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Crowdsourcing cleantech…

February 28, 2008

Business and the Environment, Cleantech, New business, Strategy

Yet another high-flying Silicon Valley entrepreneur is planning to capitalize on the growing popularity of “green” technology, and to do it, he’s tapping the wisdom of crowds as well as their cash. Steve Newcomb, a co-founder of search startup…

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Here’s an investment bargain…

February 27, 2008

Business and the Environment, Cleantech

Clean tech is the big thing of the future. It’s also (relatively) insulated from the sub prime woes as no matter the economy, Kyoto continues. Strange then that WindfarmsNZ share price has slumped so markedly of late. Especially so…

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Selling meat as more than dead animal….

February 14, 2008

Business and the Environment, Governance, New Zealand, Strategy

affco, beef, dairy, fonterra, lamb, meat, New Zealand, ppcs

News this morning that a mega-merger between rival meat companies PPCS and Alliance is being talked about. I’ve said for awhile that Fonterra is an example of what good can come from mergers. Fonterra has created a dairy industry…

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SaaS and sustainability…

February 13, 2008

Business and the Environment, IT, SaaS

Over on the SaaSu blog they’ve got this post detailing how SaaS can increase sustainability for its customers and the world at large. While Diversity blogs are proponents of SaaS in all its shapes and forms, the SaaSu post…

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The story of stuff…

January 27, 2008

Business and the Environment, Manufacturing, Society

A friend sent me a link to this site which headlines an animated movie looking at our collective mass consumerism model. While a diatribe against consumption is somewhat outside of the usual subject matter of this blog, and arguably…

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Electricity a weak link for SaaS….

December 8, 2007

Business, Business and the Environment, Design, IT, Strategy

A VP of Sun Microsystems has predicted that within the next 12 months a major data centre will have a meltdown. He tells of data centres currently being built that consume 50 megawatts of electricity (more than a small…

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Recreational Sunday…

October 28, 2007

Business and the Environment, Society, Uncategorized, Waipara

The boys and I just got back from a lovely jaunt up Mt Cass. Mt Cass overlooks the stunningly beautiful Waipara Valley, not to mention our house – pic below is us on the top pointing to the family…

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Windflow going international….

August 17, 2007

Business, Business and the Environment, Manufacturing, New Zealand, Strategy

I’m not 100% sure about Windflow’s two blade turbine design – I have no reason to say that other than gut feel and aesthetics. It is pleasing however to see that Windflow has signed a deal to sell some…

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Old problems, New solutions….

August 16, 2007

Business and the Environment, Economic Development, Governance, New Zealand, Society, Strategy, Waipara

This afternoon I took part in a meeting hosted by Landcare Research. Landcare has recently won funding from FRST for the next few years to investigate qualitative and quantitative methods in water resource governance. Down here in Canterbury especially…

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Meridian going ahead with windfarm….

August 15, 2007

Business and the Environment, New Zealand, Society

As expected, Meridian announced today that they are going ahead with their windfarm at Makara near Wellington. After going through a long and arduous consent process to get where they are today, one would have been shocked with any…

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