World Growth Innovators is a new venture that I have created and its first set of innovations are aimed at Haiti.

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• Haiti and Social Media There have been many disasters in recent years: Tsunamis, forest fires, floods, hurricanes, but the I was surpried at how much the earthquake in Haiti has generated a flurry of fund raising activities.I came across a blog post which talks about various technologies that can be used in the relief......
• Copenhagen and low-carbon investments A little quote from the BusinessGreen website "The potential impact on low-carbon investments of failing to deliver a meaningful deal at the forthcoming Copenhagen Summit was underlined last week with the news that analyst firm Point Carbon is downgrading its long-term price forecasts, primarily as a result of growing uncertainty......
• Business practices in the 21st century A lot of entrepreneurs may change their business practices and adapt to the 21st century after they have gone through the list of speakers that have been assembled in Calgary for the "Engage today" mega event happening later this week. The organizer was able to get the Dalai Lama for......

• 5 More Tips for Corporate Blogging A lot of the most common tips for corporate blogging are obvious now, and are becoming stale for that reason. But does that mean that we know everything that we need to know about getting a good corporate blog started? Here are five new tips for corporate blogging that have......
• Benefits Of Hosting The FIFA World Cup Part I FIFA is the organization responsible for expertly spreading World Cup fever around the world every four years, and they take their football very seriously. To the Fèdèration Internationale de Football Association football is much more than a game and FIFA has 208 member associations all striving for the constant improvement......
• Quick and Dirty Tips for Effective Corporate Blogging, pt 3 This is part three in a series about tips for good corporate blogging. We touched on three tips in both the first part and the second part of this series - Now here are another handful of tips for your consideration. - 7 - Write clearly and concisely when it......

A European parliament law states that all new buildings will have to be zero energy.  Meaning that they must produce as much energy than they consume by way of heat pump, solar energy, wind energy  and smart energy management.

You can read the full article All new buildings to be zero energy from 2019 say MEPs.

The new ruling also calls for upgrading the energy performance of existing buildings.

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• Copenhagen and bad journalism I found an interesting story on what good journalism should be instead of what we have been served lately.It concerns Al Gore and Copenhagen, Cop15, sure turned out differently than what I expected.There was more talk about prostitutes and protesters being arrested.Al Gore just got some bashing concerning predictions about......
• Either way, you are right! Whether you think that 1,849 is the number of projects that I have or that project 1,849 itself contains 1,849 projects, either way, you are right. Project 1849 is about the sharing and the dissemination of ideas, information, knowledge. Over the coming months, I will present a multitude of topics......
• The Evil Liberal Agenda According to the Conservatives, the Liberals have an agenda:  They want to rule the world.  Here are the facts:  Al Gore owns 100% of 100% of all the green companies in the world, on top of donating money to all those non-profit organizations who own large pieces of land that......

• Top Five Tips For Successful Link Building Good search engine optimizers (SEO´s) understand the importance of building a network of incoming links to their page in order to improve ranking results in the major search engines, but in their scuffle to push their web pages to the top, some of them are forgetting the old adage “work......
• ACES analysis -- part 2 American Clean Energy and Services act (ACES) or the cap and trade bill to many people that listen to the television pundits. The cap-and-trade part is the main headliner but there are other parts too that Americans should take note of. This is part 2. The next part of the......
• Daylight saving time [/caption] Daylight saving time (DST; also summer time in British English—see Terminology) is the practice of advancing clocks so that afternoons have more daylight and mornings have less. Typically clocks are adjusted forward one hour near the start of spring and are adjusted backward in autumn. Modern DST was first......

Clean coal, Carbon Sequestration, these are expressions we hear quite often when dealing with the production of electricity using fossil fuel other than oil. About twice a week, a new coal plant opens in China.

I came across a blog post on the topic of patents and innovations and the possible competition between China and the US regarding advances in the field of clean coal. The cold war between the former Soviet Union and the US helped advance our exploration of space and the resulting technology that has now become part of our lives. It is thought that perhaps a similar rivalry could stimulate the advancement of cleaner technologies.

There are two things to consider when it comes to energy: 1) Is it clean? 2) Is it renewable?

No matter how clean you make your coal burn, it is not a renewable resources and its mining can also be a source of environmental degradation.

