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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»

Kenan Samms
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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»

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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»

Kenan Samms
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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»

Kenan Samms

Behind the Newsweek Green Rankings: IBM

I grew up in a superfund site caused by IBM. Why are they the #5 greenest company in America?READ»

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How Accurate are Newsweek's Green Company Rankings?

Newsweek magazine just announced its first annual Green Rankings of America's 500 largest corporations--a highly subjective list considering the myriad factors that go into a company's overall sustainability So how well do the ...READ»

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