“For centuries before Google, MIT, and IDEO, modern hotbeds of innovation, we struggled to explain any kind of creation, from the universe itself to the multitudes of ideas around us. While we can make atomic bombs, and dry-clean silk ties, we still don't have satisfying answers for simple questions like: Where do songs come from? Are there an infinite variety of possible kinds of cheese? How did Shakespeare and Stephen King invent so much, while we're satisfied watching sitcom reruns? Our popular answers have been unconvincing, enabling misleading, fantasy-laden myths to grow strong.” KindHas BeensStillsIdeasSongUniverseStrongGrowsSimpleAnswersFantasyModernCenturyCreationKingsInnovationInfiniteCleanMythSatisfiedVarietyTiesDryBombsSatisfyingCheeseGoogleMultitudesMisleadSilkSitcomEnablingAtomic BombMitReruns Author:Scott Berkun
“Setting an aggressive enough carbon-reduction goal will result in an appropriate price for carbon and will help many a renewable technology. Consumer education will help. Most importantly, though, will be the continually declining cost trajectory of the real breakthrough in clean-technology costs driven by research and innovation. In the end, private capital is the real barometer of change.” RealEndsEnoughHelpingGoalResultsTechnologyCostResearchInnovationCleanDrivenSettingSettingsConsumersAppropriateAggressiveCarbonBreakthroughReductionTrajectoryBarometerResearch And Innovation Author:Vinod Khosla
“Cleanliness and sanitation were closest to Gandhiji's heart. We will launch a 'Clean India' campaign and by Gandhiji's 150th birth anniversary, all schools in the country should have toilets with separate toilets for girls.” ShouldHeartCountrySchoolGirlBirthShould HaveIndiaInnovationCleanCampaignsClosestToiletsCleanlinessSanitationGandhiji Author:Narendra Modi
“We need to do for clean energy what Kennedy did for space in the original Apollo Project: Set a bold vision that will light the fires of innovation and make a game-changing shift in how we use and produce energy. And nothing less is adequate.” NeedsUseLightGamesEnergySpaceVisionFireProduceProjectsInnovationOriginalsCleanAdequateApolloClean Energy Author:Jay Inslee
“Building a smarter grid has long been a key part of our government's plan to modernize our energy infrastructure and provide clean, reliable affordable power to consumers. By supporting Ryerson's Centre for Urban Energy we are building a whole new landscape for innovations that will be the backbone for our energy system for future generations.” LongWholeGovernmentEnergyPlansGenerationsBuildingKeysInnovationCleanConsumersLandscapeSmarterUrbanCentreInfrastructureFuture GenerationAffordableBackboneGrids Author:Bob Chiarelli
“If we can come up with innovations and train young people to take on new jobs, and if we can switch to clean energy, I think we have the capacity to build this world not dependent on fossil-fuel. I think it will happen, and it won't destroy economy.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldHappensJobsYoungEnergyEconomyThis WorldCapacityInnovationTrainCleanCome UpFuelDependentFossilsFossil FuelNew JobClean Energy Author:Kofi Annan
“That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.” ThinkingEndsHardInspirationMovingChangeSimpleInspiringInterestingFocusHard WorkMountainHarderInnovationEntrepreneurCleanComplexesSimplicityFocusedLife ChangingComplexityChanging The WorldWorth ItEnd Of The WorldGreat WorkMaking ChangesInventorSimplifyStay FocusedMantrasGreat SuccessBest JobHard LifeMove MountainsImportant JobsDifferent JobsWorking LifeComplex SystemsLife Has ChangedThink DifferentKeep It SimpleSimplicity In DesignSuccess MantraBusiness ChangeInspiring ChangePositive FocusSelf InspirationalSimplifying LifeSimplicity In ArtWorking For A LivingFocus In BusinessCrazy InspirationalSimple And ComplexGreat InventorsFocus In LifeSimple ThoughtsThinking Hard Author:Steve Jobs
“I want us to invest in your future. That means jobs in infrastructure, in advanced manufacturing, innovation and technology, clean, renewable energy, and small business, because most of the new jobs will come from small business.” WantMeanJobsEnergyTechnologyInnovationCleanOur FutureSmall BusinessInfrastructureYour FutureWant UManufacturingRenewable EnergyNew Job Author:Hillary Clinton
