Discovery Communications (DCI) which airs Dirty Jobs has more than 100 TV networks reaching 1.5 billion subscribers. Here are four of DCI's key properties.
Intel's World Ahead Program is an ambitious billion-dollar venture, but other tech and telecom companies are also building relationships in developing countries that promise to become the most massive of mass markets. Among them:
While LS9’s research seems promising, bacteria fuel will have some competition to become the fuel of the future. Here’s a look at how it compares with three other major players among alternative fuels.
Role: Vivienne Cox is Executive Vice President for Gas, Power & Renewables, and BP Shipping. She is also accountable for all of the gas marketing activities of the BP Group.
Education: Bachelors degree and Masters in Chemistry from Oxford University; MBA at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.
Yes, Benjamin, the future of disposable materials is biodynamic -- or "cradle to cradle" as architect Bill McDonough calls it: "Waste is a flaw of design." Dow and DuPont are already inventing corn- and potato-based plastics, which you can use for drinking, eating, and carrying groceries. Possible Big Green Energy candidate: Switching ExxonMobil's or Shell's vast chemical refinery network to sustainable production.
Dan Hill, living in Sydney, is the web editor of British magazine Monocle. He gave a fascinating talk at a conference called Interesting South last fall that he recently put up on his blog.
Yesterday Wal-Mart's CEO Lee Scott presented a speech to over 7,000 store managers. Surprisingly, the focus of his speech was Wal-Mart's devotion to sustainability. Scott cited the store's selling over 145 million compact fluorescent lightbulbs, and stressed the company's mission of continuing its pursuits toward energy efficiency. He also announced that the retail giant would work with suppliers to make its more power-hungry products 25 percent more energy-efficient over the next three years.
Like our ancestors a century ago, who were debating massive transitions - - from horse to horseless, from blocks of ice to Fridgidaires, from carrier pigeons to telephones - - we too are faced with similar monumental choices today. Imagine our children grown to adults, sending us postcards from the year 2030. What world will their images and words convey?
