Skip to Content List

  • Skip to primary content
  • Skip to footer content

Site Navigation Lists

  • Fellowship Application
  • Grantmaking Process
  • Contact Us
  • Donate
  • About
    • Mission and Vision
    • Staff
    • Board
    • Leadership Council
    • Impact Reports
    • Impact Photo Series
  • Programs and Impact
    • Our Programs and Impact
    • Education and Youth Development
    • Criminal and Juvenile Justice
    • Addiction and Health Equity
    • Community Fellowships
  • Grantees and Fellows
    • Grantee Database
    • Grantmaking Process
    • Community Fellows
    • How to Apply
  • News and Reports
    • Baltimore Justice Report
    • Newsletters
    • Reports
    • Impact Reports
    • Blueprint for Baltimore
    • OSI in the News
  • Events
    • Upcoming Events
    • Past Events
    • 20th Anniversary Speaker Series
    • Talking About Race Series
    • Talking About Addiction Series
  • Privacy
  • Cookie Policy
  • Community Guidelines
  • Terms & Conditions
Open Society Institute – Baltimore

Open Society Institute – Baltimore

Open Society Institute (OSI) – Baltimore : Audacious Thinking For Lasting Change

  • Fellowship Application
  • Grantmaking Process
  • Contact Us
  • Donate
  • EN
    • EN
    • ES
  • About
    • Mission and Vision
    • Staff
    • Board
    • Leadership Council
    • Impact Reports
    • Impact Photo Series
  • Programs and Impact
    • Our Programs and Impact
    • Education and Youth Development
    • Criminal and Juvenile Justice
    • Addiction and Health Equity
    • Community Fellowships
  • Grantees and Fellows
    • Grantee Database
    • Grantmaking Process
    • Community Fellows
    • How to Apply
  • News and Reports
    • Baltimore Justice Report
    • Newsletters
    • Reports
    • Impact Reports
    • Blueprint for Baltimore
    • OSI in the News
  • Events
    • Upcoming Events
    • Past Events
    • 20th Anniversary Speaker Series
    • Talking About Race Series
    • Talking About Addiction Series
Green technology as the next great innovation

Featured in
Green Ideas

Next Article
Ride your bike to work

Green Ideas

Green technology as the next great innovation

Content Social Share Links

  • Share on Facebook
  • Share on Twitter

As communities continue to endure the effects of a slumping national economy, it is imperative we utilize this opportunity to reassess the systems and programs of government.  These times require us being innovative in our approach to transform government to be smarter and more efficient.  Shifting the way we operate now will leave us in a much stronger position as we emerge from this financial crisis. Baltimore, as well as the nation, has needed a leader committed to changing Washington for the better.  This has been promised to the American people by President-Elect Obama.

In meeting with his transition team, I had an opportunity to talk about green technology as the next great innovation for cities in the coming decades.  As we build new schools, buy new cars and develop communities with environmentally friendly technology, we will create new, more sustainable cities for our children to live in.   These cities will be cleaner, greener and healthier places to work, live and play.

At the same time, as we build more sustainable cities, a new market for innovative green technology will blossom.  This new marketplace will create millions of new jobs for the coming generation.  With a historically high demand for efficient and clean products, industrial cities like Baltimore can once again be the home for industrious entrepreneurs and thriving businesses.

Again, it is critical for us to seize the moment and find ways to possibly take advantage of this economic downturn. Barack Obama offers all of us the hope we need to deal with the challenges ahead for our country.  By committing to the development of green technology, I believe that we can make today’s world better and the world of tomorrow great.

Related Content

Transforming the urban ecosystem

Is urban ecology an oxymoron? Not at all. The sooner we recognize that cities, people, and nature are inextricably linked, th…

Read More

Post navigation

Previous Article Previous Big solutions
Next Article Next Article What’s up with the wall?
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • Youtube

Subscribe to our mailing list

OSI Logo

Open Society Institute-Baltimore
Bold Thinking, Strategic Action, Justice for All.

Quick donate

© 2023 Open Society Institute-Baltimore
  • Privacy
  • Cookie Policy
  • Community Guidelines
  • Terms & Conditions
Skip to top of page