Category: My Work
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Can Kenya Light the Way Toward a Clean-Energy Economy? — Smithsonian
Dozens of efforts are underway to aggressively expand Kenya’s electric power infrastructure and, in doing so, to “leapfrog” over fossil fuels toward a clean-energy economy.
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Made in China 2.0 — Selamta
A handful of “maker spaces” are bringing creative energy to the Chinese economy.
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Suit Up! Menswear for Women is Heating Up — Curve
Thanks to a handful of new companies, menswear is getting a gender-bending overhaul that could make it easier for many lesbians and trans men to find suits that fit and feel good.
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U.S. Fertilizer Business Booms on Cheap Natural Gas — Scientific American
After a nearly 30 year hiatus, ammonia plants are making a comeback in the U.S., thanks to low natural gas prices. In addition to recent safety concerns, the plants pose another problem. They don’t just make fertilizer; they also produce vast amounts of carbon dioxide.
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China’s Last Wild River — Outside
Travis Winn, a 29-year-old river guide based in Kunming, is working to bring people from China’s growing cities out to see the last remaining wild river in the country and, in doing so, martial their support for protecting it from a series of proposed dams
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Inventor’s Latest Project: A Cleantech Superlab — BusinessWeek
Necessity is the mother of invention, and Shawn Frayne, a serial inventor who cut his teeth designing for the developing world at MIT’s D-Lab program, is putting that hypothesis to the test through an emerging network of labs, known as the Ocean Invention Network.
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OSIsoft Case Study: UC San Diego’s Microgrid
I recently worked with the teams at OSIsoft and Sustainable Industries to publish a case study looking at the UC San Diego’s microgrid. Today, the campus produces 92% of its own energy. It’s striving to go further with a combination of new clean energy resources, additional on-site generation and storage, and innovative demand-reduction strategies.
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Bike the Sewer Tour: An Educational Saturday in the Mission
There are a lot of places to go for a weekend bike ride in and around San Francisco – stunning oceanside paths, family-filled Golden Gate Park, hilly city routes. But here’s one you might have missed: San Francisco’s combined sewer/storm-water system, one of the many recreational rides organized and led by volunteers and friends of…
Celeste LeCompte 