By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues

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Andres Wydler is a clean tech executive based in San Francisco, formerly with BPL Global, a smart grid company. He cofounded the Constellation Investment Group of angel investors. In January, he delivered a sold out lecture series on clean tech entrepreneurship at Stanford University and will repeat the series this summer.

I sat down with Andres at a Sand Hill Road venture capital firm to discuss the reasons for the huge demand for his class; what outstanding startups he discovered at Stanford; his thoughts on the morale of venture capitalists today, and his future expectations for the green sector. We also covered:

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By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues

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In the third in our series of Fresh Green Minute, Apple evangelist and Alltop cofounder, Guy Kawasaki gives some insights into how to become a Green Revolutionary. He’s author of the book, Rules for Revolutionaries and I asked him how these rules apply to those in the green revolution.

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The interview was recorded at Guy’s Garage Technology Ventures office in downtown Palo Alto on April 8, 2009

By Alison van Diggelen

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Catherine Cook was a big draw at SDForum’s Tech Titans of Tomorrow: Teens Plugged In Conference last Wednesday at the Hewlett Packard Auditorium in Palo Alto. She is cofounder of MyYearbook a social media network for teens which has raised almost $17 million in funding. She talked to me about the site’s  Causes Application which allows users to donate money to charities with their virtual currency, Lunch Money.

Catherine told me teens are choosing to go greenand make a big difference to our planet. To date, MyYearbook users (reportedly 10 million of them) have bought 2 million pounds of carbon-dioxide offsets and saved millions of  sqft of rainforest.
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By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues

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Adam Jackson is social media expert and coauthor of the upcoming style guide for Twitter fans - “140 Characters, A Style Guide For The Short Form” which was recently reviewed in the New York Times

I met him at the energetic SDForum Teens Plugged In Conference at Hewlett Packard on May 13, 2009 and we found a quiet corner to talk about: How to become a green influencer

This is the second in our weekly series: Fresh Green Minute

Look out for the another Fresh Green Minute with Adam, when he discusses how Twitter is going green and how employees use software like Skype to be green.

The interview was recorded on May 13,2009

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues

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Martin Sheen sat down with me at the Flint Center in Cupertino to talk about what motivates him to be green and actively involved in environmental causes. He supports projects like the Sea Water Foundation, which is using seawater to create  rich agriculture land from coastal deserts around the world. Check out the new Fresh Dialogues YouTube Channel more exclusive interviews.
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By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues

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New on Fresh Dialogues: Fresh Green Minute- one minute bytes of green inspiration

First up: Legendary business leader of General Electric, Jack Welch

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By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues

Silicon Valley’s SDForum presents: Tech Titans of Tomorrow – Teens Plugged In
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On the eve of Earth Day, I sat down with Forum host, Michael Krasny, at the KQED studios in San Francisco to discuss his journey from scrappy youth to celebrated interviewer, professor, and author. We talked about his book “Off Mike: A Memoir of Talk Radio and Literary Life” and explored his views on the green movement, and why he thinks it’s smart to be green.
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