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Archive for September, 2005

More clean tech funds

A couple of more clean tech fund links:

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Setting up a Rails Development Environment Using Eclipse

I fond some instructions on how to set up a ruby on rails development environment using Eclipse. These instructions are not hard to convert to Mac OS X . The only problems I had were:

  • I was using Eclipse 3.1 and the menu options were a little different
  • /usr/bin/ruby and /usr/bin/rails instead of c:\blah
  • I used
    http://rubyeclipse.sourceforge.net/builds/release/0.6.0/updateSite/

    for the updatesite URL because 0.5.0 is not compatible with Eclipse 3.1

Make sure you’re on a reliable connection, as the download takes a while.

HOWTO - Setting up a Rails Development Environment on Windows Using Eclipse

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Lube with shrooms for your chainsaw

Ok dad, and all you other chainsaw-wielding treehuggers: (Yes, some trees can be cut down for the health of the forest) What if your chainsaw was lubed with Mushroom Spores so that when you cut down the tree: 1) the stump decomoses faster and 2) you might be able to eat the mushrooms! Check out: Treehugger: MycoSpored Oil - Death by a Million Mushrooms

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San Diego looks north for help marketing recycled water

This article describes how San Diego deals with its problems marketing reclaimed wastewater:


San Diego Union Tribune
SD looks north for help marketing recycled water
San Diego Union Tribune, United States -Sep 12, 2005
"They had a water-quality track record," said John Ruetten, an environmental marketing consultant with Resource Trends Inc. in Escondido.

[Google Search: "environmental marketing"]

Apparently it’s a big problem, what is good scientifically is not perceived as a good by the public.

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Investment Firm Seeking REC Proposals

Investment Firm Seeking REC Proposals:
RNK Capital LLC, a manager of environmental investments, announced that it is seeking to invest $25 million in the U.S. renewable energy and energy efficiency market and is inviting interested parties to submit an Expression of Interest. The company hopes to receive offers for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects that will result in renewable energy certificates, SO2 emissions allowances, NOX emissions allowances, or other environmental attributes. RNK Capital will consider either buying credits and allowances generated by projects, or providing debt financing for project development. Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a first-come-first-served basis.

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Clean tech investing to hit $1.5 billion this year

Clean tech investing to hit $1.5 billion this year

Venture capitalists sunk $369 million into start-ups promoting alternative energy and products that leave less of a dent on the environment during the second quarter, according to the CleanTech Venture Network

The article notes that alternative energy is most heavily invested in but up and coming is also water purification and treatment. Hmmm.. a tech boom that is also good for the environment? Is it possible?

(Via CNET News.com)

Developer.com - Retrieving Map Location Coordinates

Hey great! Someone explains how to convert an address to a lat/long (called geocoding) for google maps. ‘Retrieving Map Location Coordinates’. This article shows readers how to take advantage of geocoder.us and the PHP 5 SOAP extension to retrieve coordinates.

(Via Google Maps Mania.)