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Plantagon congratulates Chief Oren Lyons, celebrating his 80th birthday

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:04:18 +0000

Our deeply respected and highly appreciated Chairman of the Board Professor and Chief Oren Lyons is right now celebrating his 80th birthday. For those of us working together with Mr. Lyons, trying to keep up with his extremely high tempo and productivity, this gives perspective

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Photos and snapshots from India

Hans — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:55:42 +0000

February 22 – 28 2010 we visited Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Delhi to investigate the possibilities for Plantagon Vertical Greenhouses in India. Please enjoy some photos and snapshots from an inspiring country with impressive people and a very interesting future.

Webpage under update

markus — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:58:35 +0000

We are updating our Webpage and during that time the pages can look strange and links may not work.

But the update will soon be done.

Tomorrow Taj Mahal. Today Touched My Heart.

Hans — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:32:54 +0000

Well. After all these years, today I had an experience of other people understanding what we have been talking about for such a long time. Sitting at the conference table hearing them say the exact words regarding real corporate social responsibility that was always on

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Good, chaotic day in India.

Hans — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:59:55 +0000

Today we were kick-started. Woke up at 5 am by an angry telephone ringing. It was Mr. Brambhatt, head of Plantagon Indian operations. At about 2 am, three hours earlier, he had told us to be in the lobby latest 5 am to leave for

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Small report from India

Hans — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:11:12 +0000

Plantagon and SWECO represented by Hans Hassle and Stefan Svensson are travelling in India right now. The Plantagon India team led by Mr. Prashant Brambhatt prepared meetings with investors, city planners, politicians and constructing companies. We have seen actual locations where a Plantagon Greenhouse could

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the Plantagon Message

Hans — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:14:24 +0000

SPIEGEL ONLINE on Plantagon

admin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:33:26 +0000

Urban Greenhouses Aim to Help Cities Combat Climate Change

“With its massive glass dome, the Plantagon Greenhouse wouldn’t look out of place in a sci-fi movie. And if all goes smoothly, one may soon crop up in a city near you. In these days of global

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Plantagon CEO Hans Hassle nominated for Sustainable Leadership award

admin — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:35:56 +0000

The Swedish organisation “Näringslivets Miljöchefer” (Environment Directors of the Business World) nominated the Plantagon CEO Hans Hassle for the award “Sustainable Leadership 2009″. We congratulate Hans and hope he makes it further among the other nominees.

Who is going to receive the award is decided by

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Signing LOI for Plantagon India

Hans — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:39:03 +0000

Yesterday the Plantagon signed a LOI for establishing Plantagon India. We warmly welcome Mr. Prashant Brambhatt (left) who took the initiative to this joint venture and will head the Indian project.

PlantaCar

Hans — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:01:12 +0000

Plantagon on Swedish TV4, youtube

admin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:20:28 +0000

The Greenhouse in images

admin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:35:47 +0000

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Plantagon Greenhouse Animation

admin — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:30:58 +0000

What they never told us

Hans — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:56:44 +0000

“He organized the families into the clans, and then he set up the leaders of the clans. He established that the league of peace would be matrilineal and that each clan would have a clan mother. Thus, he established in law the equal rights

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Closing Panel Discussion at Globe Forum 2009

admin — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:25:34 +0000

This is only an extract from the full discussion, showing Plantagon Chairman Oren Lyons and CEO Hans Hassle.

Johan Gorecki, CEO of Globe Forum sums up the Globe Forum 2009 Conference

admin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:18:18 +0000

Globe Forum 2009 Innovators Competition – Day 2 part 1

admin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:17:04 +0000

Summary of Globe Forum 2009

admin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:13:50 +0000

The Road to Action – Globe Forum 2009

admin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:11:28 +0000

Plantagon Chairman Chief Oren Lyons on what is really needed

Hans — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:36:15 +0000

Winner of the Globe Forum “Innovator Idol” 2009

Hans — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:38:58 +0000

Plantagon on the Globe Forum “Innovator Idol” – 120 sec. pitch

Hans — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:37:57 +0000

Plantagon on the Globe Forum “Innovator Idol” – 60 sec. pitch

Hans — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:30:31 +0000

Plantagon on Swedish TV4

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:43:53 +0000

http://anytime.tv4.se/webtv/?progId=770162&treeId=901101&renderingdepartment=2.757

