Chris of Green Building Law Update posted this interview with Ecobuild keynote speaker and current AIA President Marvin Malecha. Back in December, Kimberly Miller of Sensible City provided me with a press pass to EcoBuild, which is a fantastic event for those interested in discussing green building policy. At EcoBuild, I was able to interview [...]
Tree Sound, the Southeast’s largest recording studio which boasts acts such as Elton John, Ludacris and The Dave Matthews Band, was recently picked up by the AJC re: their local hurdles in getting approvals to install wind turbines above their Norcross building. AJC: The owner of a Norcross music recording studio has applied for permission to [...]
You can now download a completely new software from Promethean called ActivInspire. The new software represents the culmination of almost three years of effort by a dedicated team within Promethean – and it would not have happened without an immense amount of help from you. As well as a major functionality update, it is also [...]
Re:Vision Dallas, the competition which gives creative urban design and community development professionals around the world a solid chance at creating America’s first fully sustainable innercity block, is sweeping social media around the world. Find out about it at www.revision-dallas.com. Enter the competition at www.urbanrevision.com. In addition to Italy, Serbia, United Kingdom, Brazil, Russia and [...]
Any outfit that adheres to their mission to do good stands out in today’s world, and that’s what makes Green By Design outstanding. From the clean, friendly visual presentation to the Green By Design Shop of handpicked toys, gadgets, furniture and other products made sustainably, Green By Design gets it, does it and makes it [...]
Kate Shepard at Grist points out that green jobs evangelist and best-selling author Van Jones might be tapped as the “green jobs” czar. She picks up on a weekend post at Greendig citing “texts from two people close to Van Jones” reporting that he was confirmed in the position Friday. According to Greendig, the latest [...]
The Masdar Initiative is part of an ambitious plan to transform a resource-based economy–the third-largest exporter of oil in the world–into one based on knowledge and expertise. The name Masdar comes from the Arabic word for “source,” and the plan is to make Abu Dhabi the Silicon Valley of alternative energy: a source of talent, [...]
Jesse Fox of Sustainable City Blog writes this review of President Obama’s first State of the Union address delivered yesterday evening. I have to admit that I’m really impressed with President Obama. Not only does he seem like a genuine and real human being, more in touch with normal people than any of those other [...]
[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1268988892447834134&hl=en] Sensible City recently put together this montage of the coverage that Promethean’s products get in the classroom.
The Sensible City is spending this week in sunny Orlando, attending FETC. THE Journal brings us this report by Chris Reidel on the keynote address, delivered by Philippe Cousteau. In his opening keynote address at the FETC 2009 conference in Orlando, FL, Animal Planet chief ocean correspondent Philippe Cousteau proclaimed: “I have come to realize [...]
From PrometheanPlanet. Also, #tmbett09 is trending at #3 currently on Twitter. Hot stuff, and a great concept: Teachers teaching teachers to teach, facilitated by ed tech companies like Promethean. For many educators, the best thing about big education shows and conferences is not the new products and presentations, but what goes on in between the [...]
All Viewers Please Note: After 4.5 years acting as the agency of record for Promethean in North America, Sensible City withdrew its services as of September, 2009. Today we have signed on with PolyVision, makers of the eno interactive whiteboard. eno offers a lifetime guarantee and dozens of classroom specific features that you can get with no other provider. But [...]
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