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Green news- Circularity meets consumer power in the tech repair fightThe interests of consumer rights groups and circularity advocates are intersecting in the right-to-repair movement, as tech brands rework products to satisfy new laws. The post Circularity meets consumer power in the tech repair fight appeared first on Trellis.
- Four more sustainability organizations targeted by Republican attorneys generalLegal scholars say the reasoning behind the complaints is weak — but that may not matter if the goal is to damage the organizations. The post Four more sustainability organizations targeted by Republican attorneys general appeared first on Trellis.
- P&G goes wide with a waterless, plastic-free Tide The consumer products giant's flagship laundry product will now be available nationwide as a six-layered fiber tile packaged in a recyclable cardboard box. The post P&G goes wide with a waterless, plastic-free Tide appeared first on Trellis.
- Why corporate investors should look to domestic companies for dividends Domestically-focused companies may offer compelling investment opportunities as globalization wanes. The post Why corporate investors should look to domestic companies for dividends appeared first on Trellis.
- A global trust crisisNew data show global companies are among the least-trusted institutions. The post A global trust crisis appeared first on Trellis.
- Circularity meets consumer power in the tech repair fight
Daily Archives: 22/04/2012
Home Solar Systems: Worth the Cost?
Humanity has acknowledged the power of the sun since prehistoric times, awed by the glowing orb whose presence creates day and whose absence plunges the world into darkness.
For all our advances in science and technology, most of the power from the sun still eludes us. NASA reports that we use only one ten-thousandth of the sun’s energy.
Photovoltaic (PV) solar electrical systems offer new and ever-changing ways to harness that energy. The term “photovoltaic” literally means light-electricity.
In 1839, French physicist Edmond Becquerel discovered that sunlight could produce an electric current. Another century would pass before scientists fully understood that this process happens at the atomic level. Albert Einstein’s only Nobel Prize was awarded for his work on the photoelectric effect. By 1958, the space program was using solar cells. Continue reading
Small enterprises: Shift to green economy underway, but not at full speed yet
According to the Eurobarometer survey on “SMEs, resource efficiency and green markets”, 37% of EU SMEs have at least one full or part-time green employee. Green jobs are largely created in SMEs as opposed to large firms: In 2012, 1 in 8 employees of small and medium-sized firms had a green job or almost 13% of all SME jobs.
In large firms it was only 1 in 33 equivalent to 3% of all large company jobs. Green jobs in SMEs are also estimated to expand dynamically with a rate of 35% in the next 2 years. Continue reading
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