Pictures from Globe Forum

Hans — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:16:40 +0000

Globe Forum is a marketplace for sustainable innovators, entrepreneurs and investors. Plantagon was invited to take part in the Globe Forum Facilitator Program. We proudly attended the Globe Award Gala, the Globe Forum itself and finally won the “Innovator Idol” competition arranged by Globe Forum

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Plantagon Twitter

admin — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:22:39 +0000

Plantagon is now available on Twitter. Follow us here.

Plantagon wins the International Globe Forum Sustainable Innovation Competition

Hans — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:33:23 +0000

On Friday 7 June 2009 The Plantagon Greenhouse was elected most sustainable innovation during the “Innovation Idol” competition arranged by Globe Forum and Patrick Dixon in Stockholm. Competing was hundreds of innovations from 36 countries. The Greenhouse was presented during the 60 and 120 sec

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Check out our Colleagues

Hans — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:19:48 +0000

During Globe Forum in Stockholm we met these exciting companies and entrepreneurs. Check them out too!

Rehact energy system that saves up to 85 %

http://www.rehact.com

Svante Bengtsson

svante@rehact.com

+46-709566756

Cortus carbon dioxide neutral renewable fuels

http://www.cortus.se

Rolf Ljunggren

rlj@cortus.se

+46-86269842

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Membership in Plantagon

admin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:14:55 +0000

Apply for membership in the Plantagon Non-Profit Association, here.

Urban greenhouse to be launched this week

admin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:19:21 +0000

For Swedish press release klick here.

The vertical greenhouse could soon be a natural feature of cities around the world, thanks to the Swedish company Plantagon International in association with Sweco. This Thursday, the innovation will be presented at the Globe Forum investor conference in

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Plantagon at the Globe Forum 2009 — Stockholm

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:47:40 +0000

In February 2009 Plantagon was elected into the Globe Forums Sustainable Innovators 100. A two-day conference is currently held in Stockholm which has generated a mention in the Swedish morning paper Dagen Nyheter. Urban greenhouses may soon be a reality.

The Plantagon Greenhouse

admin — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:05:38 +0000

The Plantagon Greenhouse will dramatically change the way the world produce ecological and functional food. It allows us to produce ecological with clean air and water inside urban environments, even major cities, cutting costs and environmental damage by eliminating transportation and deliver directly to consumers.

“The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits”

Hans — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:29:12 +0000

Milton Friedman published this article in The New York Times Magazine, September 13, 1970.

In some ways we agree very much with what he says; corporations as institutions are not prepared to do anything else than maximizing the profit, being responsible only towards the owners. But,

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The Seven Generations

Hans — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:49:58 +0000

Chief Oren R. Lyons writes:

Long ago, we developed our own answers to the questions the European philosophers and political theorists have been asking for centuries. Upon the continent of North America, prior to the landfall of the first white man, a great

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Our Mission

Hans — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:42:08 +0000

Hans Hassle writes:

PLANTAGON will show that sharing is more profitable than greed.

PLANTAGON will show that the willingness to accept responsibility gives more power than the wish to avoid responsibility.

This is a Value Change needed for Survival.

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Listen to the Message

Hans — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:59:52 +0000

We give you the Message the PLANTAGON project carries. Give yourself the time to listen to the speech of Chief Oren R. Lyons, put together with a musical illustration made by our close friend Krister Linder.

the-message

Plantagon Prologue

Hans — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:50:46 +0000

This blog will be a blend of corporate information, political statements and individual stories.

So below, we use the authentic letter from SWECORP Citizenship and Hans Hassle to Onondaga Nation to start our story. This was written June 24, 2003 one year after the first discussions to

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Plantagon Background

admin — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:57:51 +0000

Below, we use the authentic letter from Hans Hassle to Chief Oren Lyons to tell the background of PLANTAGON. This was written about a year after our first meeting at Onondaga Nation, to inform the Council of Chiefs about the personal background of Hans Hassle and

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