Since I started doing some sales work with a new biodegradable plastics company here in Beijing, my mind has been a target for all things "clean tech".

So when a friend turned me on to his brother's blog -- The Future is Being Built Now -- I felt spurned to make a post, drop a link and twinkle some neurons on the subject.

We're at a critical juncture as a species.

Climate change has already started, we're creating the planet's sixth mass extinction event, clean water is running out and of course, to make matters worse, economic chaos is spreading like a virus on a warm petri dish.

On the other hand, we're also experiencing a massive surge in clean technology that can liberate us from the  earth-destroying methods of the past. Micro wind generators, electrolysis water (that will eventually eliminate all forms of toxic cleansers), paint on solar cells and of course, my current favorite, compostable plastic from starch... these are just a few of the new inventions reaching fruition right now.

Of course, we can't just kick back and wait for a new gizmo to wipe away all of the mess we've made, but its extremely exciting to be witnessing a real shift towards green technology. The future IS now and we all need to participate in advancing this civilization along to its next phase -- when the ape-man grows up and stops shitting where he eats.