Energy and Environment Educational Podcasts
The need for environmental sustainability in everything we do and produce has become one of the most critical issues on the planet today. How we create, use and recycle various forms of energy is an important factor in that equation. In these Social Innovation Conversations educational podcasts, we present you with the latest thinking on global warming and climate change. Learn about breakthrough efforts on clean energy, biofuels, and energy efficiency. Hear what activists and entrepreneurs are doing to preserve endangered areas and ecospheres. Find out what you can do to adopt a green lifestyle and enhance environmental sustainability.
In these segments, Moira first speaks with Vijay Vaitheeswaran, author of Need, Spped, and Greed, on how the new rules of innovation can transform businesses, propel Nations to greatness, and tame the world's most wicked problems. She then speaks with a delegation from the UK's Clean and Cool Mission.
One of the great benefits of the ability to use mobile devices to accomplish many tasks is the ability to take control of your home. Author and developer Mike Riley discusses his book Programming Your Home. He reviews how one can interact with lighting, remotely monitor home security, and many other actions. He reviews the technical aspects of setting up both the sensors and mobile devices to take advantage of the technology. He also reviews specific examples and reviews how he used the Android in particular for his work.
How can a young nonprofit organization make a tangible improvement in people's health through clean water using only the power of gravity? This was the challenge for Daniel Smith and the AguaClara team when they began work to introduce community-level drinking water treatment plants in Honduras. In this audio interview, Sheela Sethuraman learns from the 2011 Intel Environment Award winners about the importance of using local resources and experts to encourage horizontal learning.
Dr. Moira Gunn learns more about the perspective of flows from Duke professor Adrian Bejan, author of Design in Nature.
Dr. Moira Gunn discusses generic drugs in the biotech space called biosimilars with Group Commercial Director for Eden BioDesign, Roger Lias.
As more household appliances can be controlled remotely, major companies are developing new ways for consumers to use their products. Jonathan Thompson discusses how General Electric uses the Nucleus Energy Manager to monitor and control power usage and cost. In addition to describing the Smart Energy Profile standard, he reviews how appliance and electricity usage is monitored, as well as how privacy issues in particular are controlled and considered in the manager.
Open Sen.se is a platform for experimenting with the interconnectivity of worldwide devices. Vahé Kassardjian, the company's co-founder gives an overview of the project, from its initial development to specific examples of its application. Describing the process as "going from the mental all the way to the metal", he shows how Open Sen.se is meant to do more than just track data and Vahé reviews how it can be implemented.
In this time of continued concern about the future of energy, technology specialists are looking for ways to better control how power is used in commercial buildings where people sometimes work twenty-four hours a day. Toby Considine, an expert on smart energy and Jon Udell discuss current activities to create an open source model that allows for better communications among the various technologies to develop a building automation system.
Dr. Moira Gunn talks with author and representative for the California 11th congressional district, Jerry McNeaney about his vision for a Clean Energy Nation.
Could it be that Defense takes the lead on climate change initiatives? An important DoD report cited climate change as a top national security concern. On this Future of Green Call, Daniel Kreeger explains how Defense is planning ways to avoid conflict over essential supplies such as clean water, resource consumption and keeping bases safe from predicted coastal flooding. Discussion also includes lessons learned from climate catastrophes and how to respond more quickly and efficiently to crisis.
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