Technological prowess  should be aimed at developing means to better harness clean and renewable energy sources.  The harnessing of  the wind has been done for centuries, certainly we could use that head start to our advantage.

Sometimes I feel like a lot of brain resources are wasted on too many dead ends when it comes to finding solutions to our energy needs.

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• Zero energy buildings from 2019 in Europe A European parliament law states that all new buildings will have to be zero energy.  Meaning that they must produce as much energy than they consume by way of heat pump, solar energy, wind energy  and smart energy management.You can read the full article All new buildings to be zero......
• The Evil Liberal Agenda According to the Conservatives, the Liberals have an agenda:  They want to rule the world.  Here are the facts:  Al Gore owns 100% of 100% of all the green companies in the world, on top of donating money to all those non-profit organizations who own large pieces of land that......
• Could Internet Marketers Save the Human Race? Let me put some perspective on things first. Nobody knows how a new technology will lead us. Heck often times, the darn thing is invented without a specific purpose in mind. It just is. When Arthur Fry the Post-It (TM), he had to distribute massive amounts of them to coworkers,......

• Search Engine Optimization Keyword Analysis Keyword analysis is an important part of search engine optimization or SEO, because your keywords will play a vital role in numerous different facets of your website design, creation and ongoing development. Before going into the details about what keyword analysis is, you should first understand a little bit about......
• Voting For The Environment - Where The Republicans Stand. As a follow-up (and just to be "sorta" fair) to yesterday's post about the Democrats running for President and their views on the environment, I present to you the same for the Republicans running this year. I don't know which of the three will get the nomination, but I am......
• EarthTalk: Is There Such A Thing As Clean Coal? EarthTalk is a new weekly installment from E/The Environmental Magazine. Dear EarthTalk: As I understand it, coal that is used to fuel power plants and other industrial activity is a key culprit in pollution and climate change. So what is “clean coal” and is it really? -- Matthew Oliver, Minneapolis,......

With the inauguration of the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, I think I should push on with the publication of my book. Getting all the facts right and all the details in before final review.

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• Copenhagen Summit -- controversial for all the wrong reasons Last June, a group of scientists met up in Copenhagen as part of the preparation for the December summit. They hinted at some bad prognosis in regards to climate change. At the time, I thought that this would be the focus of the December summit: Forcing industrialized nations to put......
• Sustainable development, corporations and public education A large corporation like Home Depot only adopted sustainable development measures following a public outcry and boycotts over the sale of their lumber products. Seeing a threat to their profits, they adopted more ecological and sustainable business practice in order to impove their public image. But, in order for corporations......
• Global warming, Copenhagen, and risk management The Copenhagen Summit is happening right now. In view of the controversy over whether or not human activity is responsible for global warming, or if they're is in fact a global warming, both controversies having been raised by scare tactics orchestrated the conservatives, I thought it would be a good......

• California (EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE) User Reviews Send this to a friend California (EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE) Manufacturer: DK Travel Customer Rating: List Price: $30.00 Sale Price: $19.80 Availibility: Usually ships in 24 hours Free Shipping Available Buy Now Product Description DK Eyewitness Travel's full-color guidebooks to hundreds of destinations around the world truly show......
• Small Business 101: Which Business to Start? (It's time for yet another edition of Small Business 101.  We've covered many of the basics of starting your own small business already, from types of corporate structures to sources of funding.  But there's still one big question we have yet to answer: what type of business to start?) One......
• 3rd Edition of Romancing the Novel Carnival Welcome to the third edition of romancing the novel. Lots and lots of great links to read and maybe even reread if you're so inclined. I hope you find many new articles to peruse and enjoy! Book Reviews Kat presents Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris posted at Book......

I found an interesting story on what good journalism should be instead of what we have been served lately.

It concerns Al Gore and Copenhagen, Cop15, sure turned out differently than what I expected.

There was more talk about prostitutes and protesters being arrested.

Al Gore just got some bashing concerning predictions about Arctic ice melting.

There is a Science teacher in the US that I follow on Twitter. He came up with a better researched and balanced piece than professional journalists at www.timesonline.co.uk

Click here to read the story, it is a good insight on how good journalism should be.

