In February of this year GreenBiz hosted the State of Green Business Forum in San Francisco. For me, February seems like a long time ago as unemployment continues to rise, California’s budget is in a dire situation, and companies are struggling to survive.

We need to continue the dialogue that green business and industry is a motivating force to not only bring our economy out of the hole it’s currently in, but how it can grow, sustain us, and how it moves us in the right direction.

One of the many things that excites me about green business is innovation. I get energized when I hear about companies that are creating cool new technology that is green, clean and sustainable.

Invention and innovation encourages more of the same, and as we can now see, new technology and innovation is coming out of the woodwork in such areas as alternative fuel vehicles, smart grid technology, green IT, renewable energy and more.

Of course, innovation is key to moving green industry forward. Check out this video from the forum about using Innovation as a Green Strategy.