Friday, May 9, 2008

Ten eco-innovators to watch

From Climate Change Corp:

From chemically recycled clothes to nanotech solar panels and jet fuel from algae, these companies are playing hardball with green technology. Zara Maung and Chris Bianchi report

With information communication technology advancing at lighting pace, companies such as Google tend to grab the headlines on innovation. But they are not the only ones doing great things.

All of these innovative companies have something in common. They took an essential industry, such as clothing, housing, or energy, turned it upside down and gave it a shake. They shook out wasted energy, extra costs and excess materials, and in many cases they created something that stands to revolutionise the industry....MORE