202 cleantech organizations were identified as being involved solely in the research, development or deployment of technological innovations in the province. 68 percent of the organizations who responded to the survey were formed in the last 10 years.

The companies are money making ventures. Total revenues by all firms in the industry are forecasted to be $2.5 billion in 2011, a 57 percent increase compared to 2008.

Total employees for 2011 are estimated to be 8,400 with an average salary of $72,000. Even if a few high numbers are skewing this average, it is still a good amount of cash to take home every year. Also, this industry is a good place to look for a job, since the report suggests that the industry will add 1,200 new jobs in 2011.

Exports accounted for 78 percent of cleantech revenues in both 2009 and 2010, with the US being the largest market for BC cleantech products and services.

Survey respondents are optimistic about their prospects for 2011, with a number of respondents expecting their first commercial sales, and firms already at the commercial operating stage expecting to see large increases in sales.

According to the World Bank, Random Hacks of Kindness is a community of innovation focused on developing practical open source solutions to disaster risk management and climate change adaptation challenges.

Events are planned around the globe, including in Hartford, Philadelphia, Seattle and Mountain View (California), Toronto, and elsewhere.

Volunteers in past RHoK events have developed applications that have already been used during disasters. I’m OK, an SMS service that lets people inform their families of their status, was used on the ground during the devastating earthquakes in Haiti and Chile in 2010.

For more information, check out the Random Hacks of Kindness website at www.rhok.org.

Upon arriving at Noah’s website, you will see a satellite imagery map with green circled numbers on it. Choose an area of our world and click on the green circle, and you will be virtually taken to the area to see what nature (such as animals) have been spotted and photographed in that area. I can imagine using this every time that someone I know travels.

You can enjoy Noah either without logging in or by becoming active and joining it through a Google or other account. This takes you to a page where you see the top spotters listed – with today’s leader having 885 spottings. That’s a lot!

You can participate in missions, and help discover and document local wildlife. Noah works with researchers and organizations to help gather important data, and missions can range from photographing specific frogs or flowers to tracking migrating birds or invasive species. Or they can be just for fun.

Today’s missions include helping to document the Gulf oil spill impact, squirrels, garden vegetables, urban biodiversity, and others. As Noah writes, this is a good way to become a Citizen Scientist.