With so many challenges facing our country and the U.S. government, many people have doubted whether we would see significant action on climate change this year. They may still prove correct, but with the passage of the ...READ»
New York City imports $1 billion in vegetables every year to feed the city's constantly growing population. In the future, the majority of the city's produce might be grown a little closer to home if Gotham Greens gets its way.The ...READ»
Small businesses are the backbone of the economy, and our back is hurting. The down economy has strained a great number of small businesses, which while viewed as essential for the economy are not too big to fail. Byron Kennard ...READ»
The global chemical industry, worth trillions of dollars a year, has relied heavily on oil and natural gas. While we often associate the green business world with solar panels and electric cars, change is brewing in industries ...READ»
There is no saying what the business world will do the in short term, but these long term trends are a good bet to keep growing the green business world in the years ahead:
1. Oil will cost more
There’s only ...READ»
When people talk to me about the green business they're working on, it will sometimes become apparent as we talk that at least part of the problem they are encountering may not be what they think it is. Rather than being an issue ...READ»
I spoke at a couple of events on April 29 in the Hudson Valley, talking about green business opportunities. One was a workshop I did sponsored by SUNY Ulster in Kingston New York, and the other was a luncheon with GET (Gateways to ...READ»
In recent weeks I’ve been watching tadpoles in a small pool in a drying creekbed. The tadpoles are small but they tell a big story. The pool they’re in lies in a canyon surrounded by trees and grasses. It has been another ...READ»
I belong to a few environmental groups and so I receive a steady stream of flyers from these groups in the mail, more often than not highlighting the plight of whales, polar bears, and wolves. Even today as the world goes through ...READ»
On Friday the US Congress passed the final version of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, also known as the “stimulus package”, and President Obama is slated to sign it on Tuesday. If you want you can read ...READ»
In just a few days President-elect Obama will be President Obama. The economy remains the main agenda item, but this does not mean that environmental initiatives are being left behind. With just a few days left before he takes ...READ»
As more businesses work to do a better job at reducing their environmental impact, they are looking at the impact of meetings that they hold, including the venues like hotels that are used for offsite meetings and travel. More and ...READ»
One of Thomas Friedman’s messages in his latest book, “Hot, Flat, and Crowded” is that the green economy is not having a real impact yet on the huge problems like climate change that we face. In his chapter “205 Easy Ways ...READ»
New Years resolutions are not enough these days. Rather than just make New Years resolutions for 2009 to change my own bad habits, I’m making New Years revolutions to encourage personal green revolutions among entrepreneurs, ...READ»
Engineers and designers are always searching for innovative solutions to the problems they face. Are there more efficient, less polluting ways to make things? How can cars be stronger, lighter and more fuel efficient, all at the ...READ»
The vast majority of people want to do the right thing for the environment, but sometimes consumers and businesses are held back from going green by their concerns about cost and difficulty. People commonly think solar power is a ...READ»
Energy efficiency is a global issue, and a global opportunity as well. One of the companies tackling this opportunity is Good For You, Good for the Planet (GFP-GYP), based in Madrid, Spain. GFY-GFP has a diverse set of ...READ»
When you slice up the pie of greenhouse gas emissions, there are some obvious opportunities to reduce our carbon footprint and others that are less obvious. We all associate airplanes, cars and trucks with greenhouse gas emissions; ...READ»
