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Can "Freemium" Work? Babbel and WSJ Say No and One of Them Is Wrong

Chris Dannen — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:22:57 -0500

Babbel and The Wall Street Journal both turned away from the Freemium model this week. The outcome will be drastically different for each.

Babbel, a language-learning site, came out of beta today with a surprise: It will be charge between $6.65 and $11.95 per month for access, according to TechCrunch. "Freemium doesn't work for us," the startup's director told TC.

Behavior Modification Through Product Design: Oli

Alissa Walker — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:13:40 -0400

Every Drop Counts: A Low-Cost Water Usage Monitor

Alissa Walker — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:13:24 -0400

VeggiePatch: A Low-Impact Garden for Urban Farmers

Alissa Walker — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:13:03 -0400

Rethink Your Green: A Campaign That Goes Beyond Mowing the Lawn

Alissa Walker — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:12:07 -0400

Solutions for a Water-Deprived Planet

Alissa Walker — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:27:17 -0400

The raging creeks and still snow-packed peaks of Aspen, Colorado don't outwardly suggest any hints of a global water crisis, but it provides a reflective backdrop for design students who arrived here this week to tackle what is certain to be the greatest challenge currently facing the planet: Water conservation.

Top 3 Sustainability Trends for 2009

Saabira Chaudhuri — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:00:05 -0500

Terry Tamminen, former chief policy advisor for California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, sees three big sustainability trends coming down the pipe for 2009. The author of Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction, Tamminen is Operating Advisor to Pegasus Capital Advisors, which focuses on innovative clean-tech companies, and where he heads a team that works with states to develop and implement environmental policies.