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Sponsors: Environmental (Eco) Entrepreneurs Mary Vincent, Founder and CEO of Green Star Solutionand Gratitude Gourmetand Merc Martinelli, Founder of Verdafero. Both have Fortune 500 Silicon Valley backgrounds from Sun Microsystems and Cisco respectively and Co-Founded the Green Software Unconference with the purpose of gathering technologists and businesspeople together to collaborate and innovate for the environment and business.
Our Green Mayor was in fine form at SD Forum’sVisionary Awards on June 25th. He made a convincing pitch about why innovators and visionaries should locate in San Jose. In this photo, he’s pointing out his Economic Development teamto the high profile crowd gathered in Atherton; but I think the subliminal message is: WE NEED YOU!
Chuck’s team is working hard to encourage innnovation in San Jose, yet San Jose didn’t make the top ten Green Cities in the U.S. this year, as ranked by Mother Nature Network. Why not? Are these other cities, like Portland (#1) and San Francisco (#2) really doing more, or are they just talking louder about their green achievements? Perhaps San Jose needs an ‘artist in residence at its recycling facilities’ like Mayor Newsom has in San Francisco?
In this Fresh Green Minute highlight, the mayor outlines why a little clean tech startup from, say Kansas, should relocate to San Jose.
I met with Rob Bernard, Microsoft’s Chief Environmental Strategist, at – appropriately enough – Green’s Restaurant in San Francisco to discuss the company’s green strategy and why it was late to embrace its green credentials.
What motivated Microsoft to appoint a Green Czar?
Why isn’t Microsoft more prominently green?
“This is not a competition issue for us. This is about literally lightening up the entire ecosystem of the IT industry; and we see it as a collective approach as opposed to an individual company, A or B.” Rob Bernard
Matthew Smithof Greenbox, a maker of web-based energy management systems for homes, sat down with me at the company’s San Bruno based headquarters to discuss how his team plans to change our energy consumption habits, save us money and save the planet. By providing an “energy dashboard” for homes, he claims the company offers consumers the potential to reduce electricity bills by 10-15% by taking small, easy steps. (more…)
Guy gives some insights into what has made the iPhone so successful. ( Apple just announced second quarter revenues are up 9% thanks to strong sales of iPhones and iPods) We also discuss the green revolution, religion, death magnets and:
Why he disputes that he’s a legend…yet
Why being a legend should NOT be your goal in life
His advice to young entrepreneurs and what he learned from Virgin founder Richard Branson
The interview was recorded at Garage Technology Partners in Palo Alto on April 8th, 2009
Guy’s green tip: he recently installed low-flow shower heads in his home and bought the Samsung front loadingclotheswasher (Model WM2487HWM).
Result: he’s halved his monthly water usage. Impressive stuff.
In part two of our interview (coming soon), Guy gives his take on the Amazon Kindle, the future of venture capitalism and explains why he can never drive a Prius. Hint: it’s something to do with their…um… aesthetics. He revealed his strong views before he knew I was a Prius driver and proud of it…makes for some interesting listening!
Guy’s green tip: he recently installed low-flow shower heads in his home and bought the Samsung front loading clothes 
