewed by Katie Couric

2009-11-06T00:11:44Z

It has been three years since the release of Al Gore’s Oscar-winning documentary “An Inconvenient Truth”. Yesterday, Katie Couric sat down for an exclusive interview the former Vice President in advance of the release of his new book, Our Choice. In the interview, Mr. Gore talks about the potential impacts of climate change, the need for [...]

Xerox Aims for Carbon Neutrality and Paper Sustainability

2009-11-06T08:22:31Z

Xerox wants to be carbon-neutral … and that’s not all. The company also wants to: Eliminate the use of hazardous chemicals to achieve a zero toxic footprint. Develop a “zero waste to landfill” goal for its company-wide operations. Insure that 100 percent of its paper, by volume, meets stringent requirements for a sustainable paper cycle. Ambitious goals for the world’s [...]

3P Founder Opens Closet for Ecouterre

2009-11-05T15:35:30Z

Nick takes his sustainability seriously- from his head down to his toes. He let Ecouterre take a tour of his closet and he let it all hang out. Click the link to see his labels and his adorable message tees.

Liberty Mutual Responsibility Project Conjures Laughs AND Consciousness

2009-11-06T05:38:34Z

I haven’t been blogging too much ’round these parts lately, mostly because I’ve been busy creating the types of videos and films I’m about to feature, but Liberty Mutual’s latest short, “Good Vibrations” made me stop in my tracks so I decided to make the time to share it with all of you. (No need [...]