Episodes
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Climate Action Mindset in Glasgow: A BBC Dialogue
It was hard to focus on anything else these last two weeks as the Climate Conference took place in my home city of Glasgow. Although the deal isn’t perfect, I have three reasons for hope. This week on Fresh Dialogues, I’m sharing those reasons and a recent conversation I had with Vivienne Nunis…
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Patagonia’s Yvon Chouinard: Saving National Monuments, The Planet
Patagonia’s Yvon Chouinard calls himself a “benevolent dictator” who levies a 1% “Earth Tax” from his company to fund environmental activism. Currently Patagonia is funding a campaign to protect Bears Ears National Monument, now under threat from President Trump’s executive order this week.…
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BBC Dialogues: California’s Drought and Your Lawn
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues As news broke about Gov. Jerry Brown’s mandatory water restrictions in California, I joined Roger Hearing on the BBC’s Business Matters program to discuss the state’s historic drought and the governor’s slow response. “We are standing on dry grass,...
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Batteries 101 – A Venture Capitalist View
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues In this week’s Fresh Dialogues, Mark Platshon, an expert in battery technology with venture capitalists, Vantage Point , provides some Battery Basics. What is a battery? “Throw a dart at (two elements on) the periodic table and you can make a…
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Carl Guardino on AB 32/ Prop 23: We’re not going to sit idly by
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues You’ve no doubt heard about the November ballot measure (Proposition 23) which aims to to scupper California’s landmark climate change legislation, AB 32. In this Fresh Dialogues interview, Carl Guardino, CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group,...
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Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Entrepreneurship
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues June 24 marked the 13th annual SDForum Visionary Awards, a celebration of the innovators and chutzpah that make Silicon Valley unique. Although the four visionaries come from diverse backgrounds, Silicon Valley was the common theme for the evening....
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Guy Kawasaki: On Evangelism
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Guy Kawasaki, the renowned Apple evangelist shares his top tips on how to become a great evangelist and how to leverage your success. This segment is part of a longer interview which took place in front of an audience of over 500 on July 7, 2010 at…
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Richard Lowenthal: Tesla, Range Anxiety & the Role of Charging Stations
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues On the eve of Tesla’s IPO, Richard Lowenthal of Coulomb Technologies discusses the vital role of charging stations in creating a thriving ecosystem for electric vehicles. Lowenthal, a Silicon Valley based maker of charging stations, argues that a...
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A Clean Energy Future: Advice from Silicon Valley
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Last night, President Obama addressed the nation for the first time from the Oval office. His subject: the BP oil spill disaster. Although some say he was “vapid”, Obama seized the opportunity to call for a clean energy future and end our addiction…
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Guy Kawasaki: The State of Venture Capital
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues This week, we feature an interview from the archives with Guy Kawasaki, Apple evangelist and venture capitalist at Garage Technology Ventures He shares his candid thoughts on why he thinks the venture capital model is broken and delivers a bullish...
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Jeffrey Toobin: Elena Kagan and Environment
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Today, President Obama announced his nominee for Supreme Court to replace Justice Stevens. No surprise to Fresh Dialogues readers: it’s Elena Kagan. So what might she mean for the environment and green tech? On April 1st, just days before Justice...
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Solar: The Economic Argument
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues On the Eve of Earth Day, it’s telling to look at the green motivations of one of Silicon Valley’s leaders in solar technology: CEO of Akeena Solar, Barry Cinnamon. He’s been a solar advocate since the 1970’s when he studied the science at...
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Jeffrey Toobin Transcript: Kagan, Supreme Court, Environment
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Fresh Dialogues (TM) is an interview series with a green focus: Fresh Questions, Fresh Answers. This video interview took place at Foothill College Celebrity Forum on April 1, 2010, just one week before Justice Stevens announced his retirement.…
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Jeffrey Toobin: Kagan, Supreme Court & Environment
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues I sat down with Supreme Court expert, Jeffrey Toobin, to discuss the court’s environmental record and Obama’s likely pick for the Supreme Court to replace Justice Stevens. Without skipping a beat, Toobin said his No. 1 pick is Solicitor General…
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Jeffrey Toobin: On Obama’s Offshore Drilling Plan
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Last week, President Obama announced a surprise decision to allow oil and gas drilling off the East Coast of the United States. The world was at once outraged and confused. What many analysts overlooked is that Obama also said in his speech, “For…
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Morton Grosser: The Secret of Silicon Valley’s Success
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues There are countless Silicon Valley wannabes all over the world, from Silicon Wadi in Israel to Silicon Glen in Scotland, but none rival Silicon Valley’s track record. Why is Silicon Valley the premier center of innovation? What is the secret of...
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Barry Cinnamon, Akeena Solar: On AB 32 and Government Policy
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Ask Akeena Solar CEO Barry Cinnamon about the current brouhaha on repealing AB 32 and he’s likely to “get political.” Since the 1970’s, he’s been a strong advocate for solar power and is an active member of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. I met...
