Smartpower

Nigerian Collaboration Sparkles with the Bronx Museum's smARTpower Initiative

Atim Oton | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Brett Cook, US Department of State, Holly Block, Bronx Museum of Art, Smartpower, Bv-Life, Black Voices News
Atim Oton

This is the first blog in my series, The Pulse of Africa talking with Global Africans working in Africa and across the Diaspora. It takes an inside v...

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Energy Department's Top Efficiency Programs Save Money and Create Jobs

Brian Keane | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Green Movement, Green Power, Energy Efficiency, Smartpower, Green News
Brian Keane

How is that all of us today are living in homes that are much more efficient than the homes we grew up in.... yet we're all using more energy? The answer lies within each of us. It's how we use energy -- and how we waste it.

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The Real Meaning of "Smart Power"

Brian Keane | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Wind Power, Tar Sands, Smartpower, Smart Power, Cape Wind, Time Magazine, Keystone XL Pipeline, Renewable Energy, Obama Administration, Offshore Wind, Clean Energy, Hillary Clinton, Keystone XL, Barack Obama, State Department, Green News
Brian Keane

When I picked up my copy of this week's Time magazine, I was momentarily stopped in my tracks by Massimo Calabresi's cover story: "Hillary Clinton and the Rise of Smart Power."

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At Solar Decathlon, College Eco-Stars Reveal True Future of Solar

Brian Keane | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: University of Maryland, Energy Efficiency, Smartpower, Purdue University, Middlebury College, College, Clean Energy, Appalachian State, Department of Energy, America's Next Eco-Star, Sustainable Building, Solar Decathlon, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Solar Power, University of Tennessee, College News
Brian Keane

Solar Decathletes are students who, instead of partying at the beach or making money at temporary jobs, decide to help design, engineer and assemble solar-powered homes in their spare time.

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Beyond Solyndra: DOE Invests Big Time in Next Generation of Eco-Stars

Brian Keane | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Energy Efficiency, Smartpower, Americas-Next-Eco-Star, Doe, President Obama, Gop, Clean Energy, Department of Energy, Solyndra, Solar Power, Republicans, College News
Brian Keane

We're all reading some uncomfortable reports in the news today about Solyndra, the solar company that declared bankruptcy last month and is now the ta...

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America's Next Eco-Star: The Cross-Campus Search Begins

Brian Keane | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Clean Energy, America's Next Eco-Star, Energy Efficiency, Contest, Smartpower, Sustainability, Solar Power, College News
Brian Keane

I recently wrote an op-ed in Politico about the remarkable work college students are doing across the country to drive clean energy and energy efficie...

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Take Action to Reduce Dependence of Fossil Fuels

Brian Keane | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Center for Resource Solutions, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Gulf Coast Fund, Save Our Gulf, League of Conservation Voters, dosomething.org, Waterkeeper Alliance, Gulf Oil Spill, Smartpower, Gulf Restoration Network, Clean Water Action, Oil Spills, Fossil Fuels, Ixtoc, Reducing Oil Dependence, Green News
Brian Keane

My Gulf Action is a way to show people how their everyday activities, from buying bottled water to adjusting their thermostats by one degree, is inextricably linked to our dependence on fossil fuels.

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Look Out, Letterman! A Solar Energy Top 10 List, Just in Time for Earth Day

Brian Keane | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Smartpower Washington Dc, Solar Energy, Smartpower, Solar Energy Research, Obama Recovery Act, Obama Solar Energy, President Obama, Earth Day 2010, Brian Keane, Arizona Smartpower, Earth Day, Obama Clean Energy, Green News
Brian Keane

Good energy policies must be driven by a solid understanding of how to market solar energy to the American consumer. In true Letterman style, here's our "Top Ten" list of solar findings.

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It's not American Leadership the World Wants, it's American Companionship

Indra Adnan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leadership, America, Worldcitizen, World, Bethechange, Community, Hardpower, Obama, Peace, Global, Change, Smartpower, Volunteering, Inauguration, Hillaryclinton, Softpower, Barack Obama, World News
Indra Adnan

It was a surprise that Obama didn't mention any commitment to the world and its citizens in his victory speech and there is every chance he won't spare us a line in his inaugural address.

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