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Has the Economy Helped or Hurt the Growth of Green Business?
Greenbiz.com just released their 3rd annual State of the Green Business report, and the good news is that green initiatives “were not the first ones to be thrown overboard.”
Despite the bad economy, there was a “steady improvement” in reducing the environmental impact of information technology, increasing the amount of certified green office space, reducing paper use and increasing its recycling, and reducing the a… Continue
Despite the bad economy, there was a “steady improvement” in reducing the environmental impact of information technology, increasing the amount of certified green office space, reducing paper use and increasing its recycling, and reducing the a… Continue
Posted on February 4, 2010 at 6:01pm — 2 Comments
It's Hot, Flat and Crowded in the Planet Forward Studio
Thomas Friedman, award-winning author of “The World is Flat” and “Hot, Flat and Crowded” will be at the Planet Forward studio on Thursday, chatting with our host Frank Sesno.Ask him a question.
One of the leading commentators on globalization has entered into the debate on climate change. As a huge s… Continue
Posted on January 20, 2010 at 10:33am —
How GWU is reducing its carbon footprint Thanksgiving weekend...
This email came across the transom at the George Washington University this week and someone forwarded it our way. We thought it offered a few good nuggets of practical advice so we decided to post it here.
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GW Students, Faculty and Staff:
You can help GW save energy over the Thanksgiving Break by conserving energy and
water. Before you leave campus, please take the following actions to help GW
reduce its carbon footprint:
1. Turn… Continue
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GW Students, Faculty and Staff:
You can help GW save energy over the Thanksgiving Break by conserving energy and
water. Before you leave campus, please take the following actions to help GW
reduce its carbon footprint:
1. Turn… Continue
Posted on November 26, 2009 at 3:49pm — 1 Comment
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And here is an alternate perspective on this issue.
The Facts of Cap-and-Trade from Clean Energy Works on Vimeo.
Economist Nat Keohane uncovers the real facts behind clean energy legislation in our short video: "The Facts of Cap-and-Trade." With s…
Thanks Cliff! For everyone's convenience, we've gone ahead and embedded The Story of Cap & Trade below.
The Story of Cap & Trade from Story of Stuff Project on Vimeo.
The Story of Cap & Trade is a fast-paced, fact-filled look at the leading climat…
I'm glad to see another installment on how Portsmouth is utilizing wind energy... I didn't realize they had more than one wind generator. That's fabulous! It's a great effort toward improving their community's carbon footprint, and a model for many…
Gosh maybe we should drill drill instead of do the right thing. As Pope Benedict said in his recent book. If we do not protect the planet there will be no earth to live on. We now add 100 million people a year so absolutely must but at the same time…
Converting street lights to solar is great... but still a drop in the collective bucket.
Technology that innovates... "changes everything" in a positive manner is historically "profit generating" capitalism.
Electricity and automobiles represent t…
This is my first visit. Great site and a great question. It would be very easy for the religions of the world to make a huge impact on the environmet. Stop consuming animal flesh. There are so many facts that explaining the environmental holocaust b…
In Tucson St. Francis of the Foothills where I use to live went green and now a Franciscan Catholic Center I attend on occasion has a Gospel in Action and this Saturday they have allowed me to give out conservation tips at a table. You can make copi…
Congrats to the Planet Forward film team responsible for this excellent work. Like the "cute kids" in the video, they are the world.
The Politicians say MORE GOOD GREEN JOBs for all to resolve our economic problems but . . .
Modest little men with little influence suggest that the only sustainable way you get real progress is to honestly reduce the cost of energy and expand acces…
The economy has hurt the growth of Green Business.
Demand for renewable energy systems has decreased as individuals and businesses decline to spend the extra money to revise their operations and homes and GO GREEN. The prices for major green energy…
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If Jack Bauer started an NGO devoted to climate change, it would probably be called the Carbon War Room (CWR). The organization (mentioned by CWR member Jack Hidary in his Planet Forward interview) takes an unusually hawkish approach to the challeng…
If Jack Bauer started an NGO devoted to climate change, it would probably be called the Carbon War Room (CWR). The organization (mentioned by CWR member Jack Hidary in his Planet Forward interview) takes an unusually hawkish approach to the challeng…
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