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Tom Friedman: China Envy Video
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues I sat down with Pulitzer Prize winner, Tom Friedman, just before he delivered a lecture to an expectant Foothill College Celebrity Forum audience at the Flint Center in Silicon Valley. We discussed his bestselling book, Hot, Flat, and Crowded and…
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Rolf Papsdorf: Alternative Energy Brings Power to People
By Alison van Diggelen, Host of Fresh Dialogues Rolf Papsdorf, President of the Alternative Energy Development Corporation was a recipient of the 2009 Tech Awards in Silicon Valley, for bringing renewable energy (zinc fuel cells) and empowerment to a small community in South Africa. Check out…
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How Can Obama Jumpstart Clean Tech? Silicon Valley Experts Respond
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues The Obama administration ought to have sent an envoy to the FountainBlue State of Clean Green Conference on January 29, 2010. A panel of Silicon Valley clean tech experts had much to share in response to Moderator Greentech Media’s Eric Wesoff’s...
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Laurie Yoler: On Tesla, Venture Capital and Obama
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Laurie Yoler, a managing director of Growth Point Technology Partners, was a founding board member of Tesla Motors and currently serves on its advisory board. I met with her at the FountainBlue Clean Green Annual Conference on Friday January 29th…
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Robert Ballard: Titanic Explorer Talks Climate Change
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Check out the new Fresh Dialogues YouTube Channel more exclusive interviews. Robert Ballard, the ocean explorer of Titanic fame sat down with me in Silicon Valley to discuss his expeditions, global warming, and alternative energy. This respected...
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Elise Zoli: In Defense of Nuclear Power
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Elise Zoli, a partner with Goodwin Procter, is a specialist in energy and clean tech law; and teaches at MIT. I caught up with her at a Fountain Blue Green Transport Event where we discussed two hot areas in clean tech: energy storage and nuclear...
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Rolf Papsdorf: Powering rural Africa
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Rolf Papsdorf is bringing green power to the people of Africa. Thanks to the Silicon Valley based Tech Awards 2009, the rest of the world is hearing about it. His company Alternative Energy Development Corporation manufactures zinc-air fuel cells to...
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KR Sridhar: Time Magazine Award
By Alison van Diggelen, host Fresh Dialogues This month Bloom Energy CEO, KR Sridhar was picked as one of Time Magazine’s Tech Pioneers Who Will Change Your Life The Time article references a recent Fresh Dialogues feature, Power to the People SEE A RARE FRESH DIALOGUES VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH KR…
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Kevin Surace: Green Rock Star, Entrepreneur of Year
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Silicon Valley’s Kevin Surace has just achieved Rock Star status – of the Green Biz variety. The CEO of Serious Materials was picked as Entrepreneur of the Year by Inc. Magazine and joined Time Magazine‘s list of Tech Pioneers Who Will Change Your...
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Joseph Adelegan: Cows to Kilowatts Tech Award Winner
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues The catchy title “Cows to Kilowatts” certainly won the attention of the crowds at the 2009 Tech Awards Gala in Silicon Valley, but the project won accolades for more than mere words. Dr. Joseph Adelegan, an Ashoka Fellow is a charismatic engineer…
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Paul Krugman: Will Climate Legislation Kill the Economy?
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues As delegates gather in Copenhagen this week to thrash out a global treaty on climate change, the shrill from skeptics intensifies. It’s useful to listen to wisdom from Nobel Prize winning economist, Paul Krugman. In a recent interview, I asked Paul...
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Scott Hublou, EcoFactor: CleanTech Award Winner 2009
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues On November 17, I attended the CleanTech Open Awards Gala at the Masonic Center in San Francisco and enjoyed keynotes from Lesa Mitchell from the Kaufman Foundation, Bill Weihl, Google’s Energy Czar and Nancy Pfund, of DBL Investors. Minutes after…
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Paul Krugman: On China, Climate Change
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Here’s the transcript. SEE VIDEO of Part One (Part Two coming soon) In advance of Obama’s trip to China this week, Nobel Prize winner, Paul Krugman gave a short, sharp economics lesson on climate change and China during our exclusive interview in...
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Paul Krugman: Advice for Obama’s Job Summit
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues On Thursday November 12, I had an exclusive interview with Nobel Prize winning economist, Paul Krugman. Just hours after President Obama announced the Job Summit, I sought out Krugman’s wisdom and he gave some radical advice to the President....
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Tom Friedman: Why Copenhagen won’t solve climate crisis
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues I sat down with Pulitzer prize winning Tom Friedman to discuss his book and the upcoming Climate Summit in Copenhagen. In this part of the interview, we discuss what we can learn from Denmark – dubbed the greenest country in the world; the role of...
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KR Sridhar: Bloom Energy Timeline and Team
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Bloom Energy has been in stealth mode since 2003 and little has been released about the fuel cell company’s technology and timeline. KR Sridhar, CEO of Bloom Energy agreed to sit down with me to discuss the company’s technology and team. We explore...
