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Skull Girls is a game we've been keeping a quiet eye on for a while now here. And with good reason. It looks great!
With development being led by ex-Pandemic developer and fighting game expert Mike "Mike Z" Zaimont, along with artist Alex Ahad, Skull Girls is an all-girl fighting game due out on Xbox 360 and PS3 sometime this Summer.
While all we've had to go on previously has been some rough alpha footage, this clip here constitutes the real deal, as its Skull Girls' first official trailer.
Surely Arcana Heart fans will be among the first to check it out, but this looks a lot less...pink (and is a lot more stylish), so hopefully it appeals to more than that dedicated little niche.


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2010 Speaker Bios
View our 2010 Program Sessions and Schedule
The following exceptional speakers addressed the 2010 educational tracks at West Coast Green. We are currently in development for our 2011 conference. See our 2010 presenters to understand the breadth and depth of the discussions we design.
Gregg Ander
Chief Architect, Southern California Edison
Gregg Ander is the Chief Architect for the Customer Service Business Unit of Southern California Edison. He is the manager of SCE's Design and Engineering Services, of which the RTTC is an integral part. He is the author of over 65 technical and design related articles and was the executive producer of four "Environmental Showcase" television programs for NBC.
Joe Anzalone
Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking Group Manager, New Resource Bank
Joe has broad expertise in operating, advising and financing emerging-growth technology companies. He founded Allegiant Ventures, a technology venture fund, and was president and COO of MediaG3, a broadband wireless provider. He also has substantial banking experience, including 15 years at Silicon Valley Bank in a variety of executive positions
Allison Arieff
Columnist, New York Times
Alison writes, lectures, and consults about architecture, design and sustainability. She grows 20 different vegetables on her urban "farm" in San Francisco.
Jared Asch
National Director, Efficiency First
Jared has worked for 6 U.S. Senators, 3 presidential campaigns and several Members of the Congress and the Florida Legislature. He just completed his first Iron Man and teaches at UC Berkeley.
Panama Bartholomy
Advisor to Commissioner Douglas, California Energy Commission
Panama is an advisor to Commisioner Karen Douglas of the California Energy Commission on topics including Green building, land use, climate change, renewable energy, transmission and biofuels policy. He drives a biodiesel powered car and tries to play Mandolin.
David Bartlett
VP, Industry Solutions, IBM
David Bartlett leads the development of global industry solutions for a Smarter Planet. Dave is responsible for the architecture, design, and implementation of industry focused solutions that include: Smarter Buildings, Cities, Healthcare, Transport, Chemicals & Petroleum, Telco, and Banking as well as Smart Grid and Smart Water.
Ray Bell
President & CEO, Gridnet
Tim Block
Program Manager, The Home Depot Foundation
Tim Block joined The Home Depot Foundation in January 2008 as Program Manager. The Home Depot Foundation was created in 2002 as a public charity and focuses grant support to organizations that build affordable, efficient and healthy homes while promoting sustainability. On a daily basis, Tim oversees much of The Home Depot Foundation's grantee work and affordable housing initiatives. He has extensive experience in the affordable housing and community development fields and has worked with many of Foundation's national affordable housing partners.
Jon Bonanno
CIO, Sustainable Power Assets (SPA)
Chairman of the Board of Directors & Co-Founder, Principle Power
Chairman & Member, Keiretsu Forum's Cleantech Investment Committee
Mr. Bonanno began Sustainable Power Assets (SPA) in 2010 to focus on sourcing, advising, building, owning, selling and operating renewable energy assets. Primarily focused on solar, SPA works with development partners in the US and Europe to bring smart capital to bear on the deployment of qualified projects.
Sherry Boschert
EV Expert and Author, Plug In America
Co-founder of Plug In America, Boschert is the editor of "Charged Up & Ready To Roll: The Definitive Guide To Plug-in Electric Vehicles" and author of the book "Plug-in Hybrids: The Cars That Will Recharge America." The San Francisco Chronicle named her one of the nation's top green leaders in 2009.
Adam Boucher
Founder & CEO, Adam Capital Inc.
Adam Boucher is CEO and Founder of Adam Capital Inc., a private investment fund that has pioneered Senior Secured Debt as a strategy to invest in clean energy projects. Boucher provides leadership in all operations, investor relations, and fund management. He represents a new generation of fund manager, with a personal resolve to triple bottom line returns.
Alan Bright
Senior Vice President & Design Principal, HOK
Recognized for excellence in design and leadership in sustainable buildings and communities throughout the United States, Asia and Europe, with emphasis on an integrated design approach.Recent focus has been on the development of a prototype study for affordable,large scale, Net Zero commercial office buildings.
Clark Brockman
Associate Principal, Director of Sustainability Resources Group, SERA Architects
Clark is involved with almost all of SERA's LEED projects and all of the firm's Living Building projects. He traveled to China in March of 2008 to conduct multiple green building workshops on a US Dept of Energy grant and was a judge for the USGBC's first annual Living Building Challenge competition at Greenbuild 2007.
Gail Brownell
Environmental Engineer, Efficiency First
After working as environmental and sustainability manager at Hewlett Packard and Agilent Technologies, Gail has become involved in the home performance energy efficiency retrofit industry. Gail is an environmental engineer/MBA, BPI Building Analyst, CA HERS rater and Green Points Advisor. Gail worked with Recurve (formerly Sustainable Spaces), and is supporting Efficiency First in several roles.
Carrie Meinberg Burke
Principal/Designer, CMB Architecture + Industrial Design
Architect, industrial designer, and lecturer, Carrie Meinberg Burke's design methodology integrates analysis/synthesis to generate sustainable form. She received a Masters degree from Yale, is lead designer for an LBC residence, and NSF grant recipient. She is launching a joint practice with Kevin Burke, collaborator on "Timepiece" and Berkeley Esherick Professorship. www.cmburke.com
Jeff Burkland
Financial Modeling Expert
As a part-time CFO for startups, Mr. Burkland brings over 15 years of strategic and tactical financial management experience. Adept in business plan development, fund raising, financial modeling, management reviews, exec team strategic planning, and process improvement, Mr. Burkland has shaped and managed the financial function for numerous companies.
Chloe Byruck
Principal, Ecotone Designs
Chloe has worked as an architect and a construction manager and is now excited to be exploring the marketing field at West Coast Green. Fascinated by the diversity of the human experience, she is dedicated to solving complex problems through cross-cultural connections.
Josiah Cain
Principal, Design Ecology
Director of Sustainable Design at UCB Extension and CoFounder of Design Ecology, Josiah has been greening major projects for over 18 years. His synthesis of design, technology, and environment to optimize building and infrastructure performance has been featured at Cascadia, Dwell, Esalen, Harvard, Sunset Magazine, HGTV, and the NY Times.
Jordana Cammarata
Commercial Analyst, CPUC
Jordana Cammarata is involved in the oversight of the commercial energy efficiency programs for existing buildings and new construction. She is also engaged with the implementation of the California Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan, and recently launched a Zero Net Energy (ZNE) Action Plan for the Commercial Sector. She holds an MPP from the University of Southern California (USC).
Caroline Casey
Host of radio show, "The Visionary Activist", KPFA
Caroline W.Casey is the daughter of a Congressman and grew up in DC, where she has been the producer and host of "The Visionary Activist Show" on the Pacifica Radio Network for over 14 years. She studied with Joseph Campbell, and is a popular keynote speaker at social change conferences with her unique blend of mythology, politics, and playful approach to creating a more ingenious culture.
Valerie Casey
Founder & Executive Director, Designers Accord
Valerie is a globally recognized designer and innovator. She works with organizations on challenges ranging from creating new products and services, to transforming organizational processes and behaviors. Valerie founded the Designers Accord, the global coalition of designers, educators and business leaders focused on creating positive social and environmental impact.
Catherine Chiu
Principal, Falcon Group
Catherine Chiu is a finance specialist with investment banking, venture capital, and angel investment experience. She provides strategic finance advisory services to growth-oriented companies.Cathy has completed equity and debt financing ranging from $5 mm to $150 mm. She has closed mergers, acquisitions, and sales of companies from $5 mm to over $1 bn. Cathy is also an active angel investor.
Theresa Cho
Chief of Staff, Office of Commissioner Grueneich, California Public Utilities Commission
Theresa is an attorney with extensive experience in energy regulatory matters and transactions, including on electricity sales and performance contracts. At the CPUC, she focuses on policies and programs to promote energy efficiency and other clean energy issues. Ms. Cho played a key role in the CPUC's Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan.
Drew Clark
Director of Sustainability, IBM Venture Capital Group
Drew is co-founder of & strategist for IBM's global venture capital group. He is also a top strategist for many of IBM's key business imperatives in the Energy & Environment space, including smart grid, smart buildings, and advanced water management. He works closely with the global venture capital community across multiple IBM brands and industry units to help drive new business opportunities.
Amy Skoczlas Cole
Director, eBay Green Team
Amy has worked at the nexus of business and sustainability for 15 years. As a thought leader in embedding authentic corporate responsibility programs into business operations, Amy has advised dozens of Fortune 500 companies. Her expertise covers a myriad of CSR issues, including greening operations, engaging customers/employees in environmental efforts and partnering with stakeholder communities.
Will Coleman
Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures
Will Coleman is a partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures (MDV) focusing on energy and cleantech investing. Prior to MDV, Will worked in Washington, DC as a legislative director for a renewables coalition building state and federal level coalitions to support renewable energy legislation, and as a consultant to private equity and project finance clients focusing on the energy sector.
Robin Connell
Manager of Sustainability Programs, DelMonte Foods
In 2008 Robin achieved her M.B.A. in Sustainable Management from the Presidio Graduate School. She previously received her B.A. in Environmental Studies from the University of Santa Barbara with a focus on Sustainable Urban Development.
