Today’s solar industry is stronger than ever. In Washington State, local installers and manufacturers are having record years. And, it could be even stronger. · Read More

I got up and wrote it down: “BGI is a life long learning community, nourishing personal transformation, to do good in the world.” · Read More

125 students from around the world came together in Stuttgart, Germany earlier this month to discuss global responsible leadership and integrity. BGI MBA students Amr Fouda and Stephanie Milbergs were there to participate. · Read More

For thousands of years we’ve farmed to eat, to produce fiber, and feed our livestock.  In the 20th century, we farmed for fuels, producing ethanol and diesel from farm commodities like corn and soybean.  Within the next few years, we could also ‘farm’ to fly – producing advanced aviation biofuels not from food crops, but farmed · Read More · Read More

Filed under: Agriculture, Clean Technology, Private Sector, Research, Washington The state of Washington has the ambition to be a major player in solving the energy and environmental challenges of the future.  Can we use our proximity and connections in the Pacific Rim to aid this effort?  Initiated by Washington’s private sector, the US-China Clean Energy Forum is · Read More · Read More

I attended Imagine Tomorrow, with hundreds of high school students coming to Pullman in a creativity contest related to energy.  I can only hope that we’ll be as creative in studying the feasibility for a virtual college of sustainability and the environment. Specifically, I’m hoping it advances our thinking regarding two issues of the skeptics – creating · Read More · Read More

Can Washington take a lead role in solving the issues surrounding climate change, developing renewable energy supplies, improving environmental quality, and developing sustainable buildings, materials, and communities? We certainly seem to have the political will. A few weeks ago, as my phone screen revealed oil prices approaching $100/barrel, I watched and listened to Seattle Mayor · Read More · Read More

Originally published in John’s Journal: Research and Development by the University of Missouri. Copyright 2006, Curators of the University of Missouri. Who would have thought a year ago that President George W. Bush’s State of the Union address would admit to our nation’s “addiction to oil” and mention agriculture – and even suggest switchgrass – · Read More · Read More