September 3, 2026

Okra solar on rooftop

Skip the Power Plant: The Decentralized “Mesh-Grid” Tech Making Clean Energy Profitable

An Australian startup is helping rural communities in Africa bypass the huge expense of building grids by providing new mesh-grid technology for cheaper, healthier and more reliable renewable energy. If you want to power a community, the traditional playbook says you need to build a centralized power plant and run heavy transmission lines to every house. It’s a capital-intensive

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Tractor in a field

GoSun Enters “Phase 4” with Solar Utility Vehicles and a New Investment Opportunity

In mid-Sept 2026, GoSun, the clean technology company known for bringing practical solar products into everyday life, has launched a new equity crowdfunding campaign on StartEngine as the company enters what it calls Phase 4: an expansion beyond portable solar appliances into solar utility vehicles, solar charging systems, electric tractors, and distributed energy solutions.  For more than a decade, GoSun has focused on making solar

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Nature Retreat in the Catskills with the 2025 Ray of Hope Accelerator Program cohort.

The Biomimicry Institute Announces the 2026 Ray of Hope Accelerator Cohort

10 Nature-Inspired Startups Selected to Drive the Next Wave of Biomimicry Innovation  The Biomimicry Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to creating a Nature Positive, inclusive, and regenerative world inspired by nature’s genius, recently announced the ten startups selected for the 2026 Ray of Hope Accelerator.   Now in its seventh year, the Ray of Hope Accelerator continues to be one of the world’s

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The Growth for Impact Conference Nov. 8-11 in Phoenix, AZ

The Formative Growth for Impact Conference will be held November 8-11 at the Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass. The Growth for Impact conference website provides information on Registration, updates on the Agenda and Speakers, Hotel and Sponsors.  As you probably know, First Affirmative, now doing business as Formative, hosted and produced SRI in the Rockies and then The SRI

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Modern sustainable neighbourhood in Almere, The Netherlands.

Investing Like You Mean It: A Look Inside The Sustainable Investor Book

For more than two decades, I’ve had a version of the same conversation with people who want their money to do more than just grow. They tell me they’ve tried to invest in line with their values, and they’ve walked away confused, skeptical, or quietly convinced that they were being sold something. A fund with “ESG” in its name turns out

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Clean Energy Credit Union Staff

Leading with Culture and Capital at the Clean Energy Credit Union 

I grew up in a multigenerational household in a low-income neighborhood in Albuquerque, New Mexico. My grandmother immigrated from Mexico at age 16, became a U.S. citizen at 31, and never advanced beyond an eighth-grade education. Yet she possessed a remarkable wisdom about perseverance, gratitude, and making the most of every opportunity. Sustainability wasn’t a trend in our household; it was

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