August 4th, 2018 | by Matt Pressman
As the Gigafactory in Nevada continues to grow, so does Tesla's commitment to local schools. Tesla is looking to "give students more access to specialized fields of study such as Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)," according to Teslarati. JB Straubel, Tesla's co-founder and CTO, explains, "The demand for STEM jobs in Nevada will continue to grow dramatically over the next few years."
May 21st, 2018 | by Nexus Media
Rachel Yoho was concerned about the apparent absence of information about climate change in college textbooks. So, while pursuing her doctorate at Arizona State University, she decided to look into the matter. The results were disturbing
April 8th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
Tesla has developed a training program called START to teach people how to qualify for jobs at its service centers. The first START class has just graduated from Central Piedmont Community College in Huntersnville, North Carolina
November 12th, 2017 | by Carolyn Fortuna
School districts around the U.S. are looking for cost savings through energy efficiency measures
October 15th, 2017 | by Zachary Shahan
The finalists in the Global High Schools category shock me every year. They offer so much creativity, passion, and goodwill. This year, I was particularly surprised that the teacher from one of the winning schools is a long-time CleanTechnica reader!
June 19th, 2017 | by Steve Hanley
The Oklahoma Energy Resources Board is funded by the oil and gas industry to create teaching materials that laud petroleum products in elementary schools. Is what it does any different than feeding children carcinogens?
June 6th, 2016 | by James Ayre
Originally published on EV Obsession. Portions of Tesla’s service centers in China are being converted into what has been dubbed [&hellip
January 13th, 2016 | by Kyle Field
Leilani Münter hit the road in Southern California yesterday in 006 — the same projector-wielding Tesla Model S that was [&hellip
September 27th, 2015 | by Kyle Field
Walking out of Solar Power International into the soft afternoon light bathing the Grand Plaza surrounding it, a graceful orange structure called to [&hellip
March 20th, 2015 | by Amber Archangel
Originally published on 1Sun4All. To celebrate the arrival of the Solar Impulse airplane in Mandalay, Solar Impulse says Swiss pilots and co-founders of [&hellip
September 3rd, 2014 | by Sandy Dechert
Tesla Motors announced big plans earlier this year. Though the agreement is not public, Panasonic is also involved: it plans [&hellip
September 1st, 2014 | by Sandy Dechert
This week, the government of Chile holds a final vote on its first carbon taxation scheme, also the first in South [&hellip
August 14th, 2014 | by Sandy Dechert
The United Nations Environment Programme released a report yesterday that responds to a 2013 report on the potentially crippling costs [&hellip
February 16th, 2014 | by Amber Archangel
Originally published on 1Sun4All. Angelina Jolie has worked with UNHCR since 2001 — you may read more about her Field Missions here. [&hellip
October 17th, 2013 | by Cynthia Shahan
Legislature developments (or rather paralysis) this month are retching. So let’s talk positive in this post. The way American citizens [&hellip
October 5th, 2013 | by Cynthia Shahan
A news release from Florida Power & Light’s Office of Clean Energy has just announced a funding program envisioning a [&hellip
June 18th, 2013 | by Amber Archangel
Solar Powered LED Lights change the way people live, work, and learn in Africa and around the world. Approximately 1.6 [&hellip
August 28th, 2012 | by Dan Thiede, CERTs
Students and staff at Winona Senior High School took environmental education to a new level with their determination to [&hellip
August 7th, 2012 | by Scott Cooney
A new board game from GreenBusinessOwner.com aims to make clean tech, and sustainability in general, fun. GBO Hawaii (ages 13+, 2-4 [&hellip
May 18th, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
The SunPower Foundation and One Million Lights, a Palo Alto-based nonprofit that provides solar lighting to rural communities around the world, have [&hellip
March 8th, 2012 | by Joshua S Hill
Starting in the fall of 2012 undergraduate student at Green Mountain College in Vermont will be able to undertake [&hellip
December 18th, 2011 | by Charis Michelsen
One of the fun things at Tokyo’s annual Eco Products exhibition this weekend is a solar car – but not just any solar car. This one was built as part of an education program led by Koto Ward mayor Takaaki Yamazaki, in a bid to
July 8th, 2011 | by Jo Borrás
In a bold move, South Korea's ministry of education recently announced plans to remove printed textbooks from Korea's schools by the year 2015. Called “Smart Education”, the plan calls for the creation of a dedicated cloud network - which will host digital copies of the students' required reading and lessons – that can be accessed through “any” Internet-connected device, from low-power netbooks to tablets to (presumably) Android-powered washing machines, which will be provided to students' families if they are unable to afford them (the netbooks, not the appliances)
May 27th, 2011 | by Piotr Jędrzejuk
Three years ago, I was introduced to sustainability by Jonathan T. Scott, a teacher at Kozminski University in Warsaw, Poland. Ever since, I have been fascinated by the business facets of the subject: the waste minimization and cost reductions it incurs, the job creation benefits, and the minimization of environmental degradation. One of Scott’s contributions to the field of sustainability is the observance that almost everyone focuses on and discusses the symptoms of waste (resource depletion, environmental degradation, CO2 emissions, job loss, etc) rather than the causes, and that if you want to attract the attention of the business community you have to speak its language (e.g finance) and focus on the cost of the causes
