Clean Tech Features
Kelly Quintanilla
Thursday, September 03, 2009
Marie-Claire Camp shares a laugh in a relaxed atmosphere, now that the pressue of Pitch Night is gone. There are few things tougher than trying to pursuade a crowd of strangers to hand over their money, but Pitch Night helps to develop a good spiel -- and a thicker skin.
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George Heartwell
Thursday, January 22, 2009
The mayor has a vision to rebuild West Michigan's urban heart as one of the nation's great cities through youth, education, innovation, transit and sustainability.
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Mary Radigan
Thursday, January 15, 2009
How do you go green when your biggest waste product is leftovers and bones? Call Spurt Industries. That's what the Amway Grand Plaza and some of the city's top eateries did.
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Ivy Hughes and Chris McCarus
Thursday, October 09, 2008
Flat world prophet Thomas Friedman talks green revolution and innovation with Michigan’s economic and environmental leaders.
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Daniel Schoonmaker
Thursday, March 20, 2008
The Green Chauffeur, started by twenty-something entrepreneurs Stephen Knight and Zack Burkum, isn't the first cab company in America to employ gas-saving hybrid vehicles. But it's the first - and only - one in Grand Rapids. Who's your designated driver?
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Andy Dragt
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Tom Leonard
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Even in too often sun-starved West Michigan, solar energy can help electrify the power grid and reduce the region's dependence on fossil fuels. Tom Leonard reports from Rapid Growth's sustainability desk
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Andy Guy
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Skeptics say expanding Michigan's interest in wind, solar, and other green power technologies will drive up electricity costs, chase away new companies, kill jobs, and weaken the economy. Turns out the opposite is true.
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Andy Guy
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Kysha Frazier embodies many of the traits that define the creative people West Michigan needs to succeed in the 21st century. She's young, motivated, deeply involved in community affairs, and originally from another a state. She sat down to field a few questions from Rapid Growth.
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Tom Leonard
Thursday, September 27, 2007
The growing interest in green roofs is not only helping to lower building maintenance costs, protect water quality, and combat climate change. It's also generating jobs and launching new business opportunities for one West Michigan company
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