sustainability

Coda's All-Electric Sedan Revs Up U.S. Auto Market

Coda gears up for its all-electric sedan's big test.READ»

Novomer's Eco-Friendly Plastics Reduces Greenhouse Gas

Novomer's innovation cuts most of the oil and guilt.READ»

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Social Media as Time Transporter

Thirty-one years ago, the housemate with whom I’d found an apartment moved out, and I invited a poet friend of mine to take his place. We shared that apartment for several months, until he, too, moved on, and another friend moved ...READ»

C.K. Prahalad: How do you think about sustainability?

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Laptops for Kids and Shared Village-wide Cell Phones can Fight Systemic Deep Poverty

Negroponte and Quadir: How Laptops and Cell Phones Attack Systemic Poverty in Developing CountriesREAD»

The Booth Babe Tactic Goes Solar

Consumer technology vendors notoriously use the “booth babe” to grab the attention of nerdy passers-by at conferences. After all, nothing says “Check out my new widget” like a hot, clueless chick dressed as a pirate. (Sarcasm, ...READ»

The Freakonomics of SuperFreakonomics

A Rogue Blogger Explores Climate Change, Sumo Wrestlers, and Best-Selling Authors READ»

SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESSES HAM STRUNG ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Australia’s small and medium businesses lack leadership on environmental issues, leaving many stranded and unable to make changes that will reduce their carbon footprint and boost their bottom lines, a new survey has revealed.READ»

SMEs FINDING SUSTAINABILITY BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THE COST

Half of all Australian Small and Medium Enterprises are willing to take action to become more sustainable even if it has a negative impact on their financial performance in the short term. This 51% equates to 153,000 businesses nationally. Leaders cited that aside from cost, a lack of information, distrust of sustainability claims and the availability of practical choices were the major barriers.READ»

Naked Men in Locker Rooms and Why I Think SMART Objectives Can Undermine Sustainable Behavior

 SMART Objectives are a popular management tool in business and have been for some time now. If you are not familiar with the concept, SMART is an acronym for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timebound. ...READ»

Show Me the Green Money - How to Find Stimulus Funding for Your Cleantech Business

As the US economy slowed, the US Government stepped in with the $787 stimulus package passed in February 2009 as the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA).  A big chunk of the stimulus, about $67 billion worth, is ...READ»

Easing the Switch to Green Office Supplies

No matter what business you’re in, you use office supplies, and greening these office supplies is step in the path toward a more sustainable business.  Shoplet.com is helping more businesses and consumers choose green office ...READ»

How to Make Money and Make a Difference

     We all hear a lot about the problems we face, and there's no lack of them it seems.  Our environment and our economy face great challenges.  We need clean water and food.  We need to produce ...READ»

Which Is the Greenest Olympic City of Them All?

The dust has settled on Rio's big win over Chicago in the bid for the 2016 Olympic Games, and we're left wondering why the South American city trumped a city that was supposed to be a guaranteed winner. According to Jim Scher, the ...READ»

Classic Bamboo Football Inspires Design for Sustainable Chinese Stadium

Sustainable stadiums are one of the biggest trends in sports--we've recently seen Miami's LEED-certified American Airlines Arena, and the EPA-approved New Meadowlands Stadium. Now architecture firm UNStudio is bringing green sports ...READ»

Economics Nobel Prize Award a Nod to Sustainability

Two U.S. academics have just been awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics, with the Prize Committee noting the winner's work in economic governance. One winner is Elinor Ostrom--the first woman to land the prestigious prize. The ...READ»

A Shot in the Arm for Tech Media: Cleantech

Thank God cleantech came along, because technology was starting to get pretty boring. Having worked at a tech PR agency for several years in the past, I’ve now distanced myself and become mostly a tech media spectator. For some ...READ»

IT Going Green – a Comparison of Corporate and Personal Attitudes and Actions

  This is my second post on the results of a survey of the views of IT professionals on Green IT that BT conducted in June 2009. I see a strong indication from our survey respondents that companies that take a ...READ»

How to Make Cool Roofing Cooler

When’s the last time you had a look up on your roof?  There’s a lot more going on up there than keeping out the rain.  A roof sitting in the summer sun can soak up heat like a sponge, heating up the building that the ...READ»

Biomimicry, the Zoo, and San Diego Too

Building Businesses Using Nature as a MentorREAD»

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»

Sustainability: It's Not About Light Bulbs

To many people, sustainability means solar panels, wind turbines and LEED-certified buildings. But sustainability is more than just going green or being green. It's a way of thinking about business — a mode of leadership and behavior that aims to create lasting value as opposed to piling up short-term transactional wins, says Dov Seidman. READ»

16 Inventions That Boost Habitats, Humanity, Health and Happiness

While working to develop products like the Hippo Roller, a water transportation device, Emily Pilloton, founder of the non-profit Project H Design, began collecting examples of similar products that solved social problems. Her recently released book, Design Revolution: 100 Products that Empower People features those findings. Featured here are sixteen examples from the book.READ»

Renewable Energy vs. True Sustainabiity

Years ago, there was a  bumper sticker, "Trees are America's Renewable Resource." And yes, you can regenerate a harvestable forest in 20 years or so: a nanosecond compared to the millions of years necessary to create fossil ...READ»

How to Grow a Cleantech Cluster

The green revolution is not evenly dispersed.  The companies that are revolutionizing how we drive, produce electricity, and build often stick together in specific locales forming cleantech clusters.   As old industries ...READ»