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Posted onMay 28, 2022May 28, 2022Sustainability

The Girl Who’d Like To Help Women Get An ID

by Heather Clancy

Just learned about Elizabeth Nyamwange from Byron, Illinois, who recently received a $10,000 grant as part of the MIT Solv[ED] Youth Innovation Challenge. Her invention (pictured above) is a solar-powered fingerprint scanner. Nyamwagne’s idea is to help women in emerging nations use biometrics and blockchain…

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Posted onMarch 21, 2021March 21, 2021Nature

Pondering Children’s Books and Environmentalism

by Heather Clancy

The recent fervor over Dr. Seuss has me pondering children’s literature more broadly. I happen to be someone who loves the “classics” – I studied the entire Lewis Carroll oeuvre in university (Sylvie and Bruno anyone?) and have reread the Narnia chronicles a bajillion times.…

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Posted onFebruary 22, 2021February 22, 2021Sustainability

In Which I Talk About Myself

by Heather Clancy

What between moving snow around and playing in same, I have been neglecting this blog again. If you’re missing me, I invite you to listen to this recent interview I did with Mike Barlow, host of Paid by the Word podcast.

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Posted onFebruary 7, 2021February 7, 2021Circular Economy

Here’s Something for Your Gadget Habit

by Heather Clancy

I struggle frequently with my own consumption habits, especially my fondness for accessories such as smartphone covers or clutch wallets to trick out my clothes — which, ironically, are an average of 5 to 10 years old. So, it was with some excitement that I…

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Posted onJanuary 17, 2021January 17, 2021Food

Dean Cycon: Is Your Coffee Habit Sustainable?

by Heather Clancy

Liquor wasn’t the only beverage whose consumption trends were turned upside down by the coronavirus (sales have bubbled up more than 24%) — Americans are buying more premium coffee than ever for at-home brewing and imbibing. Coffee sales were predicted to rise almost 5% in…

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Posted onDecember 30, 2020December 31, 2020Aquaculture

Noshing on a ‘Kelp Burger’

by Heather Clancy

For the past 16 months or so, I’ve been caught up in intermittently trying to follow a “migraine relief” diet suggested by my ear doctor. No, I’m not suffering from debilitating headaches (thank goodness) but I do have a hearing issue that is indicative of…

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Posted onNovember 26, 2020November 26, 2020Aquaculture

This Thanksgiving, Consider Resetting Your Relationship With Food

by Heather Clancy

It’s just the two of us this year for Thanksgiving, and while I feel a pang of disappointment about not getting to nurture my inner comfort-food chef, this will probably be the most memorable edition of this particular holiday in my life. It feels like…

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Posted onSeptember 17, 2020September 17, 2020Sustainability

What’s In A Label? Prepare for ‘Regenerative Organic’

by Heather Clancy

Last year, I started a wacky elimination diet to address a health issue — successfully I might add. Before that date, I’ll be honest: I didn’t pay a whole lot of attention to food labels. Things are different now. There’s one label that has my…

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Posted onAugust 18, 2020August 18, 2020Purpose

What’s the Environmental Impact of that Gadget? Logitech Will Tell You

by Heather Clancy

Let me be transparent about something. I can’t remember a busier summer for announcements related to corporate sustainability initiatives. I’m not complaining, I’m encouraged. That is why it has taken me more than two months to process what I’d like to say about an intriguing…

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Posted onAugust 8, 2020August 8, 2020Sustainability

Thanks, WeTransfer. I Know Which File Transfer Service I’ll Be Using Henceforth

by Heather Clancy

It’s been a cranky sort of week, so I decide to write about something that will make me uncranky — although I’m not exactly sure when I’ll be able to post this article, since my internet service provider Optimum has been asleep at the wheel…

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Heather Clancy is an award-winning journalist specializing in transformative technology and climate tech. As editorial director for GreenBiz.com, she chronicles the role of technology in decarbonization and business innovation meant to catalyze a low-carbon economy. Her articles have appeared in Entrepreneur, Fortune, The International Herald Tribune and The New York Times.

She co-authored the Amazon best-seller for entrepreneurs, Niche Down, How to Become Legendary By Being Different.

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This Conservative Group Is Advocating for Renewable Energy

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While Republican politicians castigate Wall Street over ESG, some are trying to win over red states on the shift to clean energy.
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The dangers of failing to consider unintended consequences. "Each of these innovations offered a brilliant solution to an urgent technological problem of the era: making automobiles more efficient, producing a safer refrigerant. But each turned out to have deadly secondary effects on a global scale." ... See MoreSee Less

The Brilliant Inventor Who Made Two of History’s Biggest Mistakes

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A century ago, Thomas Midgley Jr. was responsible for two phenomenally destructive innovations. What can we learn from them today?
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Because it seems as if we could all use some positive news this week. Creative program from Google that is helping fund #energyefficiency in low-income communities. With smaller banks in turmoil, it's great to see corporate cash being put to work — and not just through a foundation. ... See MoreSee Less

Google's huge solar buys help fund efficiency fixes for low-income…

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In partnership with Sol Systems, the tech giant is using a slice of its clean-energy investments for repairs and efficiency upgrades in lower-income communities.
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Change takes intention. In my past work-life writi Change takes intention. In my past work-life writing about enterprise software, I used to follow the strategy of Mitch Kapor quite closely, when he led Lotus Development Corp. I've enjoyed learning about his more recent work in funding entrepreneurs typically overlooked by the traditional #venturecapital ecosystem through Kapor Capital, which seeks to fund startups closing #equity gaps.⁠
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Since its inception, @Kapor Capital has invested in more than 170 startups — 62 percent of the founders identify as people of color and/or women. Its internal rate of return over the past decade is 29 percent, in the top quartile of similar-sized funds. So, this is not a money-losing strategy. One high-profile success story is BlocPower, which has raised more than $250 million for its mission of decarbonizing buildings in low-income communities.⁠
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Now, Mitch and his partner in life and life's work, Dr Freada Kapor Klein, have published a book about their strategy, "Closing the Equity Gap." ⁠
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