Tom Cooper
Corporate Water Programs Manager, Intel Corporation
Tom is responsible for Intel's water policy and strategies as well as sustainable water and wastewater program development and related water conservation initiatives. He has over 25 years of experience in EHS programs with major industrial corporations/institutions including Lockheed-Martin, GE, PG&E, NASA-Ames Research Center and Chemical Waste Management.
Jana Corey
Director, Integrated Demand-side Management Policy Planning (IDSM), PG&E
Jana Corey is Director of IDSM Policy Planning, the team responsible for providing strategic direction to PG&E's growing portfolio of customer offerings. Previously, Ms. Corey led PG&E's efforts to lay the business, policy, and technical foundations for future automated energy management offerings and served as Director of PG&E's SmartMeter program.
Mathias Crawford
Research Manager, Institute for the Future
Mathias is a Research Manager at the Institute for the Future, where he worked with game designer Jane McGonigal to built the Foresight Engine: IFTF's platform for massively social thought experiments that address provocative scenarios about the future.
Dimitri Dadiomov
Better Place
Doug Davis
Vice President, Intel Architecture Group
General Manager, Embedded and Communications Group
Doug Davis serves as vice president of Intel Architecture Group & general manager of the Embedded and Communications Group. In this role he is responsible for growing Intel's business in a broad range of embedded market segments and helps deliver a range of embedded processor products to a variety of customers.
Anne Dougherty
Project Manager, Opinion Dynamics
Anne Dougherty is a Project Manager with Opinion Dynamics specializing in behavioral research in energy. She applies qualitative and quantitative market research including market segmentation, behavioral modeling, and ethnographic research techniques. Ms. Dougherty holds a M.A. in the Social Sciences from the University of Chicago and a B.A. in Sociology and Anthropology from Antioch College.
Brian Duggan
Director of Thought Leadership Programs, West Coast Green
Brian Duggan helps organizations with a focus on sustainability to build lasting alliances via sponsorship and thought leadership programs. As Principal in Teamwork Promotions, he has served a number of leading organizations including Eco Expo, Fast Company, Harvard Business School Publishing, and Federated Media.
Ann Edminster
Green Building Consultant, Design AVEnues
Ann Edminster is an international expert on green building and a principal author of LEED for Homes. Her new book, Energy Free: Homes for a Small Planet, offers guidance on net-zero energy design. An acclaimed teacher and facilitator, she advises builders, developers, manufacturers, architects, utilities, public agencies, entrepreneurs, and non-profits.
Anthony Eggert
CA Energy Commissioner
Anthony Eggert was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in January 2010 and fills the Environmentalist position on the five-member Commission. Currently, Commissioner Eggert serves as Presiding Member of the Efficiency Committee and as Associate Member on the Transportation Committee, AB 32 Implementation (Ad Hoc Committee) and the Federal Stimulus Program (Ad Hoc Committee).
Eric Eidlin
Sustainable Communities Partnership Liaison, Federal Transit Administration (USDOT)
Eric provides financial and planning assistance to transit agencies in the Bay Area, and manages FTA's Tribal Transit Program for federal Region 9. Previously, Eric worked as an urban design consultant. Eric holds a master's degree in urban design from the University of Toronto and a master's degree in urban planning from UCLA.
Stephen Engler
Director, Energy & Resources, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Steve is a director in Deloitte & Touche's Sustainability and Climate Change practice with over 19 years of experience in various engineering, operations and consultative roles. He serves as the leader of the US Carbon Management Services group, which delivers carbon reporting, compliance and risk management services to clients under the various emerging North American regulatory and legislative schemes.
Lara Ettenson
Director, CA Energy Efficiency Policy, Natural Resources Defense Council
Lara Ettenson's main task is to work collaboratively with utilities and other stakeholders to ensure that all California utilities comply with state efficiency laws and policies, and continue to be models for other states. Lara holds a Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University-SIPA.
Rory Faber
CEO, Stramit USA
Rory makes green strawboard building panels with better insulation and higher strength properties to replace gypsum based sheet rock.
Larry Farris
Investment and Loan Operations, Adam Capital Inc.
Larry Farris oversees loan and investment operations for Adam Capital Inc. Farris has more than 15 years experience in solving complex business and financing challenges. He received a BS in Management from Linfield College and brings much needed humor and passsion to clean energy project finance.
Tian Feng
District Architect, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Tian is the founder/chief editor of Transit Sustainability Practice Compendium and the chair of Transit Sustainability Standards for the American Public Transportation Association. His work on BART Facilities Standards was the first of its kind in transit system design and construction to incorporate sustainability principles and requirements holistically from planning to operations.
Prudence Ferreira
CEO, Integral Impact Inc.
Prudence Ferreira, CEO of Integral Impact Inc, is a green building and energy consultant with special focus on Zero Net Energy buildings. She is VP of the USGBC-REC Board and helps lead Passive Buildings CA. Her credentials include LEED AP, GreenPoint Rater, BPI-trainined Building Scientist, T24 CEPE, HERS Rater, Passivhaus Consultant and Permaculture Designer.
Eric Corey Freed
Principal, organicARCHITECT
Eric Corey Freed is Principal of organicARCHITECT, an architecture & consulting firm, with nearly 20 years of experience in green building. Eric is author of 4 books, including "Green Building for Dummies." His new book is "Green$ense for the Home". Eric is considered a leader in the field; named by San Francisco Magazine "Best Green Architect" in 2005 and "Best Visionary" in 2007.
Carrie Freeman
Director Sustainable Business Innovation, Intel Corp.
Carrie Freeman is responsible for developing the business opportunities for Intel's eco- technology solutions in the areas of environmental monitoring and natural resource management. In her previous role as corporate sustainability strategist, she directed corporate wide strategic sustainability efforts working with stakeholders internal and external to the company.
Lisa Michelle Galley
Managing Principal, Galley Eco Capital LLC
A recognized leader in sustainability, Lisa is one of the few real estate consultants in the United States with expertise in financing programs for green real estate projects. Lisa's unique knowledge of the opportunities in green real estate has made her a sought-after consultant, speaker, and thought leader on green financing and urban sustainability.
Raphael Garcia
Project Manager, Rana Creek
With over 10 years of biology-based work experience spanning North America Raphael brings a unique set of skills and experience to sustainable design. Raphael's work has evolved to include matters relating to the efficient use of water resources, including stormwater and graywater reuse. He is also assisting with the establishment of California's new laws concerning the use of graywater.
Kathleen Gilligan
Dan is a social entrepreneur with more than 25 years of start-up and executive experience. His achievements have been recognized: by former Vice President Al Gore, and in media such as Good Morning America, Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News and many others. Mr. Geiger holds an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.
Kathleen Gilligan
Partner, EcoStrategy Group
Kathleen Gilligan is a co-founder of EcoStrategy Group, a consulting firm that helps companies effectively communicate their sustainability efforts. The firm specializes in stakeholder engagement and data-driven communications. Kathleen is a LEED-Accredited Professional, and has worked with businesses in multiple industries, from start-ups to public companies.
Jeff Gleeson
IDSM Core Products, Pacific Gas and Electric
Jeff Gleeson is a member of PG&E's IDSM Products team and has helped to develop the statewide and soon-to-launch Whole House program. Prior to joining PG&E, Jeff received his MBA from UC Davis where he was a researcher for the UCD Energy Efficiency Center. Jeff received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Cal Poly, SLO.
Steve Glenn
CEO, livinghomes
Steve Glenn is the founder and CEO of LivingHomes, LLC (www.livinghomes.net), a premier developer of modern, prefabricated homes that combine world-class architecture with an unparalleled commitment to healthy and sustainable construction.
Susan Goltsman
Founding Principal, MIG, Inc.
An expert in children's environments, her award winning designs tell the story of a place and its people, weaving history and art with function and form to create places that become destinations. She holds degrees in Environmental Design, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Psychology.
Kira Gould
Co-author, Women in Green, Director of Communications, William McDonough + Partners
Writer Kira Gould, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, is director of communications for William McDonough + Partners, and works from the firm's San Francisco studio. Kira is co-author, with Lance Hosey, of Women in Green: Voices of Sustainable Design (Ecotone Publishing). She writes for Sustainable Industries, Metropolis magazine, and other publications.
Christi Graham
Founder & CEO, West Coast Green
Ms. Graham is one of the most passionate and effective visionary leaders to emerge in the green building movement. Recognized nationally as an expert in green and healthy living, Ms. Graham has spent the past fifteen years as a pioneer successfully producing and directing numerous visionary events, programs, and organizations.
Scott Green
Clean Tech and Regional Policy, City of San Jose
Scott accelerates sustainability by helping implement the San Jose Green Vision – a plan for creating clean tech jobs by providing incentives and services for clean tech companies, incubating and purchasing next generation technology, and advocating for legislation supporting green innovation.
Jeff Hammarlund
Professor & Senior Research Fellow, Portland State University
Jeff is a Senior Research Fellow at PSU's Executive Leadership Institute where he teaches a course on Planning the Smart Grid for Sustainable Communities. He is co-author of The Political Economy of Energy Policy; has been a senior manager for conservation services at Southern California Edison; and a policy analyst for a regional utility trade association.
Ann Hand
CEO, Project Frog
As CEO of Project Frog, Ann Hand is leveraging the company's game-changing innovation to grow markets, develop new products and increase brand awareness for its industry-leading smart buildings. Ann is on a mission to revolutionize how buildings are built and redefine standards for how they perform…she intends to make the construction industry a lot better.
James Hanusa
350 Advocate, Change Collective
James Hanusa is Vice President of Development for Climate Prosperity Strategies and a Fellow of Global Urban Development. His current advocacy work is focused on the 10/10/10 Global Work Party coordinating efforts of municipal governments and civic organizations in the Bay Area supporting 350.org and the 10:10 campaigns.
