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An energetic welcome to Arun Majumdar
12/17/12
One of the world’s biggest challenges is bringing reliable, sustainable and affordable energy to everyone. We need a new energy blueprint for the future—the latest advances in technology have the potential to bring us closer to that goal than ever before.
That’s why I’m pleased to welcome Dr. Arun Majumdar to Google, where he will drive Google.org’s energy initiatives and advise the company on our broader energy strategy. Arun is widely recognized as one of the foremost leaders in energy innovation. He joins us from the Department of Energy, where he served as Acting Undersecretary of Energy and was founding Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy (better known as ARPA-E), identifying and providing essential support for the development of transformational new energy technologies. In his roles at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley, he made great contributions in the areas of energy conversion, transport, and storage, and in 2005 was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
We’re looking forward to great things in the coming year with Arun’s leadership and experience on the team.
Posted by Matthew Stepka, VP, Google.org
Growing green communities on Google+
12/14/12
All around Google+, people are gathering together to talk about things that matter to them, including the environment.
Since we launched
Google+ Communities
a week ago, it's been great to see how quickly green communities have sprouted up.
With Google+ communities, you can:
Join public communities on everything from
vegetarian cooking
to
backyard farming
Create private communities like a bike-to-work group among your coworkers or a freecycling group among your friends
Browse discussion categories to find the conversations you care about most (like whether the future of renewable energy lies in
solar
or
wind
)
Start hangouts and plan events with community members
Some of our favorite green communities on Google+ so far:
Because shared information can help people make greener choices, and because lively online discussions can inspire real-life action, we're excited about this new feature. Explore different communities on Google+ and see what people are doing to create more green in the world—this holiday season and through the new year.
Posted by Therese Wong, Google Green team
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