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Feature Article #1

Wind Energy Working Group

 As we keep coming to you with these stories about Moving Michigan Forward with the help of our friends at NextEnergy, we’re always reminded of that famous quote from Thomas Edison who said that the secret to creating his many famous inventions was that success was really only 10% inspiration and then 90% perspiration.  The […]

MovingForward | July 3rd, 2008 | Continued

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It’s Easy Being Green

Now, we tend to talk about this a lot, but it certainly bears repeating, we need to try to get a handle on all the trash we create in our throwaway culture.  One less Styrofoam cup.  One less paper napkin.  One less brown paper bag lunch bag.  
A lot of us take our lunch to work.  […]

MovingForward | June 26th, 2008 | Continued

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What does Green Business mean to you?

What does Green Business mean to you?  Perhaps you’re one of the many business owners around the state of Michigan are asking just that question.
San Francisco architect Eric Corey Freed, Principal of organicARCHITECT, discussed the role of Green Business.   Take a look a this quick video, and you many find Freed shares some of your […]

MovingForward | June 23rd, 2008 | Continued

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The Michigan Aerotropolis Project

Here at Moving Michigan Forward, we and our friends at NextEnergy really enjoy sharing with you some of the great things that truly are going on in our state; everything from building wind turbines; the giant windmills that provide clean energy that our state has so much potential for providing.  Let us not forget along […]

MovingForward | June 19th, 2008 | Continued

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Feature Article #5

The Wall Street Green Trading Summit

Here with Moving Michigan Forward we’ve been telling you that in the future, in addition to the stock exchange and the commodities exchange there will be a … carbon exchange.   We really think that Michigan could really take a leading role in this new business model. 
Have you and your business heard about the annual Wall […]

MovingForward | June 16th, 2008 | Continued

About this Site

Greater Media Marketing presents Moving Michigan Forward, an educational and entertaining online and broadcast program focusing on the Alternative Energy (AE) movement, and its economic, social and environmental impact to the region.  
In collaboration with NextEnergy and an ever growing list of partners, Moving Michigan Forward is designed to offer AE businesses an integrated forum to […]

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What in the World is V2G?

You think you’re up to speed on what’s going with all the new hybrid cars, and hydrogen fuel cells, and ethanol, and biodiesel, and all the new and exciting technologies coming out to fuel our cars, but I got to tell you, you start talking to our fiends over at NextEnergy, who are way deep […]

June 12th, 2008 | MovingForward | 0 comments | Continued
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Learn How Other Business Leader Go Green

Looking for ways for your business to be more “green”?  Global financial services company ING is committed to conducting its business responsibly, and environmental stewardship is an important part of its business philosophy.   
In this video, what steps they have made to go “green” and how easy it could be for your business to follow in […]

June 9th, 2008 | MovingForward | 0 comments | Continued
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Thinking Fuel For Michigan’s Future

Here are a couple “driving” questions on the minds of many business folks in Michigan…

Have you ever thought about what you’ll be driving in the next ten years, and what fuel you’ll put into the tank? 
Is it going to be gas at, like $10 a gallon, or diesel fuel, or biodiesel?  Or electric?  What’s it […]

June 5th, 2008 | MovingForward | 2 comments | Continued
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Learn How Other Businesses Have Saved

Energy efficiency projects can deliver large returns to your business. Many companies are benefiting from Department of Energy-sponsored plant-wide energy assessments and projects that they implemented on their own.  Here are just a few:
ALCOA
Following a plant-wide energy-efficiency assessment, Alcoa’s Lafayette aluminum extrusions plant saved more than $1,500,000 by reducing its use of natural gas (260 […]

June 2nd, 2008 | MovingForward | 1 comment | Continued
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Move Over NYSE…The Carbon Exchange Could Be On It’s Way

Are you aware that Michigan has like millions and millions of cubic feet of underground cave space that, at one time, held millions and millions of cubic feet of natural gas.  Enormous cavern under our soil that have, over the years, supplied natural gas to our state and to other states.  Well, much of the […]

May 29th, 2008 | MovingForward | 1 comment | Continued