Arno Harris
CEO, Recurrent Energy
Arno Harris is CEO of Recurrent Energy, a leading developer of solar power projects providing clean electricity to utilities and large energy users. Arno writes about solar and renewable energy on his blog Clean Energy Future (http://www.arnoharris.com).
Ken Hays
Developer, Kinsey Probasco Hays Development
Mr. Hays was President of the RiverCity Company, Chattanooga's downtown non-profit development company from 2000-2005. RiverCity served as master developer of Chattanooga's $120 million 21st Century Waterfront Plan.
Jim Heid
Founder, Urban Green
Jim Heid is a sustainable development advisor, land planner and developer, whose focus is the creation of developments that provide a positive contribution to their environment, region, and residents. In 2000, he founded UrbanGreen to advise established development companies, governments and legacy NGO's that seek better development models. With over thirty years experience in the design and development of new community, urban infill, and resort developments, Jim is known to effectively resolve the complex layers of community design and real estate development using a variety of proven tools and best practices.
Christine Hertzog
Smart Grid Library
A consultant, author, and a professional explainer focused on Smart Grid technologies and solutions. She helps clients understand and navigate the electricity ecosystem of emerging technologies and markets. She authored the Smart Grid Dictionary, the first dictionary defining jargon, acronyms, and terminology used by utilities, regulators, standards organizations, and manufacturers.
Darian Rodriguez Heyman
Co-Founder, CODE Green Agency
After five years of service, Darian recently stepped down as Executive Director of Craigslist Foundation and as a Commissioner for San Francisco's Department of the Environment. Most recently, Heyman launched Code Green Agency, which provides strategy, messaging, and fundraising for the green economy.
Marc Hinshaw
Founder and Creative Partner, Holt Hinshaw
30 years as Creative Director and Principal Designer on a wide array of user-experience projects and accounts involving some combination of branding, architecture, strategic planning, content development, and software design. Core creative practice is an internationally recognized, multidisciplinary design consultancy concentrating on one-of-a-kind assignments for prestigious and diverse clients.
Timonie Hood
Green Building Coordinator, U.S. EPA Region 9
Timonie drives @EPAgreenbuilding, zero waste and climaterials policy change. She works on environmentally preferable purchasing and green building for EPA's Pacific Southwest region, where her recent projects include: the Lifecycle Building Challenge, HUD-DOT-EPA Sustainable Communities Partnership, Tribal Green Building, Sustainable Transit.
David Hopkins
Co-Author, The Tactics of Hope: How Social Entrepreneurs Are Changing Our World
David Hopkins is a motivating young entrepreneur, writer and speaker. He is the co-author of "The Tactics of Hope: How Social Entrepreneurs Are Changing Our World," featuring stories of 27 social entrepreneurs with inspiration and advice for readers who want to make a greater difference in the world. He appears regularly in online media, TV and radio for his work in social entrepreneurship.
Arianna Huffington
Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, The Huffington Post
Arianna Huffington is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, a nationally syndicated columnist, and author of thirteen books. Her latest, Third World America, published in September 2010, chronicles the struggles of America's besieged middle class. She is also co-host of "Left, Right & Center," public radio's popular political roundtable program, and is a frequent guest on television shows such as Charlie Rose, Real Time with Bill Maher, Larry King Live, Countdown with Keith Olbermann and The Rachel Maddow Show.
Mei Ling Hui
SF Department of the Environment
Mei Ling works to make sure that trees aren't just a pretty addition to urban life, but a vital component of our urban ecosystem.
Graham Irwin
Principal, Essential Habitat
Graham Irwin, CPBD, CGBP, LEED AP, Certified Passive House Consultant, is the principal of Essential Habitat, a design and consulting practice with an emphasis on Passive House methodology. A founding member of the Passive House Alliance and Passive House California, Graham also lectures regularly and trains Passive House Consultants for the Passive House Institute US (PHIUS.)
Karen Jackson
Principal, Ecotone Designs
Karen has developed community dance, art and ecology programs for the past seven years. She has completed projects with The UNEP Tunza International Children's Conference on The Environment and The Foundation for Civic Leadership. She believes we can procure ecological, social and economic sustainability by greening the built environment.
Anup Jacob
Founding Partner, Virgin Green Fund
Anup Jacob is a Partner of Virgin Green Fund and a Member of its Investment Committee. VGF invests growth capital in renewable energy and resource efficiency sectors.
Brad Jacobson
Associate, EHDD Architecture
Brad leads some of EHDD's high-performance projects including a net zero energy, LEED Platinum office building for the David & Lucile Packard Foundation. His Global Ecology Research Center at Stanford University reduced carbon emissions by over 60% and was named a AIA Top Ten Green Building in 2007.
Karen Janowski
Partner, EcoStrategy Group
KJ focuses on helping clients to understand and engage with key stakeholders and to communicate their sustainability efforts in a way that has impact and integrity. She frequently speaks and writes on these topics. She is a leader and active member of several sustainability focused non-profit organizations.
Cindy Jennings
VP, Cohn Marketing
Cindy leads Cohn's sustainable and clean technology brand practice, guiding companies on how to integrate sustainable practices and communications into a brand as well as advising clean tech companies about how to launch and implement a combination of smart marketing strategies and tactics.
Todd Johnson
Partner, Jones Day
Todd Johnson represents founders, investors, and companies pursuing renewable energy solutions, impacts on sustainable growth, energy efficiency, energy optimization, corporate governance transparency, and those pursuing "for-benefit" models, by advising on corporate financings (including offerings of debt and equity securities, venture capital financings, and private equity buyouts), joint ventures, restructurings, corporate counseling, and mergers and acquisitions. Todd founded Jones Day's Northern California practice in 2000 by opening its Silicon Valley Office. He presently leads the Firm's Renewable Energy and Sustainability Practice.
David Johnston
President, What's Working
Johnston has trained thousands of builders and industry professionals worldwide. Johnston's 4 books: Building Green in a Black and White World (2000), Green Remodeling, Changing the World One Room at a Time (2004), Green From the Ground Up (2008). Toward a Zero Energy Home.
Van Jones
Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Van Jones is working to combine solutions to America's two biggest problems: social inequality and environmental destruction.
Daniel Kammen
Professor of Energy, University of California, Berkeley
Daniel M. Kammen is the "Class of 1935 Distinguished Professor of Energy" at the University of California, He holds appointments in the Energy and Resources Group, the Goldman School of Public Policy, and the department of Nuclear Engineering. Kammen is the founding director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL). Kammen is also the Co-Director of the Berkeley Institute of the Environment. Daniel Kammen is a coordinating lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. In 1998 was elected a Permanent Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences.
Michael Kanellos
Editor in Chief, Greentech Media
Michelle Kaufmann, AIA, LEED® AP
Principal, Michelle Kaufmann Studio
Michelle Kaufmann is an accomplished architect, designer and advocate for smarter ways to design, build and live. She has led the field of prefab green homes, has been widely published and has received numerous awards including Top Firm 2008 by Residential Architect, and has been called "the Henry Ford of green homes" by the Sierra Club.
Danny Kennedy
Founder, Sungevity
A long-time social activist and entrepreneur. Started Sungevity to take solar to the suburbs by bringing sunshine online. As a business we not only make it easy and affordable to go solar, we're trying to get the Pres to do it too! Sign the petition at www.solaronthewhitehouse.com
John F. Kennedy
Senior Manager, Sustainable Analysis Products. Autodesk
John Kennedy, Senior Manager of AEC Sustainable Analysis Products at Autodesk, Inc., has over fifteen years of experience developing and expanding the market for building energy analysis solutions. Mr. Kennedy is the lead creator of the open Green Building XML (gbXML) schema and the Autodesk Green Building Studio web service. The gbXML schema is used today to contain and transfer building and product information between applications such as Autodesk's AutoCAD Architecture & MEP, Autodesk's Revit and many other BIM and engineering applications. Mr. Kennedy was President and CTO of Green Building Studio, Inc. prior to its acquisition by Autodesk. Mr. Kennedy is a licensed engineer and received top honors from San Francisco State University.
Paul Kephart
President, Rana Creek
Renowned biologist, restoration ecologist and expert designer of living architectural systems, Paul Kephart is known for his land use planning, horticulture, living systems, landscapes and architecture. Paul understands the land, he understands people and he knows natural processes. Paul applies ecological principles within site and structure.
Bruce King
Director, Ecological Building Network
A recovering structural engineer who has spent 20 years figuring out how to build with what is already here, Bruce King gets asked to speak about that in places like London, Beijing, Sydney, Havana, Hong Kong, Toronto, and even Berkeley. He also raises chickens and writes books.
Norbert Klebl
CEO, GEOS Neighborhood
A life long innovator and serial entrepreneur who created the GEOS Smart Living neighborhood, an energy plus mixed use community in Colorado. He built the first solar holiday village in Polynesia, privatized a large East German state company and started the first European funded SBIC . He holds an Austrian MS in engineering and an MBA from Columbia.
Philip Koos
Government Contracts Practice
Philip Koos is a director in the Government Contracts Practice and has over fifteen years of government contract accounting and compliance experience and focuses on clients in the aerospace and defense and healthcare sectors. He has demonstrated a wide range of skills including compliance assessments of systems, policies and procedures and controls, risk assessments for contractors, cost allocation assessment and methodology development, litigation support, investigations, process improvement, due diligence, corporate governance and business analytics.
Michael Law
Managing Director, CA, Ogilvy PR
Michael leads Ogilvy's CA practice specializing in crisis management, corporate communications, government relations, and non-governmental organizations and community groups.
Rich Lechner
Vice President, Energy & Environment IBM
Responsible for overseeing IBM's broad energy & environment portfolio of capabilities and offerings in order to help clients improve the sustainability of their organizations across the full breadth of their infrastructure from IT to smarter buildings and to optimize all aspects of their operations for energy, carbon, water, and waste.
