Up until 11:59pm EST today (September 30, 2013), you can pledge $10 to an IndieGogo campaign by NliteN inc. and get a dimmable LED that has been made in the USA and is equal to a 60W incandescent bulb (in light generated, not electricity used). The campaign team was apparently aiming to … [continued]
Local power from clean energy resources has a way of exciting people. Something about alighting from the monopolistic utility system while also alighting from the era of dirty energy gets people’s blood moving. One recent IndieGogo crowdfunding campaign is yet another testament to that. The campaign, aimed at creating “a landmark … [continued]
I know, the first thing you thought when you woke up this morning was: “Isn’t it about time someone made a truly green and long-lasting umbrella?” That’s what keeps me up at night. (That and my inability to stop working.) An Italian designer with an idea for such a green … [continued]
In December of last year I wrote about RE-volv’s Indiegogo campaign to finance their first community-based solar energy installation. Fast-forward to March of this year, and RE-volv announced that they had finally signed their first solar lease agreement with the non-profit Shawl-Anderson Dance Center in Berkeley, California. RE-volv’s idea is … [continued]
It would be no surprise to the majority of CleanTechnica readers that I am a huge fan of crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo. They provide people and companies who have great ideas a platform on which to sell their ideas to the wider global market. Crowdfunding has been a real … [continued]
A 12-year-old student, inspired by the documentary We, the Tiny House People, is currently in the process of building her own 128 square-foot, entirely solar-powered home (featuring a 30-foot loft). With someone as young as that building her own energy-independent home, it begs the question, Why am I not doing … [continued]
Singapore-based social enterprise CarbonStory is set to launch the beta version of its crowdfunding platform for climate change projects at SXSW (South by Southwest) in Austin on March 10. “We created CarbonStory to make a real impact towards fighting climate change,” said Andreas Birnik, co-founder of CarbonStory. “CarbonStory is game … [continued]
This article was originally published on from EV Obsession. I have to admit, I wasn’t up to very useful after-school projects when I was in high school. I always feel quite a bit of respect for high schoolers (or younger) who are engaged in significant projects. A young man from … [continued]
Smart Home Labs have revealed the new RoboSmart wireless LED lighting system that enables users to control their lighting from their smartphones, tablet or computer using Bluetooth technology. Another lightbulb to be searching for funding underneath the Indiegogo platform, the RoboSmart is an energy-efficient Bluetooth Smart enabled LED lightbulb … [continued]
Many appliances exist to measure your electricity usage, but sometimes converting that statistic into a usable figure is difficult — we can’t always determine how many cents per kilojoule we’re using. Continuing the love for Indiegogo projects, we have another project looking for funding from ‘the crowd’: the MeterPlug. The … [continued]
