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Eat-onomics with Mike Yohay, CEO of Cityscape Farms

San Francisco startup Cityscape Farms turns vacant urban lots and rooftops into hydroponic greenhouses, producing fresh food for local buyers that tastes better, and is better for them. Mike Yohay, Cityscape Farms CEO, hopes the ...READ»

Eat-onomics with Roger Doiron, Founder of Kitchen Gardeners International

Roger Doiron is the founder of Kitchen Gardeners International, a nonprofit that works to relocalize our food supply. Most notably, Doiron and Kitchen Gardeners organized Eat the View, the successful campaign that brought gardening to ...READ»

Eat-onomics With Dave Corsi, VP of Produce at Wegmans

Founded in 1916 as a small family grocer, Wegmans has grown into a $4.8 billion company with 75 stores spread across the mid-Atlantic. Wegmans has long worked with local growers to provide fresh, locally grown produce to its shoppers. ...READ»

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Class Conflict Between Main Street & Wall Street Continues

There is a strong connection between Wall Street and Main Street. “During the last few years, many consumers borrowed more than they should have, and we helped them do it,” said Bank of America’s new CEO, Brian...READ»

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Where is Obama’s Change?

“A year ago millions of people were rejoicing over the defeat of Bush’s hated Republicans and were looking for Obama to follow through on his promises of change,” writes SocialistAlternative.org. “Fast forward to today, and...READ»

Why Imperfect Leaders May Retain More Employees

What can leaders learn about retaining employees from the marketers of fruits and face creams?READ»

Nonprofit Board-Matching: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

Nightmare: You wound up on a nonprofit board that's not a fit for you. How did this happen? It started when you decided that you wanted to serve on a nonprofit board, since you've achieved success in your business career, have ...READ»

"Miracle Machine" Brings Clean Water to Haiti

Atmospheric water generators, or machines that extract water from humid air, have been around for awhile--we wrote about Atmospheric Water Systems' 11-stage filtration water generator last year, and Willie Nelson even sells his own ...READ»

Who is the Girlie Man Now?

Companies that invest in states like Massachusetts and California are going to prosper... READ»

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Best Buy Makes the Ultimate E-Cycling Billboard

Have you been to Times Square lately? You may have seen this Best Buy billboard. At first glance, it looks like just another billboard made out of funky bric-a-brac, but look a bit closer and you'll notice that it's made out of old ...READ»

The Future of Electric Cars, Summed Up in 10 Minutes

Treehugger points us to this fantastic video from Peter Sinclair that explains the history, challenges, and potential future of plug-in electric cars--all in 10 minutes. If you're a renewable energy or EV buff, the video won't tell ...READ»

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Skyonic Wants to Turn Factory Spew Into Baking Soda

Once carbon dioxide emissions are removed from power and industrial plants, where should they go? Some people think they should be stuffed underground, others think they can turn them into plastic, and now a startup called Skyonic ...READ»

The Ford Transit Connect: NYC Taxi Cab of the Future?

The auto industry is fixated on Toyota's recall woes, but Ford snuck in this week with some interesting news of its own: the release of the compressed natural gas-powered Transit Connect. It might just be the NYC taxi cab of the ...READ»

Infographic: Lack of Health Care vs. Terrorism, Which Kills More?

You'd be surprised at just how the numbers stack up.READ»

U.S. Climate Change Portal Could Birth Entirely New Industries

At long last, we can access the government's climate change data, info, products, and services all under one roof: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Services site, a portal that brings together the ...READ»

Eat-onomics With Gary Hirshberg, CEO of Stonyfield Farm

For the past 26 years, Gary Hirshberg and his organic yogurt empire known as Stonyfield Farm have been teaching consumers—and businesses—that sustainable living isn't only healthy, but profitable.READ»

Windy CIty Gets First Wind-Powered Electric Vehicle Charging Station

Solar-powered electric vehicle charging stations have slowly started to pop up around the U.S. So it was only a matter of time before wind-powered EV stations came around. The first one is, appropriately enough, in the Windy City. ...READ»

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CS Travels’ Invitation for 2010 Commonwealth Games

Delhi is the proud host of the coming prestigious event of the 2010 Commonwealth Games cstravels11@gmail.com, Sahil, 919716540375 READ»

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LEARNING MORE IMPORTANT THAN KNOWING

 If there is one thing that everyone agrees on than it is the fact that changes are the norm and they are becoming more and more unpredictable as well. This means that what worked in the (recent) past might not work in the ...READ»

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Entrepreneur Questions - The United States of China?

Wall Street's catch-phrase is being coined as; “The United States of China”.  And why not as China's sovereign wealth fund, its massive two trillion dollar surplus just snapped up over $9 billion worth of shares in some ...READ»

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Best of TreeHugger: 10 Million Solar Roofs Coming to the US? Plus, Space-Age Insulation and 6 Counterproductive Cultural Trends

This week in TreeHugger: An intriguing new bill would create 10 million solar roofs across the US, adding the equivalent of 30 nuclear power plants to the grid. Also, a new aerogel insulation, and the 6 cultural trends that are driving back human progress.READ»

What Angels Are Looking For

If you are looking for an investor and decide to work with a group or an individual angel investor you need to know what they are likely to propose for a deal structure. If you are a working with an experienced angel investor it is ...READ»

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Hints for Better Living From Your Office Supplies (NOT Clippy!)

A beautiful short film features everyday objects engaged in activities that double as solid life advice.READ»

Building the strongest Business relationships Online

Building strong Business relationships Online Building Longterm Relationships:Let's combine your search engine optimization attack with our social media marketing methods and now you have created "The Ultimate way to complete your ...READ»

SuperBowl XLIV and Salsa Caliente

Watching the Pre-Game show for the Super Bowl today when I realized I was missing my Salsa Caliente. Too late to make my own I made a mad dash to Whole Foods (Willowbrook IL.) to get my Fix. Nothing worse than to have a taste for ...READ»

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