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Guy Kawasaki: Venture Capital Insights
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues This week, we feature an interview with Apple evangelist and venture capitalist at Garage Technology Ventures, Guy Kawasaki. He shares his candid thoughts on the venture capital industry; the fragile economy and why he sees light at the end of the...
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Tom Friedman: Driving the Green Agenda
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues I caught up with Pulitzer Prize winner, Tom Friedman, at the Foothill College Celebrity Forum lecture series last month, where he delivered a spirited argument for why the United States must embrace a green economy. In this second part of our...
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David Chen: Government Catalyst for Green Tech
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues I caught up with David Chen, an executive director at Morgan Stanley, while attending the AlwaysOn Going Green Conference 2009 in Sausalito. Chen, a specialist in the green tech investment sector, discussed the morale of investors; and why he’s...
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KR Sridhar: Power to the People, with Bloom Energy
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues SEE THE VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH KR SRIDHAR HERE – A FRESH DIALOGUES EXCLUSIVE Part One: Fuel Cell Technology and Efficiency Also Part Two Bloom Energy: Affordability is Essential Video Part Three Bloom Energy: Mission to Change the World Video Bloom...
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Stuart Evans: Green Cement and Vinod Khosla
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Vinod Khosla, the green investment guru, was asked to name the company with the greatest chance of becoming the next Green Microsoft while onstage at the GoingGreen Conference in Sausalito. He declined to name his “favorite child” but did praise...
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Tony Perkins: Green Bubble or Obama Bubble?
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues I caught up with Tony Perkins, founder of AlwaysOn and Red Herring Magazine, just before he opened the third annual GoingGreen Conference in Sausalito, California. He agreed to talk for five minutes but well, we got talking…about what’s hot in the...
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Tom Friedman: China Envy Explained
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Last week, I sat down with Pulitzer Prize winner, Tom Friedman, just before he delivered a lecture to an expectant Foothill College Celebrity Forum audience at the Flint Center in Silicon Valley. We discussed his bestselling book, Hot, Flat, and...
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Linda Holroyd: Green investment no longer frilly
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Earlier this year, I met with Linda Holroyd, CEO of FountainBlue, a Silicon Valley based forum that brings together top experts and entrepreneurs in green tech. We discussed why her company is thriving because of the down economy; and why she has...
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Guy Kawasaki: Prius are Ugly
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Apple evangelist and venture capitalist, Guy Kawasaki discusses the aesthetics of hybrid cars, Tesla Motors, and nuclear power. He also delivers a very memorable lesson about keeping on the good side of the media in this Fresh Dialogues interview....
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Lena Wilson: Scotland’s Low Carbon Ambition
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Lena Wilson has been described as one of the most powerful women in Scotland. She’s CEO of both Scottish Enterprise and Scottish Development International, two publicly funded organizations focused on stimulating sustainable growth in Scotland. The...
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Rob Lamkin: Why Solar is the Solution
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Here are the highlights of my discussion with Rob Lamkin, CEO of Cool Earth Solar, a concentrated photovoltaic startup based in Livermore. Why is solar the solution to global warming and energy security? “Solar energy is the only thing we have in…
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Adam Jackson: How Twitter is Going Green
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues I caught up with Twitter officianado, Adam Jackson at SDForum’s Teens Plugged in Conference. He talks about how Twitter is going green and how his new book, 140 Characters, a style guide to Twitter, will be released as an iPhone App – a greener and...
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Elise Zoli: Government’s role in Clean Tech
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues I caught up with Elise Zoli at FountainBlue’s Forum on Clean Green Transportation this month. Elise is a Boston based partner with law firm, Goodwin Procter, but is a frequently in Silicon Valley to serve her local clients. She specializes in…
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Kevin Surace: Building Climate Change Solutions
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Kevin Surace is serious about tackling global warming and argues that producing energy saving building materials can go a long way to cutting down CO2 emissions and reducing energy consumption in the United States. He’s CEO of Serious Materials, a...
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Judy Estrin: Closing the green innovation gap
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Judy Estrin is an influential tech entrepreneur, CEO of JLabs, and author of Closing the Innovation Gap. I caught up with her at SD Forum’s 12th annual Visionary Awards in Atherton, where she was one of four recipients. We talked about whether clean...
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Mayor Chuck Reed: Green City but not Top 10
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Our Green Mayor was in fine form at SD Forum’s Visionary Awards on June 25th. He made a convincing pitch about why innovators and visionaries should locate in San Jose. In this photo, he’s pointing out his Economic Development team to the high…
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Guy Kawasaki talks Kindle
By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues I talked to Alltop cofounder, Guy Kawasaki at his Garage Technology Partners office in downtown Palo Alto and we discussed Amazon’s Kindle. Although he’s not yet a Kindle user, he can see the attraction to users, especially for reference books. What...
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