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• Leaner posts I remember in high school and college when I would cringe when the teacher would ask for a 1,500 words essay. I thoughts I'd never find enough material to fulfil those requirements. Flash forward to today and I have to pare down my posts so they don't exceed 1,500 words.......
• Either way, you are right! Whether you think that 1,849 is the number of projects that I have or that project 1,849 itself contains 1,849 projects, either way, you are right. Project 1849 is about the sharing and the dissemination of ideas, information, knowledge. Over the coming months, I will present a multitude of topics......
• Pleasantville The other day, I watched the movie "Pleasantville" (1998, starring Tobey McGuire). Briefly, the story revolves around two 1990's teenagers being "magically" transposed in a 1950's sitcom where their influence begins to profoundly change that complacent world. To me, this film shows two things very well: 1) The implications of......

• Kosmo's New Year's Resolutions First, I'll note that these goals are all professional, rather than personal.  As in the past, I will go forward somewhat anonymously.  I'm not completely anonymous, though - my picture is actually me, and if we interact offline, you'll recognize me. I resolve to put forth a serious effort into......
• Professional Blogging Roundup: All Saints Day Edition Happy All Saints Day, one day late, from Buildify. We hope your weekend has been productive and if it hasn't been yet, well we have another list of links for you to read through for some blogging ideas to help you get started. Corporate Blog Medium Shifting in Large Way......
• Tips for Improving Blog Popularity There are a number of different things that you can do to increase your blog popularity. Here is a look at some of the tops that you can't pass up. Include an Author Biography People who are reading your blog will enjoy being able to put a face to the......

The Copenhagen Summit is happening right now. In view of the controversy over whether or not human activity is responsible for global warming, or if they’re is in fact a global warming, both controversies having been raised by scare tactics orchestrated the conservatives, I thought it would be a good time to talk about Greg Craven, that high school science teacher who put up a video on YouTube about three years ago asking the question “What’s the worst that could happen?“.

In the video, Greg basically set up a risk management grid. In later videos, he improved on that risk management grid based on the  feedback he had received from his original video. In total, he put up about seven hours of videos and even wrote a book to further explain the content of those videos.

With all that controversy about whether or not there is a human caused global warming, he figured that the issue should be analyzed by way of risk management, which is a very sound method used by insurance companies but also by businesses.

The technique is simple: draw a grid with four cells and to the left, write “false” and below it “true”. At the top of the grid to the left, write “yes”, for taking action, and to the right, write “no”, as in not taking action. Then, write up scenarios for what’s the worst that could happen if global warming is for real, we act accordingly, and the problem is solved. Then, write the consequences for if we act and spend money on something that turned out to be false versus the consequences of not doing anything and witnessing the apocalyptic disaster that happens if human caused global warming turns out to be true.

The risk of not acting if human caused global warming is true far outweighs the risk of doing something if global warming is not for real. If we do spend a lot of money to try to resolve the non-issue, we may risk an economic collapse due to overspending, from which we could get out of. But if we do not act, the global disasters that would befall upon us would be far worse than a simple economic collapse. The world economies have seen many economic collapses over the past century and the economy has always been able to get out of those crises. On the other hand, the compounding effect of all those disasters, as predicted from the effect of global warming, would destroy a lot of infrastructures which would make the world economies to take a far longer period to recover from.

Even those who do not believe in human caused global warming know that throughout the planet’s history there have been periods of ice age and global warming. They know what happens to the sea level, the vegetation, and to animal life, in general,  whenever there is a change in climate. They know what the consequences would be to our civilization if any type of global warming, human caused or not, were to occur. The conservative skeptics cannot absolutely deny the possibility that maybe human activity is causing global warming any more than scientists who believe can absolutely affirm that there is in fact 100% absolutely sure guarantee correlation between our activity and global warming. There is always uncertainty in science. Amid all the speculation over the possibility that maybe scientists fudge the data, even if there is the slightest possibility that human activity is actually causing global warming, risk management tells us that we should err on the side of caution.

For the Copenhagen Summit, the real issue is whether or not politicians will take the right measures to actually address the issue of human caused global warming rather than just apply a Band-Aid over the problem, as they often do.

