Green searches: Google.org – the search giant’s philanthropic arm -  this month issued a $10 million request for proposals for projects that will promote the commercialization of plug-in hybrid vehicles, electric cars and vehicle-to-grid technology. Eco Hollywood: As part of Fox’s “Green with Emmy” campaign, the show’s Shrine Auditorium was powered by renewable energy for [...]

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Next month (Oct. 13) Hartford will host a world class running event.  The Greater Hartford Marathon is an elite race that brings world class runners to the big city.  The event has grown over the years and has become a great attraction for the city.  The race organizers, led by Hartford based United Technologies (UTC), have now [...]

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Yesterday, I was part of a panel discussion on green business at the Connecticut Minority Supplier Development Council’s (CMSDC) Business Expo and Conference at Foxwoods Resort.  The session was entitled Going green and supplier diversity – is it the next wave?  The room was filled with representatives from large OEMs and service providers and small to [...]

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The news surrounding Central CT State University (CCSU) and the most recent edition of The Recorder, CCSU’s student run newspaper, is not good.  Without going into a lot of detail, the editors decided to publish a cartoon that was in poor taste. OK, it was really, really bad and should not even be given this [...]

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I really think that the green building trend in Connecticut is starting to grow at a rapid pace and it will soon burst at the seems.  More and more Connecticut property owners and developers are getting savvy in the way they seek funding, retrofit, manage and operate the complete envelope of their buildings and in [...]

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Last week, Governor Rell joined by other state education leaders and business leaders, announced that Connecticut had been selected to receive $13.2 million from the National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI), a non-profit organization funded by ExxonMobil, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Michael and Susan Dell foundation.  The mission of NMSI is to [...]

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