CleanTechnica: Without a doubt, the global economic downturn has temporarily slowed efforts to address climate change and advance the technologies necessary to usher in a sustainable, low-carbon future. Limited access to seed capital and venture funding for promising clean tech companies is perhaps the clearest example of this. Access to funding is critical to developing, maturing, and bringing to market new technologies. And while the economic downturn has made investors more cautious, addressing the energy and...