You can purchase Greg Craven’s book at Amazon, simply use the link below:

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• Copenhagen and low-carbon investments A little quote from the BusinessGreen website "The potential impact on low-carbon investments of failing to deliver a meaningful deal at the forthcoming Copenhagen Summit was underlined last week with the news that analyst firm Point Carbon is downgrading its long-term price forecasts, primarily as a result of growing uncertainty......
• Who else wants more 2009 predictions ? I am notoriously bad at predicting a year ahead because my predictions occur 5 to 20 years later.With the speed of progress, I'd say that whatever I write here shold happen within the next 3-5 years.  Enjoy: Cell phones: on the cover of PC Magazine it says that "PC is......
• GM files for bankrupcy--the end of the car era ? I wrote a little essay on the future of the automobile,"The end of the car era ?"in it, I talk about how the snootiness and myopic visions of American auto manufacturers led to this current situation. I also talk about whether it is a good thing to keep pushing the......

• Australia Could Become First Major Casualty Due To Global Warming. Yes, you read that right. Due to the drought that has lasted six + years, Australia's Prime Minister, John Howard, has announced that they might have to switch off the water supply to the farmlands if it does not rain within 2 months. This could end up being the first......
• Environmental Benefits of Hybrid Electric Vehicles There are a number of environmental benefits associated with hybrid electric vehicles. Understanding what they are is one of the keys to getting the most out of your knowledge of these vehicles. Gasoline, when it is burned, is capable of producing large amounts of carbon dioxide, which is the major......
• Global Warming is Tought to Increase the Intensity of Devastating Weather Global Warming is Tought to Increase the Intensity of Devastating Weather Global warming is expected to change magnitude to the worse of the intensity of power of nature, such as storms, hurricanes, tropical cyclones and tornadoes. It is determined not by individual weather events, such as heat periods or......

Last June, a group of scientists met up in Copenhagen as part of the preparation for the December summit. They hinted at some bad prognosis in regards to climate change.

At the time, I thought that this would be the focus of the December summit: Forcing industrialized nations to put in more concrete efforts and act quickly to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

What then happened late October was that US Pres. Barack Obama announced that he may not show up at the summit because the United States would probably not have agreed on a cap and trade bill.  But now, with the recent visit of the Danish prime minister in Washington, looks like Obama will be in Copenhagen.

Then comes more controversy with the conservatives trying to turn Copenhagen into a platform for communist leftists wanting to create a totalitarian world regime.

This is hot stuff and I am currently doing some research on that for my next post.

Wombles, a UK group promoting anarchy is planning a series of protests leading up to and during the Copenhagen summit, COP15 for short, since it will be the fifteenth summit related to climate change.

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• Leaner posts I remember in high school and college when I would cringe when the teacher would ask for a 1,500 words essay. I thoughts I'd never find enough material to fulfil those requirements. Flash forward to today and I have to pare down my posts so they don't exceed 1,500 words.......
• GM files for bankrupcy--the end of the car era ? I wrote a little essay on the future of the automobile,"The end of the car era ?"in it, I talk about how the snootiness and myopic visions of American auto manufacturers led to this current situation. I also talk about whether it is a good thing to keep pushing the......
• Copenhagen and low-carbon investments A little quote from the BusinessGreen website "The potential impact on low-carbon investments of failing to deliver a meaningful deal at the forthcoming Copenhagen Summit was underlined last week with the news that analyst firm Point Carbon is downgrading its long-term price forecasts, primarily as a result of growing uncertainty......

• Bjørn Lomborg: $100bn a year needed to fight climate change | The world's most high-profile climate change sceptic is to declare that global warming is "undoubtedly one of the chief concerns facing the world today" and "a challenge humanity must confront", in an apparent U-turn that will give a huge boost to the embattled environmental lobby. Bjørn Lomborg, the self-styled......
• Obama risky in Copenhagen President Obama is going to attend the last few days of the climate change summit in Copenhagen. This could be Kyoto once again, where the President was in favor of climate change regulation, but the Congress shot it down. Firstly, let me make it clear. Climate change is a reality.......
• EarthTalk: Talking To A Climate Change Skeptic. Dear EarthTalk: I keep meeting people who say that human-induced global warming is only theory, that just as many scientists doubt it as believe it. Can you settle the score? So-called “global warming skeptics” are indeed getting more vocal than ever, and banding together to show their solidarity against the......

A lot of entrepreneurs may change their business practices and adapt to the 21st century after they have gone through the list of speakers that have been assembled in Calgary for the “Engage today” mega event happening later this week.

