TED Talk: Global Warming Mitigated by Cattle?

Global warming may be mitigated by the most unlikely of sources, cattle. How is this possible? How can this vilified creature be an ally in the fight against climate change? Seth Itzkan shows us how.

Seth is President of Planet-TECH Associates, a consultancy that investigates innovations for a regenerative future. He has consulted on trends and innovations for The Boston Foundation, The Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, and The US Census Bureau. Seth is a graduate of Tufts University College of Engineering and the University of Houston-Clear Lake Masters Program in Studies of Future. He works in Somerville, and recently spent six weeks at the Africa Center for Holistic Management in Zimbabwe.

A Solar Panel "Microbrewery"

Imagine what you might do if you could print your own solar panels.  That line was taken from an article published by NPR's Science Friday about Shawn Frayne and Alex Hornstein's Solar Pocket Factory.  

Described by the founders as a "microbrewery" for solar panels, the two inventors were able to raise over $70,000 from a Kickstarter campaign to get their project going.

Click here for the article and accompanying video.

Creating Green Conferences

Thanks to Mike Magoon at the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) for passing along the webinar announcement below! The announcement is partly in response to a conversation with several BASS members on how to create green conferences with the help of the Internet -- the less people physically traveling to your conference, the greener it can be.  If the registration link below doesn't work for you, please click here.