Aaron Lehmer
Network Development Director, Bay Localize
Aaron co-founded Bay Localize and serves on the Oakland Climate Action Coalition and the Oakland Food Policy Council. He holds an MA in Globalization and the Environment from Humboldt State and a BA in Anthropology, Philosophy, and Environmental Studies from Iowa State. He worked for the Ella Baker Center, Circle of Life, and Earth Island Institute. He lives in Oakland and is an avid gardener.
Joshua Levine
Vice President, SRI Wealth Management Group, Royal Bank of Canada
As a Financial Consultant at SRI Wealth Management, Joshua provides highly customized financial advice and investment solutions to families, foundations, endowments, and small businesses. Through the goal of improving social justice through capital markets, he develops investment strategies that are in line with a client's ethics, without sacrificing return.
Gail Loos
President, GreenCycler
Entrepreneur and marketing consultant, Loos has helped more than 50 companies plus the states of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Colorado create their online presence. As a passionate cook and organic gardener, she is designing and manufacturing a first-of-its-kind countertop appliance that will dramatically simplify the kitchen-to-compost process.
Diane Loviglio
VP Business Development, Wattbot
In addition to Diane co-founding Wattbot and co-producing FailCon, she also curated the Innovation Pipeline. Prior to that she co-chaired the SF Green Roof Task Force and was a research assistant for Intel Research Berkeley's Bright Green study. Diane received her Bachelors in Architecture and Anthropology from Carnegie Mellon University, focusing on sustainable design.
Hunter Lovins
Founder & President, Natural Capitalism Solutions
Hunter Lovins is an international consultant, professor, speaker and author on enhancing business value while practicing environmental sustainability. She presents regularly to audiences ranging from business, government, community groups and universities. For over 20 years, she has been widely published, quoted and referred to on how being environmentally friendly increases profits. Hunter is one of the founders of the new field of Sustainable Management, a co-developer of America's first accredited MBA Sustainable Management program and a Professor of Business at Presidio School of Management.
Leif Magnuson
Residential Green Building Coordinator, EPA
Leif Magnuson is an Environmental Scientist and Residential Green Building Coordinator at the U.S. EPA Pacific Southwest Regional Office in San Francisco, CA. He has worked for EPA for 21 years. He received his B.S and M.S. degrees in Biology from Stanford.
Hunter Marshall
Senior VP, Strategic Planning Director, DraftFCB
Hunter's broad experience leading global business-to-business and consumer branding programs for clients spans a range of industries, from high technology to soft tacos. His interest in environmental and social responsibility has motivated Hunter to incorporate principles of sustainability into his approach to business strategy and brand building.
William McDonough
Founding Partner and Principal, William McDonough + Partners
William McDonough is a world-renowned architect and designer. He is founder and principal of William McDonough + Partners, Architecture and Community Design; a principal of McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry and a Venture Partner at VantagePoint Venture Partners.
Jerry Michalski
Founder, REX, the Relationship Economy eXpedition
Leading an expedition into the Relationship Economy; looking for fellow travelers.
Gregory Miller
Technologist & Professor, Presidio Graduate School
Gregory Miller is Advisor to Google.org, an active angel investor and TEDster, and served as interim Dean of Presidio Graduate School. Through 2009 Greg was Managing Director at Google.org & Google Foundation leading the investment, grants and legal teams addressing renewable energy and climate change, global economic development and global public health. Prior to Google, Greg was a co-founder of early wi-fi company Cometa Networks, and partner at Gunderson Dettmer advising start-ups and venture firms.
Nils P. Moe
Sustainability Advisor, City of Berkeley
Nils Moe currently serves as the Mayor's Sustainability Advisor for the City of Berkeley. In this role, he is helping to implement Berkeley's Climate Action Plan and working with the city staff and the community to reduce their GHG emissions.
David Mount
Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB)
David Mount is a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB). He is on the greentech team at KPCB, and works with growth-stage companies in the sustainability field.
Christina Nicholson
Director, Sustainable Development, Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
Christina is responsible for driving sustainability as a strategic agenda throughout both corporate and brand activities with Pottery Barn, West Elm, and Williams-Sonoma. Her background in finance, sustainable design and marketing make her uniquely qualified for this cross sector challenge.
Bonnie Nixon
Co-Founder, CODE Green Agency
At CODE Green, Bonnie leads strategy and messaging for the Green Economy. As Former Director of Environmental Sustainability at HP, she managed the vision, strategy, marketing, messaging, employee and stakeholder relations program. As HP's Director of Ethical Sourcing, Bonnie implemented the world's largest and most complex electronic ethical and sustainable supply chain program for 10 years.
Peter Novak
CEO, Sunflower Corp.
Peter Novak has over 25 years of global business development, operations & customer satisfaction experience working and living in the USA, Europe and Asia. He's experienced in desigingn and delivinger products and organizations that excel at meeting its customers expectations in business to business environments. Peter joined Sunflower Corporation as there CEO in late 2006.
Patricia Novick
Director, Health Programs, Erie House
Dr. Novick leads health programs for immigrant parents and children. She guided the development of "pocket parks" in Chicago's most greenspace-deprived neighborhood, in conjunction with governmental and quasi-governmental agencies, and she led the development of a comprehensive, annotated listing of research, manuals, and case studies relating to urban greenspace.
Melanie Nutter
Director, SF Dept of the Environment
Melanie was the Deputy District Director for Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi before working with SFE. She was also the Executive Director of the San Francisco Democratic Party from 2003-2005 and the Principal of Nutter Consulting. She spent 6 years as a grassroots political organizer with Greenbelt Alliance, the Public Interest Research Groups and Green Corps.
Eric Olson
Senior Vice President, Advisory Services, BSR
Ryan Parker
Director of Marketing, Embedded and Communications Group, Intel
Ryan is the Director of Marketing & Architecture for Intel's Embedded & Communications Group. He is responsible for Scalable and Low Power product line support for all the embedded market segments. In previous roles, he was responsible for defining next generation processor/chipset architectures, and identifying key technology trends in computing.
Jim Parks
Program Manager, Energy R&D, Sacramento Municipal Utility District
He in the Energy Research and Development group and is responsible for demonstrating smart grid technologies, reviewing and pilot testing emerging energy efficiency and transportation technologies, and working with regulatory agencies to promote efficiency through codes, standards and legislation. He has over 20 years experience in the utility industry.
Sarah Parriott
Sustainability Project Manager, Paladin Law Group
Sarah Isabel Parriott is Paladin Law Group's Sustainability Practice Group, Sustainability Project Manager. Ms. Parriott has 10 years of International Business experience, including 3 years as principal of Sustainable Emergence, a boutique sustainability management consultancy in San Francisco.
Johanna Partin
Director of Climate Protection Initiatives, San Francisco Department of the Environment
Johanna Gregory Partin serves as Director of Climate Protection Initiatives in the office of Mayor Gavin Newsom, where she advises Mayor Newsom on citywide sustainable energy, climate, transportation, green building and other programs promoting sustainability for San Francisco.
Deborah Patton
President, Applied Brilliance
As an innovator in strategic marketing and communications, Deborah develops and produces unique thought-leadership programs that push the limits of creativity and innovation. She believes that the lynchpin to resilience in any creative discipline is to step outside of your own comfort zone, and recognize the patterns of unconnected threads of emerging trends as harbingers of cultural change.
Peter Perrault
Peter Perrault is NetApp's 'Green Giant' managing the company's the Environmental Sustainability Program. He is responsible for working with senior leadership through the VP level to create the company's strategic vision for worldwide environmental sustainability, environmental education and awareness, and the development and execution of NetApp's environmental sustainability program.
Jacob Petersen
Planner, Hargreaves Associates
Jacob's career has focused on leading the design of urban parks - an ongoing investigation of design, programming, sustainability, and urban revitalization. Experience includes Discovery Green a central park in downtown Houston; Caruthers Park in Portland; Parkview West in Chicago; Belo Garden in Dallas; San Diego Waterfront Park; and Oklahoma City's Central Park.
Peter Pfeiffer
Principal, Barley & Pfeiffer Architects
Peter is an Architect & Building Scientist who was named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects for his achievements in mainstreaming green building in America over the past three decades. He is a principal of Barley & Pfeiffer Architects. Residential Architect cited him as one of the 10 most influential architects of past decade.
Jill Pilaroscia, IACC
Principal, Colour Studio, Inc.
Within 30 seconds color first and foremost will shape our impression of environment. Jill has dedicated three decades to writing, teaching and running her color consultation studio for architecture and product. Her message consistently promotes the idea that the use of color bridges the fields of art and science.
Naomi Porat
CEO, ZETA Communities
Naomi is a nationally recognized social entrepreneur and expert in sustainable development and urban revitalization. As a founder and CEO of ZETA, she contributes extensive expertise in the management of urban land planning and development ventures that achieve economic, social, and environmental sustainability.
Joe Preis
Founder, GreenBuildingPower.com & Keiretsu Forum
Joe Preis advises and invests in companies bringing innovation to market through experience that bridges real estate, technology and finance. He facilitates progress by identifying solutions to complex interdisciplinary problems and has worked in energy management, solar, distressed real estate investments, toys, web services, consulting and investment banking. Harvard BA, Stanford MBA.
Joshua Raffaelli
Associate and Kauffman Fellow, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Joshua Raffaelli is an Associate and Kauffman Fellow at Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Joshua's primary areas of interest are in energy and services businesses.
Kit Ratcliff
APresident, Principal, Director of Sustainability, Ratcliff Architecture
Kit Ratcliff is president of RATCLIFF, a104 year old firm. Kit is an innovator, speaker and writer on climate change. He directed the firm's launch of the GreenMatrixTM, the GHG Calculator for Facility Operation and Green Action Plan Framework. He recently initiated a new service - Sustainability Planning Practice – to create system-wide green plans for clients.
