Mike Farber

The Big Picture

Kids really ground you. They see things so simply.

The folks at Pixar get this, and as a result make brilliant and poignant movies that speak to kids and the kids within all of us.

Pixar's latest effort, Wall-E, is many things: a kid's movie, a love story, an homage to Chaplin.

 

However, at its core, Wall-E is an elegant, beautiful, moving Silent Spring for the next generation.

It's easy to get lost in the back and forth bickering over global warming, gas prices, regulation, competing green technologies, subsidies and every other Tag word in the blogosphere.

It's easy to lose the big picture.

Thanks to Wall-E for providing some focus.

 

Posted by Mike Farber on July 15, 2008 at 2:48 AM
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Green + Green = Growth

According to AlwaysON, green funding in Q4 2007 dipped a bit from the previous quarter.

Short-tem skeptic view: Yikes, a 50% dip from $1b to $500m shows that the market is stalling.

Long-term realist view: Get real. Look at year over year growth, this market is just starting to grow. Plus, check out the quality of these deals, like A123 Systems raising $30m.

I'm with the realists.

Posted by Mike Farber on March 25, 2008 at 10:15 AM
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