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Julia Moulden, reporter for The Huffington Post attended and interviewed Tom Rand, MaRS Cleantech Advisor at Rand's book launch event. Rand has written a book about clean technologies that he feels can change to 100% renewables called "Kick The Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies to Save Our World."

Matt Galloway spoke with Tom Rand, MaRS Cleantech Advisor about his book, Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit.

"On March 27 and 28, a group of experts and 100 young people convened at Toronto's Metro Hall for a two-day conference hosted by Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada (YSEC), in partnership with social innovation advisory service MaRS.The goal of the re:Vision conference was to leave participants with ""practical know-how, new lenses for project design, and a wealth of earned knowledge that can be applied to their initiatives."" Cheryl May, advisor and practice lead of social innovation at MaRS, describes her views on Vision."

"On March 27 and 28, a group of experts and 100 young people convened at Toronto's Metro Hall for a two-day conference hosted by Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada (YSEC), in partnership with social innovation advisory service MaRS.The goal of the re:Vision conference was to leave participants with "practical know-how, new lenses for project design, and a wealth of earned knowledge that can be applied to their initiatives." Cheryl May, advisor and practice lead of social innovation at MaRS, describes her views on Vision."

Tom Rand, MaRS Cleantech advisor and author of "KICK the Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies to Save Our World" (www.ecotenpublishing.com), thinks that Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) is one solution that we should not overlook.

E(3) Canadian Roundtables took place May 26, 2010. The event featured a panel of thought leaders sharing their vision for a sustainable energy future for Canada. Tom Rand, Cleantech Advisor at the MaRS Discovery District spoke at the event.

On August 25, Toronto Hyrdo launched its' easy to Conserve campaign. Tom Rand, MaRS Cleantech Advisor states "energy conservation is as much about de-carboning the economy as it is about saving money."

The Next 36 is Canada's Entrepreneurial Initiative. According to Mark Zimmerman, MaRS' Senior ICE Advisor, "the Next 36 is a student spin off of the provincially and corporately backed MaRS Centre for Innovation, if you will, which backs over 1200 startups, 140 of which are mobile."

Tom Rand, Cleantech Advisor at MaRS Discovery District is helping Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited to spread the message about electricity conservation.

Tom Rand, MaRS Senior Advisor of Cleantech and Physical Sciences along with Roger Gordon and Ted Sargeant talks with Richard Syrett about their different ideas on how to fix the energy crisis.

Tom Rand, MaRS Senior Advisor, Cleantech and Physical Science and Bjorn Lomborg, Director, Copenhagen Consensus Centre debate about climate change and talks about how canada can cut back on emissions.

Tom Rand, MaRS Senior Advisor, Cleantech and Physical Science along with Barry Brook, Walt Patterson, Zoe Caron and Jatin Nathwani discuss about the alternatives of energy which is paving a path away from our current reliance on oil-based energy.

Robert Tweedy a MaRS Advisor has been appointed to the board of directors of Semcan.

Sarah Backhouse, host of Future 360, states Toronto is the centre of cleantech. Backhouse interviews Jon Dogterom and Tom Rand, MaRS Senior Cleantech Advisors. MaRS Discovery District assist entrepreneurs in accelerating the commercialization and the creation of new jobs in the cleantech field.

Tom Rand, MaRS Senior Cleantech Advisor attended the United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and blogs his take on the outcome of the summit.

The Action Canada Fellows will host a public dialogue in Winnipeg, MB on ideas for advancing Canada's economic future at the MaRS Centre.The dialogue will feature presentations from leaders in government, business and academia. Tom Rand, Senior Lead Advisor, Cleantech at MaRS Discovery District will be speaking at the event on November 4, 2011.

MaRS Advisor and Clear Blue Technologies co-founder Miriam Tuerk, Toronto Public Library's first "entrepreneur-in-residence," spoke on CBC Metro Morning about MaRS and small business in the GTA.

"Jack Stewart a biotechnology entrepreneur, is about to start a human trial for a drug developed from a compound found in shrew spit that could treat ovarian, breast and prostate cancers without many of the side effects of chemotherapy." Veronika Litinski, a Senior Advisor at MaRS in the Life Science and Health care practice says it is difficult to run trials with a clear robust criteria.

Laura Stone, Toronto Star reporter, reviews the movie Margin Call where a young analyst discovers a fatal flaw in the company's system - one that threatens to bring down the entire American financial industry and evaluates how realistic it is by interviewing 3 experts. Tom Rand, MaRS Senior Cleantech Advisor is one expert that was interviewed.

Winston is a Toronto company that is pitching a different way to operate the way people call for a taxi and limo through an app. The company Winston is working with MaRS Discovery District Advisors.