Spencer Ahrens, a 23-year-old mechanical engineer, was on MIT’s campus last week, holding a wooden plank, surrounded by onlookers.Slowly, he turned that wooden plank before a series of mirrors that had been placed inside an aluminum frame, until the wood caught fire.That was quite a moment, recalled Matthew Ritter, one of the onlookers.
“Let’s just say it was a small combustion for wood materials, but a giant explosion of solar energy,” he said.
In a Nova episode from April 2007, the successful business model of SunEdison is described by founder Jigar Shah. They own and maintain the panels, and sell the power to the business at below retail power rates. SunEdison has become the largest solar energy services provider for North America (currently 25MW), providing solar-generated energy at or below current retail utility rates with no capital investment, for commercial and government applications.
Can’t wait for Citizenre to make take this concept to an entirely different level… Go Ecopreneurs!!!
A beautiful video about gratefulness. A wonderful way to start or end your day.
This video, narrated by Brother David Steindl-Rast, a highly-respected Benedictine monk, author and spiritual leader, is a BLESSING to all those with “eyes to see and ears to hear.” Look, listen and be inspired by this powerful message on grateful living
When it comes to Citizenre and the Ecopreneur program one of the most important things to incorporate is to just be yourself. We a have a mission that is not about sales. It is about providing information on the most exciting energy shift of our generation. We are giving power back to the people. Speak with your own voice, and your passion and you will find the sky will open up and the SUN will shine in… pun intended. This inspirational speaker lends a real and professonal approch to understanding the dynamics of working with people. I hope you find value in Keith’s words and style.
In-Joy,
Bruce
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Keith Ferrazzi: How to Avoid Becoming a Networking Jerk
Success is rarely a solo accomplishment. The author of “Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time” shows you how to eliminate artificial boundaries between personal and professional relationships. Building on a foundation of intimacy and generosity, you can strengthen all your relationships and build a community that can help you reach your most ambitious goals. Keith Ferrazzi, one of the world’s most “connected” individuals, talks about: How to have real relationships in your professional life; How to warm a cold call; Finding time to build relationships;Opening yourself to others’ generosity.
Keith Ferrazzi is one of the rare individuals to discover the essential formula for making his way to the top through a powerful, balanced combination of marketing acumen and relationship building. He was the youngest chief marketing officer of a Fortune 500 company and is recognized as a top business leader by Crain’s Business and the World Economic Forum. Keith holds degrees from Yale University and Harvard Business School.
In this video I am talking about the Earth Day Nantucket 2008 Celebration with Energy Independence Today and the paradigm shift The Citizenre Corporation is making in the solar energy industry. With all the news of increasing electricity prices and dramatic world wide increase in demand, many have been looking for a better, greener solution. Now a better solution is available!
It is critical that we as a nation upgrade to solar power now!
Imagine our country moving toward energy independence with benefits so deep it will change the environmental, economic and political landscape. It is crucial that we as humans evolve into the stewards of this planet and look after the quality of all life and species… we are the only species who can.
It is important to focus on solutions and get away from the “gloom and doom” of global warming. Our generation has the potential of providing the heroes of our time. The climate crisis at hand will bring out the best in all of us!
Let’s rise to the occasion, find ways to be inclusive of each others beliefs, and have a good time doing it!
As an added bonus, below is the interview on the local television station about Earth Day and Citizenre:
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. - Eleanor Roosevelt
In-joy,
Bruce….
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Have you ever stared into the rain
Thought the clouds would never disappear
Have you ever screamed out into the dark
Thinking no one else could hear
I was leaving footprints tainted by my past
On this winding road to you
I’d lost my faith in love
Tonight i believe again
My Heart was a broken place
Now i feel whole again
You bring my honesty
And that’s worth believing in
and i believe
I believe again
Have you ever spun out of control
Like you never saw the road ahead
Have you ever just kept looking back
Ever closer to the edge
I was praying for the light i see in your eyes
I had all but given up
I’d lost my faith in love
Tonight i believe again
My Heart was a broken place
Now i feel whole again
You bring my honesty
And that’s worth believing in
and i believe
I believe again
I believe the impossible is possible to overcome
I believe in miricles
Born from love in everyone
I’d lost my faith in love
Tonight i believe again
My Heart was a broken place
Now i feel whole again
You bring my honesty
And that’s worth believing in
and i believe
I believe again
I would like to draw your attention to a term called “Open-source.” Most of you that are familiar with the term think of the collaboration and cooperation that is part of software development. It has been a MAJOR player in the development of our current software and hardware computer technologies. It has now evolved into much, much more than that. We have shifted into a time where “people” (collective masses) now have more power than the giant corporations… through collaboration and synergies.
