GreenGab

FountainBlue is a Bay Area-based organization who puts on numerous events all year round for executives and entrepreneurs in the high tech, life sciences, and clean energy sectors.  The next event is about a month away, on May 8th, is entitled “Clean Energy Investor’s Forum - What’s Hot, What’s Not” and focuses on these topics:

• Renewable energy like solar, wind, bio-energy, and
  environmentally-friendly hydroelectric technologies 
• Energy efficiency and demand response—electricity end-use, buildings
  and grid applications 
• Environment-enhancing technologies—advanced flue gas clean-up,
  ultra-low emissions generation such as fuel cells, environmental
  remediation, and exceptionally efficient generation
• Enabling technologies—power electronics, storage, low-loss cables
  and wires, sensors and instrumentation, control systems, materials and
  manufacturing technology, and integrated clean energy applications.

Pre-Registration is now open, and is only $10-15, click here to sign up.  For more info on last month’s event, you can read their blog posting here.

Tara Hunt of HorsePigCow and Citizen Agency fame posted her three steps to getting a little greener in life (paraphrased here, go read the whole article):

1. More support for ZipCar.  I like ZipCar as a concept myself, but I can’t make it work for my lifestyle right now - hopefully in the future!  At least I drive a Civic to make up for it.
2. Switch hosting provider to SustainableWebsites. I’ll have to go look into them myself, hadn’t even heard of them and I *just* signed this deal with Godaddy…
3. Compost.  We compost at home and it’s one of those things that I find very rewarding.  For those out there who think “composting, ick!” we have a simple ick-free solution: we have a big tupperware container, and throw stuff into it, keeping the lid closed. We throw its contents out every night.  Easy stuff.

You really should read her post as she has 9 other tips in there for greener living. Good moves Tara!