published March 2, 2010 and has No Comments
all images: Climate Registry A new survey of Climate Registry members shows that over 80% of their 400 member companies are planning on reducing their carbon emissions regardless of any government regulation. A similar amount said the main driver of their climate mitigation plans was a desire to be more sustainable organizations. The number two reason: Saving money. ... ...
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published February 19, 2010 and has No Comments
And one of them is Iron Man. Image via Fast Company Which company would you bestow the honor of 'Most Innovative' upon for its performance in 2009? Would it be a mammoth like Google, for continued innovation and investment in technologies of the future like clean energy and smart grids? Would it be a decades old entertainment company like ...
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published February 8, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo via UC Berkeley A recently published report is exposing some shocking exploitation of the Amazon's natural resources --and this times it... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Amazon River Water Being Stolen and Bottled Abroad
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published February 5, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo: Method Guest contributor Adam Lowry is the founder of Method. I blog here about design as intention, which is to say that if you broaden your design intention to include social and environmental factors, your designs can become transformational. Examining typical laundry packaging from this design perspective provides interesting insight. If you ask what is the intention of ...
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published January 29, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo via Blu Skye Sustainability Consulting As the CEO of sustainable consulting firm Blu Skye Sustainability Consultants , Tom Miller oversees teams and strategies that are changing the way the world makes things--from the design stage and production process to the buyer's consumption and disposal. Find out what he says to companies that don't think sustainability is worth anything, ...
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published January 28, 2010 and has No Comments
Photos: Mountainsmith Back in 2007 outdoor pack manufacturer, Mountainsmith started down the track of moving its product out of virgin nylon and into recycled polyester fabrics. That transition is continuing apace. No doubt encouraged by winning a Backpacker Magazine Editor's Choice Green Award for their efforts, the company, has for 2010, been able to move 35% of their line ...
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published January 23, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo courtesy of EVOL Burrito. Guest blogger Cara Smusiak is a journalist and regular contributor to NaturallySavvy.com 's Naturally Green section. How can an organic frozen burrito get more eco-friendly? Simple: Its meat can be sourced from a sustainable ranch where the animals are humanely raised. According to a press release, all beef and pork for the frozen EVOL ...
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published January 23, 2010 and has No Comments
Designer, builder, entrepreneur, and sustainability expert, John Picard has been committed to the environment since he went off the grid 20 years ago. Founder of the US Green Building Council and a member of Clinton's green team at the White House, he supervised the eco-reconstruction of the Greensburg, Kansas , and advises countless co... Read the full story on ...
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published January 22, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo via syvwlch Shall we file this in the "Just What We Needed Dept"? It's yet another group getting in on the green gadget evaluation and labeling systems, this time launched by the very folks you really can't trust to be unbiased when it comes to electronic products and promoting their eco-features. The Sustainability Consortium has been launched by ...
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published January 14, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo of e-waste collection event via Tekserve The consumer electronics industry associations have railed against a New York City regulation that puts the responsibility back on producers to recycle their products. While there are 20 states that have e-waste recycling laws that require manufacturers to collect and recycle their products, it's this New York City law that has gotten ...
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