California Is On Fire
California is on fire. Those living near the affected areas have seen drastic color changes in the skies as well as ash falling on everything.
Jeff Bezos
Amazon Pledges To Invest $2 Billion To Protect The Planet
Amazon announced last week that it had created a $2 billion climate pledge fund that it will use to invest in companies that build products, services, and technologies that will decarbonize the economy and protect the planet.
Investment To Impact: The Next Decade Of Cleantech Innovation
As corporates across the globe become more serious about cleantech, they are also recognizing the barriers for getting impactful technology to market — and many are embracing the opportunity and challenge by partnering with outside experts in order to identify the most effective, long-term solutions.
How Should $10 Billion Be Spent To Defeat Climate Change?
When I first read about the $10 billion from Jeff Bezos to fight climate change, my first thought was, “Where will it be spent?”
Who Will Buy Oil, Gas, & Coal When We Are All Dead?
Burning fossil fuels is a negative sum game. The waste products are slowly killing us all. What to do? Start by controlling your own carbon footprint. Together we can make a difference.
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Elon Musk Will “Transform Civilization As We Know It”
Elon Musk remains a frequent target in the media. Clickbait journalists clack away at their keyboards and smear the Tesla and SpaceX CEO on a regular basis. Sometimes an outside perspective is needed — especially from someone who really knows science and space. To that end, CNBC recently sat down with renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson to get his take on Elon Musk.
Tesla’s Business Model More Similar To Amazon’s Than You Think
Tesla is more than just a car company. According to Miriam Tuerk at Forbes, “The electric-car company is working to decentralize power distribution and offer an alternative to today’s utility… Tesla is demonstrating that if the challenge goes unmet by traditional power utility companies, they’ll have their lunch stolen.”
Hmm, Why Hasn’t Amazon Reserved A Tesla Semi Yet?
Amazon is as much a logistics company as it is an online retailer. When you click to order a package, it needs to get from the company’s warehouse to your door. Contrary to popular belief, this doesn’t happen with magic. Amazon relies on a remarkably complex network of trucks, planes, trains, and boats to get its packages to its customers.
Elon Musk & Jeff Bezos — Lifting Society, Eyes On The Future
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are two of the most familiar names in the current business world, and the two have much in common. Each of these visionaries has leveraged modern technology to transform an industry, forsaking short-term profits in a quest to change the world. Both have a deep interest in space exploration, both have attracted loyal followings who share their visions, both are great philanthropists, and, of course, both have become rather wealthy.
Amazon & The Future Of Food
A few months ago, Amazon (AMZN) bought Whole Foods at a whopping $13.4 billion, with a promise to bring cheap, organic, nutritious, low carbon*, and pesticide-free food to the masses. Soon after the acquisition, Whole Foods cut prices by as much as 43%, bringing prices of organic food at or below non-organic food.