What I would like to submit to you, is that an amazing new company has utilized this concept of “Open-source” to bring about a paradigm SHIFT in the energy industry through decentralized cooperation and collaboration. We are talking about a group of passionate and caring individuals that are dedicated to a mission much greater than themselves. Why? Is it the money? Is it the fame? ……… or is it to be part of something that has the POTENTIAL to SHIFT our experience of business as usual on it’s head. Could it be a worth the risk of time and personal energy to contribute toward part of the solution for the biggest challenge of our time? Both economically and environmentally?
We are on an adventure… if it were easy, it would not be called an adventure. If there were no challenges there would be no learning. We are breaking ground with not only a business that has not been done before… but even more importantly, with a collective energy of people that will rival the likes of Google, Wikipedia, and SETI. Citizenre will become not only a household name… it will become “THE” company to emulate in the new “green” age. Life is not an accident. Everything has it’s ultimate purpose and each and everyone of us has a part to play.
I am very happy to be part of this process and find the process a joy. Sure results are what counts in the end… but the end is not all it is cracked up to be…. Smelling the roses along the way, while not being to worried about a few thorns, makes for a happy solar traveler…
I would like to share three videos with you to illustrate these points… hope you enjoy them and find inspiration in them.
“How we handle global, environmental, questions is not just going to save humanity but it is also going to define humanity.” -T.A. Barron (The Day the Stones Walked
“It is so important to reach out to them (children) and teach and talk about nature and global warming… it is the most interesting audiance there is.” = Jean Craighead George. -an award-winning author and illustrator. (My Side of the Mountain
“I don’t think of myself as a visionary… I think of myself as a dedecated environmentalist who has a job to do, understands that job, loves the work, loves nature, loves the values that are incorporated in here (NRDC) and who has been very lucky” -John H. Adam">/0.jpg" alt="YouTube Preview Image" />
“The environment is not something you drive to, or a once every year visit to a national park. The environment is the air you breathe and the water you drink. Environmentalism is the protection of those basic things. That is the accurate definition… and that makes us all environmentalists that now face THE most urgent challenge of our lifetimes… Global Warming.” -Laurie David
America is facing critical choices about its energy future; how do we fulfill our energy needs AND combat global warming? The coal industry wants to turn coal into a liquid transportation fuel. But liquid coal would have devastating impacts on our economy, our communities and our environment.
Citizenre is part of the new wave of ‘GREEN’ economies… and it is happening on a global scale. Just like the Climate Changes…
“Increasingly, combating climate change is being perceived as an opportunity rather than a burden and a path to a new kind of prosperity as opposed to a brake on profits and employment.”
United Nations - More and more companies are embracing environmentally-friendly policies and investors are pumping hundreds of billions of dollars into cleaner and renewable energies, according to a new publication released today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
While the impacts of climate change range from the melting of permafrost and glaciers to extreme weather events, UNEP’s Year Book 2008 shows that it is also causing a shift in the mind-sets, policies and actions of leaders of governments, companies and the UN itself.
Most important, leaders can conceive and articulate goals that lift people out of their petty preoccupations and unite them in pursuit of objectives worthy of their best efforts. — John Gardner
SolarEnurgy.net is powered completely by solar, wind and renewable energy to the tune of 130% of the data center power consumption, so we're not only neutralizing our carbon footprint, but also pumping an extra 30% of green energy back into the power grid! A light footprint.
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Smelling the roses along the way, while not being to worried about a few thorns, makes for a happy solar traveler… 
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