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Film assignment on global warming captures teen's imagination, becomes a documentary, Fight for the Planet. This documentary was premiered at the MaRS Centre.

Film assignment on global warming captures teen's imagination, becomes a documentary, Fight for the Planet. This documentary was premiered at the MaRS Centre. March 12, 2009

MobileMonday Toronto and MaRS announced a partnership to develop and host a range of dynamic events for the city's mobile industry professionals. MobileMonday at MaRS will offer thought leadership and critical industry perspectives and connect top-tier professionals and boosting the profile of one of the fastest-growing sectors of communications technology.

MobileMonday Toronto and MaRS announced a partnership to develop and host a range of dynamic events for the city's mobile industry professionals. MobileMonday at MaRS will offer thought leadership and critical industry perspectives and connect top-tier professionals and boosting the profile of one of the fastest-growing sectors of communications technology. Feb 17, 2009

The first half of the Review focuses on the impacts and risks arising from uncontrolled climate change, and on the costs and opportunities associated with action to tackle it. A sound understanding of the economics of risk is critical here. The Review emphasises that economic models over timescales of centuries do not offer precise forecasts - but they are an important way to illustrate the scale of effects we might see. The second half of the Review examines the national and international policy challenges of moving to a low-carbon global economy. Climate change is the greatest market failure the world has seen. Three elements of policy are required for an effective response.

Dedicated to the Revolutions, a theatre show by Small Wooden Shoe at Buddies in Bad Times, March/April 2009. A show about the scientific revolutions that changed the world and their effect on our lives and how we think. These guys showed up a couple of years ago at MaRS to present "I Keep Dropping Sh*t" as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival -- this one about Newton's Gravity revolution. It was a riot and a real collaboration between science and art. The format is truly innovative. Definitely a good fit for MaRS.

The Sustainability Leadership Exchange will take place on April 1st in Toronto. This event will create an interactive exchange of ideas and practices between business leaders, entrepreneurs, policy makers, and investors. MaRS Discovery District will be presenting at the event along with Green Enterprise Ontario and InCourage.

The latest federal budget removes tax barriers and stimulates flow of capital across Canadian border - great news for Canada's innovative companies!

Ben Horowitz writes in Business Insider's War Room about an open source legal project, Series Seed documents from Ted Wang. He says that these are the kinds of legal docs that the new kind of investor needs to invest in the new kind of company, which generally doesn't require the VC funding structures of the past.

MTS Allstream Inc. announced on Dec 30 that the winner of a new BMW 335d Advanced Diesel vehicle two year lease from the Greater Toronto Area BMW Retailers.MaRS Discovery District is a partner of the 2009 Allstream Global Forum. Dec 30, 2009

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."

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

Woodland Biofuels, a client of MaRS advisory services, was awarded $4M to build a plant that will efficiently produce cellulosic ethanol from renewable wastes.

Ontario is supporting new clean energy technology and creating jobs as part of its Open Ontario Plan. Woodland Biofuels, a client of MaRS advisory services, was awarded $4M to build a plant that will efficiently produce cellulosic ethanol from renewable wastes.

Light From A Stone, a MaRS Client, has just launched a new product. Light From A Stone combines powerful LED lights, fibre-optic cable and concrete to create a new dimension in lighting.

The Ontario Society of Professional Engineers held its second symposium related to climate change on April 29 in Toront,.Entitled, "Engineering in a Climate of Change: Making the Lakes Great." This event was held at the MaRS Centre, in cooperation with the ArcelorMittal Dofasco Centre for Engineering and Public Policy at McMaster University.

Tom Rand, Cleantech Lead at MaRS, and author of Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies to Save Our World says "it will take a massive investment to kick our fossil fuel addiction. Clean energy can be the basis of sustained economic prosperity over the next few decades. But only if we decide to do it."

Tom Rand, Cleantech Lead at MaRS and author of Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies to Save Our World says "we can make the largest investment in infrastructure in human history by building a low-carbon economy... We can start to build that infrastructure on our own timetable, or we can wait for nature to dictate the terms."

MaRS social innovation client, Youth4Water, was interviewed on Metro Morning on Wednesday, March 16th. Their latest campaign, Blue W, encourages businesses to fill up the public's water bottles for free with tap water. It's a wonderful campaign to remind everyone that Toronto has great-tasting, safe drinking water and you don't need to buy bottled water.

Business leaders discuss strategies for achieving a healthy balance between environmental sustainability and economic growth at Creating Business Value with Integrated Sustainability, hosted by The Conference Board of Canada. Event takes place Oct 29-30, Tom Rand, MaRS Clean Tech Practice lead will be speaking at the event. Oct 27, 2009

Arctic Faring David Buckland thinks cities like Toronto are the key to climate deadlock.The UK group chosen T.O. as its headquarters for the whole of North America. Chalk that up to the power of our artsies - and to the fact that Cape Farewell has consciously adopted the C40, the climate leadership group made up of mayors from the world's largest cities.Buckland spoke at the MaRS Centre.