Guy Kawasaki: Prius are Ugly

Guy Kawasaki: Prius are Ugly

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh DialoguesGuy Kawasaki on Fresh Dialogues

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Apple evangelist and venture capitalist, Guy Kawasaki discusses the aesthetics of hybrid cars, Tesla Motors, and nuclear power. He also delivers a very memorable lesson about keeping on the good side of the media in this Fresh Dialogues interview.  While discussing the relative merits of his Audi R8 and a Toyota Prius hybrid, he lets his candid attitude prevail, and calls the Prius “ugly.”

“So I just insulted the interviewer?” Guy Kawasaki

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Adam Jackson: How Twitter is Going Green

Adam Jackson: How Twitter is Going Green

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh DialoguesAdam Jackson on Fresh Dialogues

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I caught up with Twitter officianado, Adam Jackson at SDForum’s Teens Plugged in Conference. He talks about how Twitter is going green and how his new book, 140 Characters, a style guide to Twitter, will be released as an iPhone App – a greener and cheaper option than a traditional book.

On Twitter’s green credentials

“If you use Skype to have a conversation instead of flying across the country, you’ve saved money and saved the environment.”

On his book, 140 Characters

“I think a lot of our sales will come from the $4 for a virtual app….its selling point is that it comes instantly … but it’s also a great thing for the earth.”

“It tells you how to post links to get the most clicks.”
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Elise Zoli: Government’s role in Clean Tech

Elise Zoli: Government’s role in Clean Tech

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Elise Zoli holding the Waxman Markey Bill she helped to write

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues

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I caught up with Elise Zoli at FountainBlue’s Forum on Clean Green Transportation this month. Elise is a Boston based partner with law firm, Goodwin Procter, but is a frequently in Silicon Valley to serve her local clients. She specializes in energy, climate change and clean tech law.

We discussed:

Government – Its role as the Grinch and Santa Claus 

“The Grinch side is limiting traditional industry and allowing new sectors, new technologies to emerge…with emissions standards, fuel tax…The Santa Claus side – direct funding – grants, loans, loan guarantees, tax subsidies…make a more favorable environment for emerging companies.”
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Kevin Surace: Building Climate Change Solutions

Kevin Surace: Building Climate Change Solutions

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh DialoguesKevin Surace on Fresh Dialogues

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Kevin Surace is serious about tackling global warming and argues that producing energy saving building materials can go a long way to cutting down CO2 emissions and reducing energy consumption in the United States. He’s CEO of Serious Materials, a Sunnyvale based maker of eco drywall, windows and other building materials; and frequent speaker * on global warming and the built environment. *His TED speech is worth checking out.

We discussed the influence of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth in helping create a market for green products; the pace of global warming; and whether consumers are willing to pay a premium for green. Kevin outlined how his company uses new media to get its message out and why his company is growing rapidly, despite the shrinking economy.

On how climate awareness grew in 2005

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Mayor Chuck Reed: Green City but not Top 10

Mayor Chuck Reed: Green City but not Top 10

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh DialoguesMayor Chuck Reed at SDForum Visionary Awards, Fresh Dialogues

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Our Green Mayor was in fine form at SD Forum’s Visionary 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 team to 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.

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Martin Sheen: Our responsibility to future generations

Martin Sheen: Our responsibility to future generations

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues

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I talked to acclaimed actor and activist, Martin Sheen about why he thinks everyone has a responsibility to do something about the environment.

His views are especially topical today in light of the historic Climate Change Bill that went to the House last week. Although the vote passed, 212 representatives voted no; something Paul Krugman describes as treason against our planet. Martin Sheen would probably agree with that description.

“We have to be aware of our responsibility to future generations…he who hath offspring giveth hostages to the future. Well I’ve given children and grandchildren, so they own that future.”
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