What is Source CleanTech
Source CleanTech is a website for unifying, staying up to date with, and engaging the global renewable energy community.
Why Source CleanTech
There is a shortage of good web magazines about renewable energy; there are only a handful. By contrast there are countless technology web magazines.
Still, with other renewable energy magazines out there, is there space for Source CleanTech to be successful?
There are also already renewable energy forums on the internet, is there space for Source CleanTech to be successful?
Yes.
This market is underserved and there is space for a quality site like Source CleanTech - and we are passionate about this and we want to be the people to do it!
Furthermore, Source CleanTech has a revolutionary new blended approach: wherein the polished "magazine" stage is cleared of commercial messages, and given to those that are passionate about renewable energy. There are two parts to the secret sauce:
1. Open Author with Moderation: Source CleanTech's open author appraoch means anyone that has something to say about renewable energy can say it and engage the community directly. Moderation stops spam and commerical messages, but posts any message that
is relevent to renewable energy.
This point is difficult to communicate, but is a critical part of this project. Allow me to use an example to illustrate. Let's say there is a graduate student with interesting research on a renewable energy topic and an entrprenuer who is doing a startup
centered on reduced energy consumption products. Both of these people reach out to the leading magazines on renewable energy, but are ignored because those leading magazines are focused on filtering content that supports a better bottom line for themselves
- after all they have high costs associated with running their business.
Alternatively, if these two people reached out to Source CleanTech they would have their story published and be engaging the community almost instantly - Source CleanTech's operating costs are so low that it doesn't affect the actions of the organization,
allowing Source CleanTech's primary and only objective to be add value to the community.
2. Simple & Clean: The layout is clean, simple, attractive, and intuitive so users can focus on the content.
Wait a minute, you said "cleared the stage of commerical messages" but you obviously have ads on the site, what gives? Those ads are necessary to make the site self sufficient and cover costs like web hosting and moderation. The difference is that they are
clearly ads, and those ads never affect the content or how the content is displayed.
Who is Source CleanTech For
Everyone interested in the renewable energy community, especially those that have a voice on the topic and want to be heard.
Why We Need Your Backing
We have already invested hundreds of hours of our time and hundreds of our own dollars to get Source CleanTech where it is now. You can see it here:
sourcecleantech.com
Source CleanTech only needs a solid jump start from investors that care, after which it will be self sustaining and continue to add value to the community.
Please help spread the word and tell you friends about this project, and support this campaign to make Source CleanTech a reality. Any amount would be hugely helpful, and we promise that we'll make your $25 bucks go a long way!
Every little bit helps.
Who Is Behind Source CleanTech
Corey Featherly is the founder and creator of Source CleanTech. He comes from a technical background, and in addition to conceiving the project he does all of the technical work to make it happen.
Ada Pan is the business advisor. She is an MBA graduate and Chinese
national from Beijing, and has played a critical role in shaping the project vision.
Dan Enking is the marketing advisor. As co-founder of a wind energy consulting company and the Tufts Energy Conference, he brings several years of experience in clean energy to bare in advising source cleantech.
