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- Black & green: the new eco-warriors
- The legacy of activism and awareness that has been part of the African-American experience has found a familiar battlefront: planet Earth. Since the days of George Washington Carver, who in the late 1800s transformed the lowly peanut into a cash crop that saved the South, Black folks have been...
- Research articles 2008-07-01
- How Many [Fill in the Blank] Does It Take to Change ... ?
- Variations of this joke have been around for years. One version is: How many psychiatrists does it take to change a lightbulb? Answer: Only one, but the lightbulb has to really want to change. This month's cover article on government procurement fraud tackles an ongoing and frustrating problem for taxpayers....
- Research articles 2008-02-01
- Go fluorescent!
- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Go fluorescent! You may not make the A--list of green celebrities, but by using Energy Star-rated compact fluorescent bulbs in your home, you can lower your electric bill, change light-bulbs less frequently and yes, even improve life on this planet. Now there's a lightbulb moment. In...
- Research articles 2008-01-21
- Lighting up Africa
- The World Bank Group recently launched an initiative to provide modern lighting to the 250m people in sub-Saharan Africa who have no access to grid electricity. Jointly managed by the World Bank and IFC, Lighting Africa aims to develop market conditions for the supply and distribution of new lighting products,...
- Research articles 2007-11-01
- Hong Kong's green activists change Mickey's 'wasteful' lightbulbs
- HONG KONG AFP — Green campaigners invaded Hong Kong Disneyland's hotel Sunday and tried to change the lobby lightbulbs, in an effort to highlight what it says is the themepark's energy inefficiency. Greenpeace activists unfurled a banner reading "Mickey Harms the Global Climate" in the hotel lobby and changed...
- Research articles 2007-08-26
- British households may be given energy audits, Blair says
- LONDON AFP — British homes may be given individual energy audits in an effort to encourage them to reduce their contribution to global warming, Prime Minister Tony Blair said. Blair said he had started making an effort to "set an example" by installing low-energy lightbulbs at his Downing Street...
- Research articles 2006-08-06
- Other Recommended Reading
- Toolbox Success Through Failure by Henry Petroski The funny thing about perfection is that it requires a lot of mistakes. Edison's lightbulb, Darwin's finches, Apple's iPod battery--in each case, the identification and elimination of design flaws led to a better version 2.0. A professor of history and civil...
- Research articles 2006-04-01
- English Firm Leads Agencies in Thailand Advertising Contest.
- Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 27--UK-based Saatchi & Saatchi led all agencies at the 27th Top Advertising Contest of Thailand Tact Awards last night, including the gold medal for best creative ad. Saatchi & Saatchi won three...
- Research articles 2003-09-27
- Power of light. (Forum).(Letter to the Editor)
- I am haunted by Joe McNally's image on pages 30-31 [right]. I couldn't take my eyes off the hazy silhouette of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in the background. Who would have thought that background would be so dramatically altered from the time you produced ...
- Research articles 2002-02-01
- More Isn't Merrier When Answering a Simple Question
- The following came to for the people from a friend via the Internet in response to a piece on why it takes 16,787 liberals to screw in a lightbulb (see "What Can You Accomplish With 16,000 Liberals?" Aug. 21). This spin on the light-bulb joke is a bit different, though,...
- Research articles 2000-10-16
- Goat or gloat; A quick comparison of recent work by competing advertisers.(Chasers)(SonicWall)(Internet Security Systems)(Brief article)
- Company: SonicWall, Sunnyvale, Calif. Agency: Doremus, San Francisco Market: IT management Quick chase: A lightbulb is often used to suggest a moment of illumination or inspiration. But the headline for SonicWall describes its network security soluti Company: SonicWall, Sunnyvale, Calif. Agency: Doremus, San Francisco Market:...
- Research articles 2007-05-07
- Fiat more lux. (more light in lightbulbs) (Science and Technology)
- LIGHTBULBS and bright ideas go together, in cartoonists' minds if not quite often enough in reality. In the 112 years since Joseph Swan lit his incandescent lamp in Newcastle (or the 110 years since Thomas Edison displayed his in New Jersey), there h LIGHTBULBS and bright...
- Research articles 1990-08-18
- Lightbulbs 101: Philips enlightens consumers on energy efficiency. (Philips Lighting marketing campaign) (Brief Article)
- CHICAGO--Philips Lighting is attempting to untangle the web of confusion that surrounds the retail sale of energy-saving compact fluorescent lightbulbs. CHICAGO--Philips Lighting is attempting to untangle the web of confusion that surrounds the retail sale of energy-saving compact fluorescent lightbulbs.
- Research articles 1995-02-06
- How Many Lightbulbs Does it Take to Change the World? One. And You're Looking At It.
- Sitting humbly on shelves in stores everywhere is a product, priced at less than $3, that will change the world. Soon. It is a fairly ordinary item that nonetheless cuts to the heart of a half-dozen of the most profound, most urgent problems we face. Ener Sitting humbly on shelves...
- Research articles 2006-09-01
Additional Resources
- Puffed up: corporate advertising. (its influence on business customers, employees, and opinion-formers such as investors)
- A MAN'S hand reaches to turn on a General Electric lightbulb. A voice explains that this man, about to start work, invented the GE jet engine. That engine is flying a technician to an energy plant driven by a GE turbine, one powering a hospital where aA...
- Research articles 1998-03-21
- Philips: no more Osram claims.(Philips Lighting Co. sues Osram Sylvania due to its false claims about mercury dose in its fluorescent lamps)(Brief Article)
- NEW YORK FNS -- Lightbulb maker Osram Sylvania has agreed to stop making false claims about the mercury dose in its fluorescent lamps, according to Philips Lighting Co. NEW YORK FNS -- Lightbulb maker Osram Sylvania has agreed to stop making false claims about the...
- Research articles 1997-03-24
- Lighting the GE Way
- Contrary to popular lore, Thomas Edison didn't invent the first lightbulb. That was Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, a British chemist, physicist, and inventor. Edison simply came up with one that could burn for 600 hours instead of 40, making it the first commer Contrary to popular lore, Thomas Edison didn't...
- Research articles 2004-08-01
- BNET Dispatch: March 14, 2007
- The lightbulb as we know it may be gone from store shelves by 2016. A coalition of energy specialists, environmentalists and lighting manufacturers (including the largest, Philips Lighting) announced their intention to eliminate completely the incandescent light bulb and replace it with more efficient alternatives. GE, however, is not part...
- Blog posts 2007-03-14
- Book Excerpt: The Ups and Downs of Self-Teaching Business
- Over the next week I'll be posting some excerpts from My Start-Up Life which hits bookstores May 18th. Today's excerpt is from Chapter 4 and is about my self-teaching efforts.Fall 2001 was winding down. What a busy few months. I had learned a great deal about local government and my...
- Blog posts 2007-05-09
- HOA Powder Problem
- A condition that exists in some homeowner associations is called "Efflorescence," a term sometimes confused with "Fluorescence," as in the lightbulb. It is, in fact, a deposit that appears on the surface of stone or masonry, which is formed by the crystallization of soluble salts carried to the surface by...
- White papers 2006-07-26
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