“I am going to bring back infrastructure jobs, advanced manufacturing jobs, clean renewable energy jobs, innovation, technology, small business.” JobsEnergyTechnologyInnovationCleanSmall BusinessInfrastructureManufacturingRenewable Energy Author:Hillary Clinton
“The government also has to get the public rules right. That means putting a price on carbon, so the cleaner forms of energy become more competitive. As soon as that happens, a tidal wave of new capital, innovation and entrepreneurship will flood into the clean energy space - creating new jobs and opportunities for Americans of all walks of life. We did that for the internet, with public investments in the basic system through the Pentagon, followed by rules that encouraged innovation and competition. And that is why the internet took off in the United States first.” FirstsMeanStatesGovernmentHappensJobsFormOpportunityEnergySpaceWalksUnitedUnited StatesInternetCreatingInnovationCompetitionCleanInvestmentWaveEntrepreneurshipFloodCarbonCleanersNew JobPentagonWalks Of LifeClean EnergyTidal Waves Author:Van Jones
“We are trying to reinvigorate our stagnant energy sector, to create avenues for new wealth. Clean energy innovation, job creation and energy independence should be common ground for all Americans.” ShouldTryingJobsEnergyWealthCommonCreationInnovationIndependenceCleanAvenuesStagnantCommon GroundClean EnergyJob CreationEnergy Independence Author:Van Jones
“Of course the issue of ending war, and creating prosperity; they're overarching issues all the time. But right now, the challenge to this generation I believe is the climate crisis. It's a national security issue, it's a health issue in terms of clean air, it's a competitiveness issue in terms of innovation and it's a moral issue to preserve the planet for the next generation.” BelieveWarCoursesNextI BelieveTermChallengesMoralIssuesGenerationsAirSecurityPlanetsRight NowCreatingInnovationCrisisCleanClimateProsperityPreservesNational SecurityNext GenerationThis GenerationCompetitivenessMoral IssuesHealth IssuesClean Air Author:Nancy Pelosi
“We have this highly irrational system of incentivizing innovation for clean and green technologies, where we allow the innovator to have a temporary monopoly and then mark up the price of the product or sell licenses at high prices to those who want to use the kind of product that the innovator has invented. This system is collectively irrational because many people, to avoid the inflated prices of still-patented cleaner and greener technologies, opt for some older technology that is much more polluting.” PeopleWantKindStillsUseTechnologyProductsMarkInnovationGreenSellsCleanTemporaryIrrationalLicenseMonopolyCleanersInnovatorsGreenerHigh PricesLicensesGreen Technology Author:Thomas Pogge
“Furthermore, we believe that health care reform, again I said at the beginning of my remarks, that we sent the three pillars that the President's economic stabilization and job creation initiatives were education and innovation - innovation begins in the classroom - clean energy and climate, addressing the climate issues in an innovative way to keep us number one and competitive in the world with the new technology, and the third, first among equals I may say, is health care, health insurance reform.” WorldWayFirstsBelieveMaySaidCareJobsThreeEnergyPresidentNumbersTechnologyIssuesEconomicCreationThirdsInnovationCleanClimateReformHealth CareClassroomInitiativeInnovativeRemarksPillarsNew TechnologyClean EnergyJob CreationHealth Care Reform Author:Nancy Pelosi
“One of the challenges of innovation is figuring out how to wipe your mind clean about what you should be doing at any given moment, and not having a religious attachment to what's gotten you there thus far.” ShouldMindMomentsGivenChallengesReligiousInnovationCleanLimitationAttachmentWipeConstraints Author:Andrew Mason
“The American economy has always been the innovator in the world, and we're starting to see some tremendous increases in innovation, especially in the clean energy sector.” WorldEnergyEconomyIncreaseInnovationCleanStartingInnovatorsClean EnergyAmerican Economy Author:Tim Kaine