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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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Scott Brown, Climate Change, and You

Scott Brown is the toast of the town.  Sweeping into Washington on the heels of his election as the newest senator from Massachusetts, he might just be bigger news than Tiger Woods or Conan.  Some hope, and others fear, ...READ»

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Michael Wachs

MICHAEL WACHS CEOCAST What should investors look for this week? The earnings calendar will be light again, as equity and bond markets will be closed for Good Friday, but look for reports from Alcoa (NYSE: AA) and retailer Bed Bath ...READ»

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Why Your Gut Is More Ethical Than Your Brain

If you've ever been part of a discussion on ethics, in school or elsewhere, chances are you didn't spend much time talking about your feelings. It's believed that to live ethically, we must engage our reason, which reins in the ...READ»

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Fast Company Recommended Events June 2009

June MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ...READ»

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International Hydropower Association World Congress

  Melting banks. A tumbling currency. More lousy Björk singles. Iceland's pride has taken a pummeling over the past year. But delegates at this summit will discover that the Arctic nation still has one thing to boast ...READ»

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Aveda: Certifiably Sustainable From the Cradle to the Grave

Aveda is doing L'Oreal's poop-powered hair products one better with its newfound company-wide Cradle-to-Cradle (C2C) certification. The company also received Gold level C2C certification for its Smooth Infusion shampoo, Smooth ...READ»

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Bright Automotive's 100 MPG Plug-In Hybrid Truck: It's Good Enough for the Post Office

Plug-in hybrid (PHEV) sedans, sports cars, and SUVs are fine for everyday consumer use, but what about businesses that require larger vans (i.e. the U.S. Post Office)? Bright Automotive's new "light-use truck" ...READ»

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Downsizing Should Have Three Stages--No Layoffs, Flexible Downsizing, THEN Layoffs--Not, Two

December job cuts were far worse than expected.  A recent headline in the Wall Street Journal read, “No-Layoff Policies Crumble,” as a number of companies with historical “no layoff” policies have been forced by the economic ...READ»

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The Worldly Investor, David S. Waddell

Friday, October 17, 2008 Purgatory This week, hope re-entered the picture. After the most punishing decline in stock prices since the Great Depression, the markets heeded the call in last Friday’s email and went up ...READ»

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The Rise of Corporate Games

With the ever-popular Sims games as blueprint, video games are making their way into the office. Here's a look at how savvy CEOs have made gameplay requisite for job training. READ»

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The Rise of Corporate Games

With the ever-popular Sims games as blueprint, video games are making their way into the office. Here's a look at how savvy CEOs have made gameplay requisite for job training. READ»

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Can Carbon Credits Slow Global Warming?

Legal limits on greenhouse-gas emissions are coming fast, with a $1 trillion carbon market emerging. At the core: A cadre of young, idealistic Yale forestry grads. But will carbon offsets do anything to slow global warming?READ»

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New targets for carbon emmissions ?

A coalition of 99 companies is asking political leaders to set targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions and to establish a global carbon market. Their blueprint for tackling climate change is being handed to Japanese Prime ...READ»

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Fast Talk: Metal Mentor

Since 1997, Endeavor Global has been nurturing promising entrepreneurs to build companies that help support emerging markets across Latin America and Africa.READ»

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Green (Fri)Day: How Big is the Green Economy?

On Wednesday the website GreenBiz.com released a big report on the "State of Green Business.(pdf)" Working mainly with government agency numbers, they scored the economy as a whole to be "treading water" in 10 categories, "sinking" ...READ»

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50 Ways to Green Your Business

Half-a-hundred options for cleaning up your business, from the universal (catch that rainwater!) to the specific (lose the plastic bowls!). Mix, match--join in.READ»

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There's Gold in Them Thar Smelly Hills

A single ton of junked PCs has more gold than 17 tons of ore. That's why landfills might--just might--pay for their own cleanup.READ»

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A Piece of Work

Three decades after the groundbreaking book Work in America, its authors tell us how things really turned out.READ»

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The Proto Project

To learn how to innovate, learn how to prototype. Here's how Microsoft and Boeing make their projects go Wow!READ»

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Global Myth Manager

Christopher Bartlett argues that the mythic "global manager" doesn't quite match up with the reality of working overseas.READ»

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Can Corporate Ethics be Rated?

A relatively new magazine called Ethisphere has come out with its second issue, featuring the "2007 World's Most Ethical Companies." It looks like quite a piece of work. Ethisphere explains: "In assembling the 2007 rankings of the ...READ»