The Clorox Company, a name that for most people means "chemical bleach," last October bought privately owned Burt’s Bees for $925 million in cash, a whopping endorsement of the company’s attractive positioning, and of the promise of sustainable goods across the personal-care industry.
Re:Vision has launched a series of urban design competitions that will change the way you think about a city block.
Welcome to the New Green Economy. The best hope for the American middle class may lie with sustainable business.
Organizations are providing students and recent graduates with the experience needed to become environmental leaders.
Everything’s coming up green. New employment possibilities are emerging in almost every field.
"A market for low-carbon fuels can produce a rare convergence of business, agricultural, and environmental interests that, if pursued wisely, could represent a "win-win-win" opportunity," promises the report Biofuels: An Important Part of a Low-Carbon Diet, released this month by the Union of Concerned Scientists.
It was with some sense of detachment that I approached the Powershift 2007 conference at the University of Maryland two weeks ago (November 2 to 5). Honestly? I would have expected a lot of students to attend simply to party somewhere new for the weekend; to make friends, escape embarrassing hook-ups, or find new connections for pot. Not, I guessed, to actually learn. But I met student after student who cared passionately about climate change.
It was with some sense of detachment that I approached the Powershift 2007 conference at the University of Maryland two weeks ago (November 2 to 5). Honestly? I would have expected a lot of students to attend simply to party somewhere new for the weekend; to make friends, escape embarrassing hook-ups, or find new connections for pot. Not, I guessed, to actually learn. But I met student after student who cared passionately about climate change.
This Place on Earth: From Connecticut to California, land trusts are growing, keeping precious resources out of developers" hands, and profiting land owners.
At age 33, activist Julia Butterfly Hill is already an icon of the environmental movement. In 1997, she lived in a 180-foot tall, 600-year-old redwood named Luna for 738 days.