Byron Reeves
Professor, Co-Director, H-STAR Institute of Human Sciences & Technologies Advanced Research, Stanford University
Byron Reeves is a Professor in the Department of Communication at Stanford University. He studies psychological responses to media and is co-author of "Total Engagement". He is currently principal investigator of an ARPAe project at Stanford about energy and behavior.
Mirco Richardson
Director Business Development, MAGE Industrie Holding AG
Mirco is responsible for business development of a mid-sized German Industrial Holding and doing business in 17 countries with altogether 29 companies. The focus of the group is on roof technology, fastening technology, aluminum extrusion and renewable energies. He also runs one of the German daughter companies, which manufactures high concept solar desalination systems.
Chad Riley
Director, Finance & Strategy, Living City Block
A real estate development professional with a diversity of experiences including assessing the financial and sustainable feasibility of real estate developments (from individual buildings to new cities); making green building policy recommendations for state governments; and driving research focused on integrating sustainable design solutions into the affordable housing industry.
Renee Rivera
Acting Executive Director, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition
Former chair of the SFBC Board of Directors, Renee Rivera is currently the acting Executive Director. Renee has a long history working with the SFBC including leading winning campaigns for bike lanes. Renee has a strong background in nonprofit management and leadership roles and is passionate about improving San Francisco for bicycling.
John Marshall Roberts
Founder & CEO, Worldview Learning
John Marshall Roberts is CEO of Worldview Learning. He is a bestselling author, speaker, and applied research psychologist with more than a decade of strategic communications consulting experience. A former psychology professor, John's work to date has focused largely on overcoming mainstream skepticism through strategic communication design.
Jay Rosenberg
Co-Director, Hayes Valley Farm
Jay is a permaculture designer and educator working on a community-run farm and urban agriculture education and research project located in the heart of San Francisco. The farm is on a mission to serve as a community and agricultural hub empowering San Francisco residents to connect with one another, grow their own food, and learn about sustainable ecological systems.
Kevin Rowell
International Program Director
Kevin currently acts as the International program director of Kleiwerks International a 501(c)3 dedicated to education, research and development of sustainable communities world wide.
Peter Rumsey P.E.
Principal, Integral Group
A national leader in the design of low energy buildings, Peter has designed mechanical systems for data centers, cleanrooms and labs that are among the most energy efficient in the U.S. He is a frequent lecturer at industry events, conferences, and universities. His focus has been transforming the building industry by designing affordable and dramatically energy efficient buildings.
Mike Russo
Professor University of Oregon, Author "Companies on a Mission"
Mike Russo is an award-winning researcher who focuses on how the sustainability imperative influences strategic management. His new book is Companies on a Mission: Entrepreneurial Strategies for Growing Sustainably, Responsibly, and Profitably (Stanford University Press). Currently, Mike is studying the greening of global supply chains and geographic clustering by mission-driven companies.
Jack Sahl
Director of Environment & Resource Sustainability, Southern California Edison
Director of Environment and Resource Sustainability at Southern California Edison, Jack Sahl is leading the development and implementation of SCE enterprise-wide sustainability initiatives.
William Sarni
Founder & CEO, DOMANI
Mr. Sarni is founder and Chief Executive Officer of DOMANI with 30 years of experience in providing sustainability and environmental consulting services to private and public sector enterprises. Over the past 10 years he has successfully built a consulting firm focused on providing innovative yet practical sustainability technical and business solutions to multinational firms committed to increasing revenue, mitigating risk and improving operating efficiency through the implementation of sustainability programs.
Bry Sarté
Principal & CEO, Sherwood Design Engineers
S. Bry Sarté, PE, founder of the Sherwood Institute and Sherwood Design Engineers, is a leading designer in green and sustainable engineering. He is the recent author of Sustainable Infrastructure: The Guide to Green Engineering and Design, which serves as a comprehensive guide to integrating sustainable strategies into infrastructure planning and design with emphasis on water resource management, site design and land planning.
Anneke Seley
CEO, Phoneworks
Anneke oversees Phone Works, a sales strategy and implementation consultancy with special expertise in phone and Web selling. Phone Works helps clients increase revenue at decreased cost and less environmental impact than traditional sales practices. Anneke is the coauthor of "Sales 2.0: Improve Business Results Using Innovative Sales Practices and Technology."
Stephen Selkowitz
Building Technologies, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Leads a buildings R&D team that develops, tests and deploys new technologies, systems and tools for new and retrofit high performance, energy efficient buildings.
Rachel Sheinbein
Principal, CMEA Capital
Rachel Sheinbein joined CMEA Capital in 2008 and is a Senior Associate with the Energy and Materials team. Before CMEA, Rachel was a consultant for start-ups in the areas of bio-plastics, solar and water treatment. She also is an angel investor, and co-chairs the Keiretsu Forum angel's WISE (Women Investing in & Supporting Entrepreneurs) group.
Scott Shell
Senior Associate and Sustainability Expert, EHDD Architects
Scott Shell is a nationally-recognized expert on the design of zero energy buildings, and how it changes the architect's approach to design, client interface, and buildings in use. He has completed and monitored a handful of zero energy buildings, with construction now beginning on the 50,000 sf zero energy Packard Foundation.
Suzanne Shelton
CEO, Shelton Group
Suzanne Shelton is the president and CEO of Shelton Group–one of the few ad agencies in the country that focuses on motivating mainstream consumers to make sustainable choices. As President and CEO of Shelton Group, she leads her firm's efforts in bringing energy efficient and sustainable products & services to market in a way that engages consumers and moves them to action.
Jennifer Siegal
OMD, Corp
Jennifer Siegal is known for her work in creating the prefab home of the 21st century. She holds a MArch from SCI-Arc, was a Loeb Fellow at Harvard University and is now a Visiting Professor at USC. The winner of the inaugural 2009 USA Network "Character Approved Award" she is celebrated as the "leading innovator shaping American culture".
Donald Simon
Attorney, Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean
Attorney to leading cleantech and green building companies and the organizations leading the transition to a green economy. A pragmatic strategist, Donald co-founded Build It Green and USGBC's Northern California Chapter and serves as general counsel to both organizations and the California Solar Energy Industries Association.
Lynn Simon
President, Simon & Associates, Inc.
Lynn is a pioneer and leading authority with over 19 years in green building. She currently serves on the USGBC's Education and LEED Steering Committees, and is a Senior LEED® Faculty. Her firm uses a practical and collaborative approach to advance sustainable and healthy building design and construction practices.
Kristina Skierka
Senior Advisor, Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan, Climate Strategies Branch, Energy Division, CPUC
As an Energy Foundation Senior Fellow, Kristina is working with the California Public Utilities Commission to help implement the visionary goals of California's Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan.
Dan Smith
Principal Architect, DSA Architects
Dan Smith has experience in sustainable architecture, natural building and alternative construction, including Zeta Communities' recent prize winning prefab townhouse. His focus has been the use of leading edge technologies and innovative passive systems to achieve net zero energy buildings that are healthy, affordable and beautiful.
Matt Stein
Author and Principal of Stein Design
Engineer, green builder, and graduate of MIT, and Author of the bestselling book When Technology Fails, Stein has built hurricane resistant eco friendly homes and designed dozens of consumer /industrial products. An outspoken advocate for making a radical shift in the way we do business to create a truly sustainable world, Stein is also a guest columnist for the Huffington Post.
Jeff St. John
Reporter, GigaOm Pro, Earth2Tech
Jeff St. John is a reporter and analyst covering the clean technology industry, with a particular focus on smart grid, demand response and renewable integration.
Nabih Tahan
Founder and Architect, BauTechnologies
Nabih Tahan, aia, has been involved in energy efficient design and construction in California and Austria. He has introduced the Passive House Standard to California and established BauTechnologies to connect and transfer knowhow between Austrian professionals and their American counterparts through design and construction, including product manufacturing and modern prefabrication techniques.
Andrew Tang
Senior Director, Integrated Demand-side Management Products, PG&E
Andrew's team is responsible for developing new products and programs that enhance PG&E's large and growing portfolio of integrated customer offerings including energy efficiency, demand response, automated energy management, electric vehicles, and distributed generation and storage. Prior to joining PG&E, Mr. Tang served as Director of European WiMAX Solutions Development for Intel.
Sven Thesen
Head of CA Business Development, Better Place
Sven Thesen leads business-development efforts for Better Place in California. He works with state and local government entities as well as business and non-governmental stakeholders to forge strategic partnerships within the energy and transportation ecosystems and make the vision of zero-emission EVs powered by renewable energy a reality.
Ed Thomas
Vice President, EGIA
Ed is responsible for the design and implementation of EGIA's utility and government sponsored programs. Ed also produces Home Energy Makeover Contests. Ed is Secretary of Utility Energy Forum, serves on Board of the Home Performance Resource Center and is Chair of the Marketing Best Practices Committee for Efficiency First.
Andrea Traber
Director of Sustainability, KEMA Services, Inc.
Andrea directs large projects and client relationships, as well as managing technical professional staff. She oversees services include energy efficiency design assistance, energy modeling and auditing, commissioning, retro-commissioning, real estate portfolio management strategy, LEED consulting, and green building policy development.
Kene Turner
President, Epilife Consulting
Kene is a national Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) training expert, with over 15 years experience providing nonprofit management, professional development education. He has consulted business professionals, teachers, and students about sustainable leadership, business innovation, community engagement, and workforce development.
Andrew Watterson
Chief of Sustainability, City of Cleveland
Andrew Watterson was appointed the Chief of Sustainability for the City of Cleveland in Sept 2009, after a successful career as the Program Director for City's Office of Sustainability since May 2005. As chief, he advises the City on policies related to energy, buildings, fleet, purchasing and oversees the Office of Sustainability.