The organizer was able to get the Dalai Lama for a keynote address as well as assemble an A ist of speakers, best selling authors and speakers such as Steven Covey, Richard Branson, Marci Shimof  and many others.

From my understanding, the event will focus on building a business upon one’s passion and offering the most value possible so as to help people and as a result, create a better world for all.

Because the personal values of the guests align with mine, it is with great anticipation that I await this event.

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• Sustainable development, corporations and public education A large corporation like Home Depot only adopted sustainable development measures following a public outcry and boycotts over the sale of their lumber products. Seeing a threat to their profits, they adopted more ecological and sustainable business practice in order to impove their public image. But, in order for corporations......
• Leaner posts I remember in high school and college when I would cringe when the teacher would ask for a 1,500 words essay. I thoughts I'd never find enough material to fulfil those requirements. Flash forward to today and I have to pare down my posts so they don't exceed 1,500 words.......
• Copenhagen and Third World nations By being just a little smarter and with just a bit more foresight, it could be advantage of Third World. Third World nations feel that first world nations had it good for 200 years and that it gave them an advantage that they are now denied. In fact, it's quite......

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I wrote a little essay on the future of the automobile,“The end of the car era ?”in it, I talk about how the snootiness and myopic visions of American auto manufacturers led to this current situation. I also talk about whether it is a good thing to keep pushing the car business when there are other modes of transportation that are so much more eco friendly and can help attain sustainable development.

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• Pleasantville The other day, I watched the movie "Pleasantville" (1998, starring Tobey McGuire). Briefly, the story revolves around two 1990's teenagers being "magically" transposed in a 1950's sitcom where their influence begins to profoundly change that complacent world. To me, this film shows two things very well: 1) The implications of......
• Could Internet Marketers Save the Human Race? Let me put some perspective on things first. Nobody knows how a new technology will lead us. Heck often times, the darn thing is invented without a specific purpose in mind. It just is. When Arthur Fry the Post-It (TM), he had to distribute massive amounts of them to coworkers,......
• Global warming, Copenhagen, and risk management The Copenhagen Summit is happening right now. In view of the controversy over whether or not human activity is responsible for global warming, or if they're is in fact a global warming, both controversies having been raised by scare tactics orchestrated the conservatives, I thought it would be a good......

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I remember in high school and college when I would cringe when the teacher would ask for a 1,500 words essay. I thoughts I’d never find enough material to fulfil those requirements.

Flash forward to today and I have to pare down my posts so they don’t exceed 1,500 words.

I seldom read long blog posts myself, so how can I expect others to do read my longposts?

I will rethink my writing style to make posts more concice. Go for bullet points with links to other pages within this site where more background is offered to those who wish to better understand the “behind tehs scenes” of my reasoning.

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• Zero energy buildings from 2019 in Europe A European parliament law states that all new buildings will have to be zero energy.  Meaning that they must produce as much energy than they consume by way of heat pump, solar energy, wind energy  and smart energy management.You can read the full article All new buildings to be zero......
• Copenhagen and bad journalism I found an interesting story on what good journalism should be instead of what we have been served lately.It concerns Al Gore and Copenhagen, Cop15, sure turned out differently than what I expected.There was more talk about prostitutes and protesters being arrested.Al Gore just got some bashing concerning predictions about......
• Haiti and Social Media There have been many disasters in recent years: Tsunamis, forest fires, floods, hurricanes, but the I was surpried at how much the earthquake in Haiti has generated a flurry of fund raising activities.I came across a blog post which talks about various technologies that can be used in the relief......

• Weekly Roundup - Financial Literacy Edition April is Financial Literacy Month, and this year we need to really emphasize the importance of it more than ever.  If you notice, I've been featuring a number of "kids and money" themed guest posts and advertisers because I believe educating our youth in the world of personal finances is......
• Search Engine Optimization Keyword Analysis Keyword analysis is an important part of search engine optimization or SEO, because your keywords will play a vital role in numerous different facets of your website design, creation and ongoing development. Before going into the details about what keyword analysis is, you should first understand a little bit about......
• Quality SEO Strategies SEO may not be that troublesome, however it certainly isn't straightforward either. If you want to rank well in the search engines there are some rules that you wish to adhere to. When it comes to ranking well in serps the common perception is that MSN is the simplest followed......