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Green MBA Success: Meet Adam D. Granz, Energy Efficiency Program Manager at Willdan Energy Solutions

Before getting into energy efficiency, Adam D. Ganz worked in real estate. Since getting his MBA, Adam has taken on the role of Energy Efficiency Program Manager at Willdan Energy Solutions. Read about how he changed his career path to a green one with an MBA in sustainability.READ»

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Samsung Champions the Environment, Disses the Elderly

Samsung's CSR program needs to brush up on its elderly appeal.READ»

Aspen Institute Amplifies Green Jobs Collaboration With Energy and Environment Awards

Blue Green Alliance named winner in Non-Governmental category.READ»

Developing Business Excellence While Delivering Responsible Competitiveness – The Case of Lloyds TSB

Using the EFQM Excellence Model to focus on customers and how we can create value by better meeting their needs, while identifying what we need to do to develop our people and maximize their potential -- all while archiving such sustainable excellence.READ»

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100 Green Marketing Ideas

The one thing you can’t afford to cut during economic downturns is marketing. This is the time when you must reach out to pick up new customers, cement relationships with old customers and brand your company. But if you have a green business conventional marketing may make you think twice. Can you really send out flyers? (even if it is on recycled paper) Does promoting your business in newspapers sound a little like sponsoring the destruction of millions of trees? Here are some very cool gentle green marketing ideas that will help bring in customers and secure your brand as truly eco-friendly while saving you a bundle in marketing costs. The first few are exclusively using the power of the internet for free marketing strategies, the rest are ways to pull in customers without using conventional, wasteful marketing tactics. READ»

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How to Set Up a Green Business for Free

Simple steps to start your own business with no up front costs. Start small and grow your business with little or no investment.READ»

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Green Marketing Contest Win an I-POD Touch

Win-Win-Win contest post your links for all to see,increase your presence on the web,win an I-POD Touch! Move from direct mail to direct social media! READ»

How Much Green Innovation Does $100 Million Buy?

Somewhere, Al Gore is smiling his sorta creepy but still endearing smile.READ»

San Francisco, Boston, Portland Own the Green Economy

Where can one find super sweet, sustainable work? Glad you asked!READ»

Carbon Accounting Software Market Experiencing Huge Period of Growth

Despite the gridlock in Washington over climate change legislation, and the world's economic downturn, 2009 was a year of growth for the emerging Enterprise Carbon Accounting (ECA) software market. The number of corporations disclosing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) increased significantly in 2009 and Groom Energy predicts that ECA software purchases will increase 600% by 2011.READ»

The Top 5 Cities for Green Jobs

Looking for a green job and have the freedom to relocate? You might want to think strategically about where you move. According to the Center for American Progress, these are the top 5 cities for green jobs:1. San Francisco 2. ...READ»

White House Offers $2.3 Billion for Clean Energy Manufacturing

The good news: The unemployment rate in the U.S. isn't rising. The bad news: It's still holding steady at 10%, and 85,000 jobs were lost just in the past month. The nation's luck might turn around, however, with news today that the ...READ»

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200 Green Business Ideas

Not Just renewable energy this list is for virtually every industry from almost free ideas to those that require million dollar investments there is something here for every entrepreneur!READ»

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100 Free or Near Free Green Marketing Ideas

In a slow economy the worst thing you can do is to cut back on your marketing efforts. Here are some great ideas that are green, free or almost free and help brand your company...READ»

Why Architecture Needs to Take Advantage of Natural Resources

Environmentally conscious vernacular architecture is making a comeback, says Autodesk's John F. Kennedy--and there are hundreds of millions of existing buildings on the planet that need to become energy- and resource-efficient.READ»

What is Your State’s Green Economy Profile? It Could Be the Key to Your Business and Career Success

As part of an effort to help states continue to grow these industries, the NGA Center has created a series of reports analyzing emerging "green" economies in each state in terms of the scope of green business activity reveals areas of comparative advantage, promising areas for workforce development and opportunities for building partnerships within and across green industry segments. It is intended that this information be used to help states analyze their current efforts and form strategies to grow green economies.READ»

Recycle Your Used College Textbooks at GreenTextbooks.org - Green Textbooks

GreenTextbooks.org Save Money, Save The Planet GreenTextbooks.org specializes in the recycling of textbooks, DVDs, CDs. Buying used textbooks not only saves you money, but cuts down on greenhouse gases caused by the manufacturing of new textbooks. With GreenTextbooks.org you're not only saving trees, you are saving some green. http://www.GreenTextbooks.orgREAD»

Where Are All the Green Jobs?

During the 2008 campaign season, voters heard a lot about green jobs that were going to help reverse slipping employment numbers while reducing American dependence on foreign oil. America, it was said, would lead the world in creating ...READ»

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40 + Ways to Fund Green Business

Adding 10 per day, I'll be listing 100 ways to get funding for green business. From bootstrapping to angel investors and Grants there is plenty of money to go around! Check it out!READ»