Chris Waugh
Practice Lead, Consumer Experience Design, IDEO
Chris Waugh is a leading member of IDEO's Consumer Experience Design practice in California. He has been involved in a variety of IDEO innovation breakthroughs ranging from food and beverage to personal banking. His focus lies in employing the human centered design process to answer questions such as "what's the future of community?" and "how can we create social change?" for companies such as Campbell's. P&G, Kendall Jackson, Nike, Pepsi, The Center for Disease Control, Bank of America and Shimano.
Jeff Weinberger
Principal, DS3 Consulting
Jeff Weinberger founded DS3 to help mid-size and large organizations integrate sustainability into the core of their business and develop sustainable strategies that create opportunities, drive innovation and achieve competitive advantage in the marketplace. Jeff is a recognized thought-leader, speaker, writer and blogger on sustainability, disruptive marketing and Web 2.0/Enterprise 2.0 technology.
Wilford Welch
Author, The Tactics of Hope
Former U.S. diplomat in Asia, author of The Tactics of Hope - How Social Entrepreneurs are Changing our World, (www.TacticsofHope.org), and founder, Beyond Sustainability - Redefining Prosperity (www.BeyondSustainability.org)
Adam Werbach
Global CEO, Saatchi & Saatchi
@adamwerbach is the Chief Sustainability Officer for Saatchi & Saatch. He's the bestselling author of Strategy for Sustainability. Elected president of the Sierra Club at age 23, Werbach has been working to fight humanity's dumbest efforts to destroy the earth for far too long already.
Michael Wheeler
Energy Advisor, California Public Utilities Commission
Michael Wheeler serves as an Energy Adviser to Commissioner Dian Grueneich. Prior to his current position, Michael led the Residential Sector Strategic Planning process for the CPUC. Prior to joining the CPUC in 2006, Michael worked for the EPA and DOE on energy issues in Washington DC. Michael has a M.S in Energy Policy from the University of Delaware.
Lorne Whitehead
Chair, Board of Directors, SunCentral Inc.
Dr. Lorne Whitehead is a Professor and Chairholder of the NSERC/3M Industrial Research Chair in Structured Surface Physics at UBC. Lorne is the Chair of the Board of Directors for SunCentral Inc., as well as a founder and the primary inventor of SunCentral's Core Sunlighting System. He holds more than 100 patents and has a substantial expertise in technology transfer.
Lorie Wigle
Eco-Technology General Manager, Intel Corporation
President, Climate Savers Computing Initiative
Lorie Wigle leads Intel's Eco-Technology effort, which is focused on the sustainability leadership of Intel's products including energy efficient performance and design for the environment. She also drives external programs related to PCs, data centers and smart grid. Lorie has been with Intel for 26 years.
Peter Williams
CTO, "Big Green Innovations", IBM
Dr. Williams assembles, maintains and develops the portfolio of technologies used in many of IBM's environmental businesses. He is an IBM Distinguished Engineer. By background he is a management consultant with 20+ years experience of developing novel technology solutions and business models. His PhD is from the University of Bath, England.
Alex Wilson
Founder & Executive Director, BuildingGreen
Alex Wilson is the founder of BuildingGreen in Brattleboro, Vermont and executive editor of Environmental Building News and GreenSpec. He is author of Your Green Home and recipient of the 2010 Hanley Award for Vision and Leadership in Sustainable Housing.
Jason Wolf
Vice President, North America, Better Place
Jason Wolf is vice president of North America for Better Place. Within the energy and transportation ecosystems, Wolf works with federal, state and local governments as well as utility, business and non-governmental stakeholders to make the vision of zero-emission EVs powered by renewable energy a reality.
Stan Wrzeski
Vice President, Global Director, Carbon & Climate Action, HOK
Stan brings to HOK over 35 years of industry experience in the public sector, private sector and academe. He has a demonstrated record of packaging broad public/private partnerships to explore state-of-the-art design and technology innovations. As a building scientist, he's had one foot in the architectural realm and the other in engineering. Working the interstitial spaces among professions, he packages cross-disciplinary collaborations that are critical to the evolving fields of climate action planning and sustainability.
Liz Yager
Program Manager, Sonoma County Energy Independence Program
Liz Yager was recently named Interim Mgr. of the Energy & Sustainability Div. in the Sonoma County General Svcs. Dept. She is also the Program Mgr. of the Sonoma County Energy Independence Program (SCEIP). Her background ranges from building science to mass spectroscopy, IT to having been a golf pro. Liz is passionate about energy independence and the importance of equity in a sustainable future.
Peter Yost
Residential Program Manager, Building Green
Peter Yost has been building, researching, teaching, writing, and consulting on high performance homes for more than 25 years. His expertise ranges from construction waste management to building durability. Peter has made significant contributions to the NAHB Research Center, Building Science Corp, EEBA, USGBC's LEED for Homes program, and DOE's Building America program.
Saul Zambrano
Director, Integrated Demand-side Management Core Products (IDSM), PG&E
Saul Zambrano's team is responsible for developing new energy efficiency products in the categories of lighting and appliances, electronics, HVAC, and energy management for commercial buildings and industrial processes, and leading the development of PG&E's customer offerings for electric vehicles.
Al Zollar
IBM General Manager Tivoli Software, Software Group
Al Zollar became general manager of IBM Tivoli Software in July 2004. He is responsible for the strategic direction and ongoing operations for the Tivoli brand, which manages today's dynamic infrastructures, giving customers the ability to manage resources and risks, optimize human capital and manage service levels and business processes. Tivoli offers solutions in seven key service areas: Service Management, Asset Management, Storage Management, Security Management, Application Management, Network Management and Energy Management.

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A shopping trip with a historic twist and a world premiere of a children's classic are among the compelling reasons to head to Chester and Cheshire at Christmas. Here's our top 10, with more ideas at at christmasinchester.com.
1. See Chester's Rows Revealed
The city's medieval Rows – the world's first shopping arcade – will be the focus of The Rows Revealed, a fascinating 90-minute tour now available to the public. The Guild of Chester Tour Guides will unearth archaeological gems within the double-decker shopping galleries, some only accessible with their help, such as the remains of pillars that were once part of the Roman fortress Deva Victrix, now hidden beneath Pret a Manger. Other sites likely to be on the itinerary include the remains of a Roman hypocaust beneath Spudulike, medieval cellars in Corks Out, and Tudor plasterwork and a priest hole in Sofa Warehouse.
2pm, Thursdays, 16 Nov-21 Dec, and the last Sunday of each month throughout 2018. Departs from the Town Hall Visitor Centre, tickets from guide, £7 adult. Book at firstname.lastname@example.com.
2. Watch the world debut of 'The Secret Seven'
Enid Blyton's 'The Secret Seven' will be live on stage for the very first time this Christmas at Storyhouse, Chester's new integrated arts centre. In this new production of the classic children's tale, the intrepid gang are on the trail of strange clues that will lead them straight to the heart of a mystery they must solve by Christmas.
Various dates, 1 Dec-14 Jan, adult £26, under-26s £19.50. Contact 01244 409113 or storyhouse.com.
3. Shop for gifts from artisans and favourite brands
Chester's Christmas Market (above centre) will champion the region's artisans, with more than 70 wooden chalets offering crafts, clothing, homewares, decorations and food and drink, set around a huge Christmas tree. Makers and producers from the North West, North Midlands and North Wales will include the likes of Cheshire's Lymm Candle Company, Llangollen Brewery, and Greenbank Extreme skincare from Shropshire. Plus there will be excellent shopping for famous brands in the Rows, the Grosvenor Shopping Centre, and surrounding streets, as well as big savings on offer at Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet.
Christmas Market, daily, 16 Nov-20 Dec.
4. See Chester Zoo turn on the magic
An exciting new version of The Lanterns at Chester Zoo (above left) by local performing arts troupe Wild Rumpus promises to be a magical family-friendly experience this Christmas. As twilight descends, the zoo will transform into Santa's sorting office, an extraordinary world lit by lanterns, with animal-inspired fairy-tale scenes and sacks bulging with gifts. Plus, there's a chance to send Christmas wishes to Santa.
Daily, 24 Nov-30 Dec, free with admission. Contact 01244 380280 or chesterzoo.org.
5. Hear angelic voices in the Cathedral
Chester Cathedral has a packed festive calendar. Highlights include 'Christmas Crackers', a celebration of words and music hosted by Rev Richard Coles, a Christmas Tree Festival with more than 50 garlanded trees on display in the cloisters, and carol concerts such as Joyeux Noel!, starring the cathedral choir.
'Christmas Crackers', 20-21 Dec; Christmas Tree Festival, 25 Nov-6 Jan; 'Joyeux Noel!', 9 Dec; various prices. Contact 01244 324756 or chestercathedral.com.
6. Take a canal cruise with Father Christmas
Santa will set sail on Cheshire's canals this Christmas. He'll be telling stories, singing seasonal songs, listening to Christmas wishes and, of course, giving out treats to a captive audience of eager children at the National Waterways Museum in Ellesmere Port and the Anderton Boat Lift near Northwich.
National Waterways Museum, various dates in Dec, adult/child £10. Anderton Boat Lift, various dates in Dec, adult £5.95, child £7.95. Contact 0303 040 4040 or canalrivertrust.org.uk.
7. Cheer on the dashing Santas
Father Christmases large and small will limber up at the start line of the Santa Dash in Delamere Forest (above right). Wearing beards and Santa suits, the runners will pound the paths beneath the canopy on a 5km circuit of the forest.
10.30am, 17 Dec, adult £15, child £12, spectators free. Contact 0300 067 4340 or forestry.gov.uk/delamere.
8. Celebrate like a Tudor at Little Moreton Hall
Tudor-style Yuletide Celebrations will be revealed at Little Moreton Hall, near Congleton. Dazzling creations made of marchpane, forerunner of marzipan, will be among the festive treats from bygone days on display, and there will be workshops on making crafts of the period. Choirs and jesters will provide live entertainment.
