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Recent blog posts
Verdafero featured in SJ Biz Journal "The Pitch"
Verdafero was featured in the February 5, 2010 edition of the Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal section on emerging start-up companies entitled "The Pitch". The cover photo featured CEO Merc Martinelli and COO Alastair Hood with the accompanying article giving an overview of the business plan 'pitch'.
Design + Innovation Center on Sustainability
On October 15th, 2009, Merc Martinelli, co-founder of Verdafero, moderated a speaker panel on sustainable design sponsored by the Santa Cruz Design+Innovation Center. The event was held at the Aquarius Meeting Room at the Dream Inn, in Santa Cruz, CA.
Speakers included:
Greening Point Sales & Promotion Agreement
Santa Cruz, CA. September 20, 2009 Greening Point, Inc. announced a sales and promotion agreement with Verdafero, Inc. who are certified to deliver the renowned SCORE™ and SParRK™ corporate sustainability workshops.
Green Software UnConference
Verdafero was proud to team with Green Star Solution to host the Green Software UnConference held at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA on Wednesday August 19th, 2009.
Barack Obama - Prosperity
"the choice we face is not between saving our environment and saving our economy. The choice we face is between prosperity and decline."
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/09/04/22/A-Choice-Between-Prosperity-and-Decline
Thomas Friedman - energy technology
"the next great global industry is going to be E.T., or energy technology based on clean power and energy efficiency."
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/opinion/18friedman.html
Thomas Edison - Solar Power
"I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait 'til oil and coal run out before we tackle that."
http://www.sustainablelivingdirectory.com/sustainability-quotes.php
Frank Lloyd Wright - Trees
"The best friend of earth of man is the tree. When we use the tree respectfully and economically, we have one of the greatest resources on the earth."
http://www.sustainablelivingdirectory.com/sustainability-quotes.php
Mikhall Gorbachev - education
"We need a new environmental consciousness on a global basis. To do this, we need to educate people."
http://www.sustainablelivingdirectory.com/sustainability-quotes.php
EDF - Fleet Efficiency
Simple behavioral "changes in (the use of) just one fleet vehicle can save up to... $700 (per year) in realated costs"
http://innovation.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=30617&redirect=greenfleet