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San Francisco
Corporate Social Responsibility
September's Speaker in SF: Jurriann Kamp, Founder of Ode Magazine
Published on Aug 27 2010 in blog
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We are thrilled to have Jurriaan Kamp, the founder of Ode Magazine, as our speaker in San Francisco this month. Kamp will discuss his thoughts on the power and need for optimism and solutions in our
current world, the role of media and specifically Ode in making a positive impact needed to create a sustainable world.
Ode’s mission is to publish stories about the people and ideas that are making a difference. The magazine for “intelligent optimists,” Ode reports on positive news in the areas of health, science, spirit, life, energy and business. Odemagazine.com is a vibrant community that connects readers from around the globe.
Jurriaan Kamp founded Ode Magazine in The Netherlands in 1995 with his wife, Helene de Puy. The magazine continues to thrive there and in 2007, Ode Magazine’s U.S. offices opened in the Bay Area.
Before founding Ode, Kamp was an editor, correspondent in South Asia and Chief Economics Editor at the Dutch daily newspaper NRC Handelsblad. He is the author of Small Change: How Fifty Dollars Changes the World and Because People Matter. Ode Magazine in the Netherlands recently published its 100th issue.
Please join us on Tuesday, September 28th for this amazing opportunity. To register for the event, click here.
DailyCleanTech: The Invention that Leads To the First Prediction of the Greenhouse Effect
Published on Aug 21 2010 in blog
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On August 22, 1834 America astronomer Samuel Pierpont Langley is born in Boston Massachusetts (d. February 27, 1906). His invention of the bolometer helped him measure infrared radiation, which helped Svante Arrhenius make the first calculations on the greenhouse effect.
Langley’s interest in astronomy began early in his youth with a small telescope owned by his father. By age 20 he and his brother were building their own. As a young adult he taught at Harvard College Observatory the United States Naval Academy, until 1867, when he moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to direct the new Allegheny Observatory and serve as professor of astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh.
In Pittsburgh he researched the Sun and the effect of its solar radiation on the Earth’s atmosphere. To conduct his research, Langley invented the bolometer to measure infrared radiation, versions of his original design are still used today.
The bolometer is a radiant-heat detector that is sensitive to differences in temperature of one hundred-thousandth of a degree Celsius (0.00001 C) . Composed of two thin strips of metal, a Wheatstone bridge, a battery, and a galvanometer (an electrical current measuring device), this instrument enabled him to study solar irradiance (light rays from the sun) far into its infrared region and to measure the intensity of solar radiation at various wavelengths. Langley’s measurement of interference of the infrared radiation by carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere was used by Svante Arrhenius in 1896 to make the first calculation of how climate would change from a future doubling of carbon dioxide levels.
In 1886, Langley received the Henry Draper Medal from the National Academy of Sciences for his contributions to solar physics. His publication in 1890 of infrared observations at the Allegheny Observatory in Pittsburgh together with Frank Washington Very was used by Svante Arrhenius to make the first calculations on the greenhouse effect.
By 1887, Langley became Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Secretary of the Institution, where he would serve until his death in 1906, from paralytic stroke. Pall beareres at Langley’s funeral included the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court Melville Fuller and Vice President Charles W Fairbanks.
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Laura Lazarescou
As a an entrepreneurial problem-solver, I am very excited to learn about this group. Initially a Petroleum Engineer, transformed through the software industry and ultimately telecommunications, I am passionate about putting my technology know-how into growing sustainble businesses that are good corporate citizens. I have also had the good fortune to support non-profits and social ventures related to technology and entrepreneurship. I look forward to discovering others in the Dallas / Ft. Worth who are building sustainable businesses in creative ways.
Primary EcoTuesday City:
Dallas
Other City (if not listed above):
Ft. Worth