Various dates, Nov-Dec, free with entrance. Contact 01260 272018 or nationaltrust.org.uk/little-moreton-hall.
9. Countdown the 12 days of Christmas at Tatton Park
The grand neo-classical mansion at Tatton Park, near Knutsford, will be all dressed up for The Twelve Days of Christmas. The seasonal song will come to life in the servants' quarters and state rooms, from the chaotic scenes in the kitchen where the geese have run wild trying to lay eggs, to the Christmas Wish Tree where visitors can dream about what they'll receive from their own true love.
Various dates, 21 Nov-3 Dec, adult £10, child £6. Contact 01625 374400 or tattonpark.org.uk
10. Get crafty at Ness Botanic Gardens
Award-winning garden designer and florist Pip Probert will show visitors how to make Christmas wreaths and garlands from foliage, cones and berries found in the grounds of beautiful Ness Botanic Gardens. Plus, Santa will be hard at work in his workshop at the bottom of the garden throughout the season.
Christmas Wreath-Making, 16 Dec, adult £15, book ahead. Meet Father Christmas, various dates in Dec, child £5 plus admission to gardens. Contact 0151 795 6300 or nessgardens.org.uk.
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2017 Global Law and Order Report
Get the latest findings from Gallup's Law and Order Index, a worldwide measure that reveals how safe -- or insecure -- people feel in their neighborhood and how confident they are in their local police.
For the first time, the Law and Order Index includes Gallup's question about whether people have been assaulted or mugged in the past 12 months.
The result? These experiences are part of life for more than one in four people in some countries.
While terrorist attacks and crime sprees are what make global headlines, this report dives into people's personal sense of safety in their community and the relationship between these feelings and a nation's economic and social development.
Worldwide, Singapore scores highest on the Law and Order Index at97.
of Venezuelans feel safe walking alone at night and only14%
express confidence in their local police -- both all-time worldwide lows.
In sub-Saharan Africa,14%
of residents say they have been assaulted or mugged in the past year -- more than double the global average.
Gallup sees a strong relationship between people's answers to the Law and Order Index and the economic and social development of a country.
The 2017 Global Law and Order report, based on research from Gallup's World Poll, offers leaders a glimpse of how close or far countries are from achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of "promoting just, peaceful and inclusive societies."
This report reveals the answers to the following questions from residents in 135 countries worldwide:
- In the city or area where you live, do you have confidence in the local police force?
- Do you feel safe walking alone at night in the city or area where you live?
- Within the last 12 months, have you had money or property stolen from you or another household member?
- Within the past 12 months, have you been assaulted or mugged?
Download the Full Report
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Every Friday, I will inevitably receive a 'Happy Friday!' greeting from an overly excitable colleague or client; or, if it's a Wednesday, I'll get at least one 'Happy Hump Day!' (which just sounds gross, sorry). But the worst of all of these is the 'ugh, it's Monday' comment.
I really don't understand the disappointment felt when Sunday night comes to an end. Similarly, Fridays don't really mean 'countdown till wine-o'clock' for me, it is simply another part of my week; and being a grown-up, I can technically have a glass of wine any time I like.
Do I feel anxious about Mondays? Never. Do I feel overly excited about Friday 5pm? Nope.
The reason is that my work and home life have blurred into one. I don't feel the need to have a clear separation between the two, and while my work doesn't define who I am, it is definitely a very inclusive part of my life (regardless of the day of the week).
It seems a shame that emotions and mood can be determined simply by what day it is, especially as each new day is inevitable and out of our control.
Staying connected 24/7
In a 24/7 connected world, it is misguided of us to manically draw the line between work and pleasure. When once one would rise and check the business papers for an update on the news that broke overnight, now we can check using our phones at 2am while getting a glass of water in the middle of the night.
Almost everything we need to know is at our fingertips at a moment's notice. But with that overabundance of information (and misinformation), comes a new set of responsibilities. Most professional roles and industries have an expectation that their workers don't switch off at 5pm, and the onus is on the individual to manage this using clear communication with their employer (or employees).
Working as the online publisher for opinion site The Big Smoke, I wouldn't think twice about responding to an email at 7am on a Sunday. Instead of it stressing me out on a weekend, it does the opposite; I feel less anxious about coming into the office on Monday.
The best approach to work, and to life in general, is to take it in bite-sized chunks, while referring back to the big picture. This means I don't have the luxury of 'switching off' on the weekend, and nor do I want to. It also gives me the flexibility to work in a way that is conducive to nurturing other important areas of my life - family, friends and hobbies.
Because I don't have strict parameters around work and life, it means I can take that hour-long call from a friend who's having a crisis at 2pm on a Tuesday, because I know that the time I've spent with her will be made up working later that evening.
Blurred lines
If you have a fixation on these boundaries and an attitude of 'No I won't answer a work call, it's 6pm', it will only cause you extra stress and pressure over the coming weeks, because you can bet that there will be a competitor who will happily take five minutes out of their dinner to answer a quick question.
I don't know about you, but that's a risk I am not willing to take. It is not viable to assume that in a global marketplace your clients are going to fit in with what you deem to be reasonable hours.
For many professionals, completely switching off is the only way they can feel completely in the moment and if that's what works, then fantastic. However, there always needs to be some level of connectivity to ensure things aren't missed.
The concept of the end of the work-free weekend isn't about turning people into workaholics. It's about removing the angst that comes with battling to remove all facets of work from your social time, which inevitably builds up the to-do list and results in an unhealthy dislike for Mondays.
At the end of the day, clients and competitors don't disappear just because you want to spend the weekend in the Blue Mountains. So look at your career differently and don't be misguided into taking a technology detox. Instead, continue working on the smaller tasks so that when you return from your break, your duties are manageable.
Take control back
If you Google work/life balance, there are a range of self-help articles available, but the common thread between all of these is that the searcher has lost an element of control and needs direction. Get control back by stepping out of the constant internal conflict to compartmentalise your social, family and work time – and embrace them all as parts of your messy, illustrious, productive and sometimes confusing life – whether it's Monday or Friday.
I'm not suggesting we all turn into robots. But we do need to become professionals who can discern, focus and include their work organically as part of the bigger picture of their lives.
Alexandra Tselios is a business consultant and publisher of opinion site The Big Smoke. Alexandra has a diverse background in corporate, public and creative fields.


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The US Treasury's plan to inject cash directly into banks will be more effective in battling the credit freeze than having the government buy the banks' troubled mortgage debt, analysts said.
The capital injections, which could begin by the end of October, should also be better for taxpayers, they add.
"I think this plan is far superior to the asset acquisition plan which I never believed made any sense at all, so I think (Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson) is on the right track," said Richard Bove, banking analyst at Landenburg Thalmann.
Last week, Congress approved a $700 billion financial rescue plan, allowing the Treasury to buy up bad mortgage debt from troubled banks in the hopes unfreezing the credit markets. The rescue plan also allows the Treasury to put cash directly into banks, although that provision—which Congress insisted on—hasn't garnered much attention until the past few days.
Critics of buying up troubled assets, including Bove, said that strategy would actually worsen the capital structure of banks by forcing write-downs. It also would stick taxpayers with $700 billion worth of illiquid assets, he said.
On the other hand, putting cash directly into banks would allow the government to earn interest income and possibly even reap profits when the banks eventually recover.
"This is a win-win for the taxpayer, for the economy," Bove said. "Great Britain is already moving in that direction and that it is absolutely the way the $700 billion should be used."
Of course, the Treasury could easily end up doing both. And even if just 25 percent of the $700 billion went to capital injections, it "would have a very dramatic positive impact on the market," Bove said.
Still, there's no guarantee either method would convince banks to start lending again.
With a capital injection, "the first thing you are doing is de facto guaranteeing the existing debt, so a lot of the value you are putting into the company is not going to make new loans," said Luigi Zingales, a finanicial scholar at the University of Chicago. "It is transferred to the existing debt-holders."
If that happens this becomes a bailout not of the bank itself, but debt-holders, Zingales said.
"I don't see any reason to bail out debt-holders with taxpayers money," he added. "They earned nice yields because they took risk and now when the risk materializes you want the government to bail them out. It doesn't make any sense."
For that reason Bove said there would have to be stipulations that the new capital would be used to make more loans, especially to small and medium-sized companies that are responsible for the lion's share of job creation in the country and are most immediately in danger of going belly-up.
That would mean targeting capital injections to banks that are most heavily involved in servicing this market, Bove said, including Bank of America , which has the country's largest bank retail operations, and JPMorganChase , another big player among the larger banks.
It would also probably cover Wells Fargo and a slew of middle-range banks such as PNC , BB&T and US Bank Corp .
Direct capital injection into banks could be done virtually overnight but Bove said they government would need to provide a "rationale" for the unprecedented government intervention.
"In my view, you select the banks where you are going to get the biggest bang for the buck in terms of job creation, and those would be the banks that make the largest amount of loans to mid and small-sized companies because they are the ones that create the most jobs," said Bove.


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Samsung Gleam SCH-U700 / Muse
Info Photos News Forum 82 Reviews
Average Ratings
nice phone!
a few days ago, my fiance stepped on my pink razor and broke the LCD and the phone became unusable, so i went shopping for a new phone. so i saw this new Gleam from verizon, and i bought it and have been using it for a couple days now... so far, it's been great!
not too thick
Gleams with golden shine!
i love the user interface..good animated sets for wallpapers and themes
its fun to press keys in this phone.. feels like im popping those bubblewraps :)
touch sensitive pad on the front to listen to music
my fingerprints get on the body too easily..
the phone is kinda wide and tall, and looks funny in my tiny hand
right now i'm looking for some pretty skins to put on my new phone... it'll also keep those fingerprints off my phone too
Ok Phone if you got it free
It is thin and not heavy. If this is samsungs answer to the lg 8700 they did not win the battle. This phone is ok for a free-bee. Camera is ok, speaker phone is terrible. Can't zoom on pics that you have taken. This is not a bad phone, but if you spent money on it or are going to, it's not worth it. Battery doesn't last long either.
