While reading, I was constantly amazed by the way the glitterati of the time were entranced by Humboldt, who by all accounts simultaneously informed, impressed, bemused (and sometimes annoyed) anyone who came into contact with him.
Category: Sustainability
Posted inNetherlands
Atlanta Group to Lead Sustainable Business Mission to the Netherlands in May
The organizer of Atlanta Sustainable Fashion Week is leading a delegation to the Netherlands in May for a weeklong tour highlighting sustainable business practices.
Posted inFrance
France’s Former Energy Minister on Balancing Ecology and Economy in the Green Transition
Roland Lescure may no longer be France’s energy and industry minister, but the parliament member representing French citizens living in the U.S. and Canada is continuing to fight for policies that balance ecology and the economy.
Posted inSouth Korea
$1.45B Federal Loan to Back Second Georgia Solar Factory for South Korea’s Qcells
The Korean company helping lead a U.S. solar manufacturing renaissance from Georgia is set to receive a $1.45 billion federal loan to support its new factory in Cartersville. Hanwha Qcells […]
Posted inEconomic Development
Kemp: Georgia’s Electric Vehicle Success Driven by More Than Subsidies
To hear the Biden administration tell it, the Inflation Reduction Act is driving generational investment in clean energy and electric vehicles across the U.S. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who leads […]
Posted inAfrica
How Renewvia Is Powering Africa From Atlanta
Renewvia Energy’s executives never envisioned that a simple diversification play would end up spurring a transatlantic odyssey of investment and impact. Founded in 2008, the Atlanta-based solar contractor had a […]
Posted inSouth Korea
Qcells Supplier to Invest $147M to Build Out Solar Manufacturing Sector
Another branch of Korean chemicals, materials and renewable energy giant Hanwha is building new factory in Georgia to support the upcoming expansion of Qcells, a sister firm planning a $2.5 […]
Posted inSouth Korea
Korea’s Qcells to Invest $2.5B in Two New Georgia Facilities
Building out the largest solar module manufacturing plant in Dalton wasn’t enough to satisfy the ambitious goals in the U.S. market for Korean-owned solar giant Qcells. Encouraged by incentives in […]
Posted inGermany
Books 2022: The Rhine’s Return to Unpredictability
Book: The Conquest of Nature: Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany Author: David Blackbourn Reviewed by: Oliver Gorf, executive director, Goethe-Zentrum, Atlanta’s German Cultural Center Did you know […]
Posted inBooks
Books 2022: A Sweeping Novel Explores Carbon Coins as a Part of the Climate Fix
Book: The Ministry for the Future Author: Kim Stanley Robinson Review by: Jim Reed, president, YKK Corp. of America How will we save the planet from the ravages of climate […]