If you are looking for a thin, lightweight phone and dont care about much more, this would be ok.
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I do not "love" things like phones of computers
This was a new every two thing. I have been a Verizon customer for many, many years. I had a Razr which is the best phone I've ever had. I just need a phone, not all the other crap that takes away from the RF section. My reason for choosing the Gleam was the size specifically the thickness as well as a previous Samsung phone the company provided me with. In retrospect I should have gotten the Motorola 755 but I'll use the Gleam for a while.
Pros: Battery life is the best of any phone so far. I've conditioned it properly and it has longer use time than any previous phone.
Size is good. Display sharp. Speaker volume adequate.
Pairs easily with several headsets.
Cons: Plastic case ring tones very few. (note: I recorded the ringer from my Razr and used it!) I find "music" ring tomes obnoxious.
The worse thing for me is the RF section. It is not as good as the Razr. Driving into my subdivision I lose the signal. It doesn't drop the call but conversation drops. The Razr was the only phone that worked in that area.
In summary. It is OK not great. I will not keep it long. I ordered a 3rd USB cable after laughing my way out of the Verizon store at what they were asking for it.
I loaded the 2 gig memory with Old time Radio programs to listen to while out of town. I could easily do with out a mp3 player in the phone. Not needed and certainly not necessary.
Very Nice
I have had this phone for several months now and am very pleased with it. It pairs nicely with my bluetooth earpiece which was a problem on my last phone. It looks very good (my teenage son looked at it recently and commented "Dad, you always have such cool phones") and the speaker is loud enough, a problem I have had in the past. I don't use the MP3 features, so I don't know about them. It holds a charge well, better than my prior (LG) phones. My only concern is that it seems to be so lightweight and 'plasticky' that I think it will not hold up too long, although it hasn't broken yet. The hinge has a little play in it which I think is a sign of lacking durability.
This was my first new phone as of Dec. 25th ,2007 (after using my Motorola E815) and I've had it for almost 10 months. Okay, I'm a teenager, which means I use my phone religiously for EVERYTHING. First the goods: This phone is amazingly sturdy. I drop it all the time on the street while I'm running and walking my black lab. Secondly, it's pretty responsive, I usually don't have to hit any button more than once. The other features such as camera, video, etc work alright (taking into consideration that it is a phone!!!)
The not-so-good stuff: I am told by many people (including my parents who also have verizon) that it is extremely hard to hear me when I'm speaking... And I often have a hard time hearing them. Reception is sometimes a problem, but it's not too bad. The place to plug in a charger is not in the best of places(Right side, near top) the original ringers are also not the best and aren't always loud enough. The biggest problem is the battery life. I have to charge my phone every night or it will die. Now, I know it's not just me using it all the time because my friends that use their phone more than I use mine, have longer battery life(they both have LG phones by verizon)
Even though the Gleam is not perfect, I am glad that I have it. I am ready to get a new one, but that's just because the newer ones are getting cooler and cooler. I would recommend this phone to people who may not use it as heavy or people that don't mind charging it a little more frequently than normal. Or, you could always get another back up battery, the only reason I have is because have priorities at the moment and that one isn't at the top right now.
Big mistake
I got this phone using my new-every-two upgrade and because people said my LG-VX8300 is "not cool enough." It came today and I have already sent it back. The phone is a winner if looks is all that matters to you. I like to actually use my phone to talk, so imagine my dismay when I turned it on and had 1 bar signal that was fading in and out in my house compared to my LG-VX8300, which gets 4 bars at least. Then I took it to work and it was seeking the whole time (my building gets very weak cell phone signal in general, but I've rarely had my LG go "seeking"). Unacceptable. Okay, so bad reception should pretty much kill any enthusiasm I had for the phone, but there were some other things that I found very strange and really made the decision to return the phone even easier.
1) Getting the front LCD to turn on is cumbersome. Why can't one just push one of the side buttons to see the clock?
2) Having to press and hold for the speakerphone is also cumbersome. It introduces lag time. The speakerphone is not very loud.
3) The living wallpaper is cheesy and eats battery power.
4) This thing is a fingerprint magnet and it looks unusually dirty with all those fingerprints. After a few touches, the phone looks like it's been handled by someone who just dipped their hand in a bag of Ruffles.
5) Choice of ringtones leaves much to be desired. You can't assign ringtones to "restricted" or "no caller id" calls separately.
6) This phone is on some serious lockdown. Can't access it using BitPim. Not so for my LG. I can make my own ringtones and add picture IDs from my computer. No need to take the person's picture in person.
I'm getting the LG-VX8350 in exchange. This is the newer version of the 8300. At least they've tried to pretty it up and slim it down a bit. If it's truly an improvement over the 8300, then I'm sure I won't be disappointed.
This phone is horrible. Iâve had it for a year and it drives me to drink. Keep in mind I have the new version. Also, Verizon sent me a new Samsung Gleam last week because they thought the hardware on my old one was bad; and Iâm still having the same problems. Verizonâs customer service is wonderful though; so Iâm not bashing them.
Nice speaker quality
The Live wallpapers are the envy of all my friends
Camera quality is good but you donât have a flash or a lot of options.
Hardly gets a signal where all other Verizon people Iâm with do. (note: they donât have this phone)
Text messages wonât come in or I canât send them (all random times of course) even though I have bars.
It scratches easily; not that big of a deal though.
The touch screen on the front for the music goes off at random times (like if itâs in my purse or pocket). Which isnât that big of a deal except when I am in a meeting at work and Superman that Hoe starts playing.
The display freezes randomly and shuts itself off at random times.
I cannot stand this phone and I would never ever ever buy another one no matter how many times they say itâs âimprovedâÂ
I love this phone
I have the Muse by Alltel. Which is the same as the Gleam. Just the clock is digital.
I got my phone about 4 months ago. The first one had a few issues. It had a speaker problem and it didn't shut all the way. I took it to Alltel and they swapped it out for another one. Which did great for awhile. Then again the speaker thing. So I took it back and got another. This one is fine. It has a nice look to it and the pictures come out nice and clear. Great reception. I live in the sticks and have no troubles with this phone at all. Battery life is great on this phone. I find it very simular to the samsung hue in many ways.
I don't like
the way it scratches easy
it's hard shiny plastic and can show every finger print possible lol.
the keypad is kind of small but, is alright
The camera doesn't have a flash but is still a good camera.
Overall I love my cell now
Hate it..
I had the LG 8700 (loved it), but they replaced it twice because it would not pair correctly with my bluetooth headset. Finally, they gave me the GLEAM (what a step down). I absolutely hate this phone and went back to my old LG 8300 until I can sell the GLEAM for money to buy a new phone.
-Ok sound quality for mp3s
-Nice camera quality
-Hate the front buttons.. so annoying.. Until I figured out how to lock the front screen, I used to start my music player ALL the time unintentionally
-It's ugly and plain-jane
-SD slot under battery
-my 8700 offered LOADS more features (like ability to edit pics)
-Signal sucked
-Alarm only function does not work
Loads more that I can't think of right now... Don't waste your time if you're looking for something awesome.. If you're looking for something practical or just a basic phone, this is the one for you.
Sleek, Great Options and Amazing!
This phone is by far the best phone I've ever had so far. Very reliable and loud speakers. Also, very professional looking and has amazing options.
*A great option I've found is that you can set it to actually say who is calling before playing your ring tone.
*Camera has great effects and is also very clear and takes amazing pictures.
*Nice bright screen and amazing service
I definately recommend this phone to anyone!


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Here is the complete table with the Red, White & Blueberry Ice Cream Cake as the centerpiece.
I set the table (yes, that is my farm table that is usually on my sun porch) in our back yard under a big tree.
Here is the Help Yourself Bar featuring Star-Spangled Sangria with Mason Jar glasses. Here is a link to the DIY instructions for setting up this bar and easy patio decorations.
I made the stars for the sangria out of a red apple cut with a cookie cutter... it really couldn't have been easier. Here is the recipe for the Star-Spangled Sangria.
On the table I tucked baskets of blueberries, cherries and strawberries amongst the flags for a seasonal touch... and who doesn't love an edible centerpiece.
I love how the table turned out. It is casual, but definitely festive and it feels appropriate for the occasion- no fancy floral centerpieces or taper candles here!
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Quick Tip: Don't Forget to Ventilate!
See if the HVAC system in your modern, insulated home is in need of ventilation.
Don't Overlook Proper Ventilation
Making your home more airtight with new windows, insulation or a finished basement can actually hurt your energy efficiency if you don't also ventilate properly.
How Ventilation Used to Work
Until very recently, homes were built to breathe. Insulation was seldom used, windows were single-pane and drafts were just part of life. Home heating systems had no problem finding oxygen for combustion, attics were naturally ventilated and fresh outdoor air always found its way in somehow.
Solve One Problem, Create Another
Today, in the age of double-paned windows, whole-house insulation and vapor barriers, we're also seeing moisture problems that lead to mold problems and poor indoor air quality. It only makes sense that if you seal the house and don't circulate the air, the humidity and gases that once flowed freely in and out are now trapped inside. And they wreak havoc on the home's structure, not to mention its inhabitants.
Mechanical Ventilation
Consult your HVAC contractor to see if your home needs mechanical ventilation. A fan can provide outdoor combustion air for your furnace. Good combustion helps it operate more cleanly and efficiently and keeps it from depressurizing your house. An air-to-air heat exchanger brings fresh air into circulation in your heating and air conditioning ducts. It preconditions the air before sending it in, so you're not decreasing your system's efficiency with cold air.