Still confused why global warming warners stick to their guns even when it only seems to be getting colder in your own backyard? Chaos theory dictates that we're all likely to get cold for awhile before this lovely space rock burns ...READ MORE›
Have you noticed the rapid proliferation of clean energy projects in the past few years? All those projects take up land. Now a paper from the Nature Conservancy predicts that the Waxman-Markey climate change bill could have the ...READ MORE›
‘Tis the season to be jolly – and generous. But with tightened budgets and less spare time on your hands, doing good unto others may prove particularly difficult this year.
To ease any pangs of conscience you may have, Fast ...READ MORE›
Carbon offsets are often derided as a modern-day form of the Catholic indulgence. Pollute as much as you want, pay for someone else to offset your emissions, and feel good at the end of the day. But polluters might not feel so great ...READ MORE›
(Lil) Green Patch enables Facebook users to send plants to one another, and sponsors contribute money to save one square foot of rainforest in Costa Rica for every ten patches given. This is the first in a six-part series on innovative giving.READ MORE›
Can products nurture the people and place that produced them? Ten signature designers taking part in the Design for a Living World exhibition show how it might be done.READ MORE›
Social networks are about maintaining friendships and fostering new ones, but some of the apps made for them seem bent on doing the opposite. Here are 7 anti-social Facebook apps, and why you might want them anyway.READ MORE›
Massive investments in clean energy promise to keep farmers, urban planners, and green-tech entrepreneurs in business for the next decade. This guide to sustainability focused career paths will help solar-charge your work life.READ MORE›
If the concept of a Pepsi-branded playground concerns you, our country's national parks could be next. In a recent article, Bill Berkowitz takes a look at the National Park Service's ongoing budgetary woes -- and early exploration of ...READ MORE›
Patricia
Calkins is vice president, Environment, Health and Safety at Xerox
Corporation. She is responsible for policy and strategy development and
strategic implementation of all EH&S and sustainability programs at Xerox ...READ MORE›
On
Oct. 24, 2008, Sustainable Life Media reported that Researchers at
Deutsche Bank's Asset Management (DeAM) Division heartily agreed that
increased spending on green infrastructure can provide enough economic
stimulus to avoid ...READ MORE›
A year ago I told myself that social design would thrive in reverse proportion to the stock market. As soon as the Dow hit 10,000, I suspected, designers would abandon their humanitarian projects and resume work on $6,000 pendants. ...READ MORE›
Bits and pieces of sustainable cell phone manufacturing are slowly coming together. First came the solar-powered phones, and now Sprint and Samsung are unveiling a biodegradable handset that is 80% recyclable and comes with a 40% ...READ MORE›
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 MORE›
There is a growing dialogue within the design community around how to drive sustainable behavior change in areas like health and energy. With it has come an increased awareness that often seemingly trivial elements of a ...READ MORE›
Partnerships among nonprofits, and between for-profits and nonprofits, will be among the best innovations that are driven by this tough economy. The benefits include cost efficiencies, revenue opportunities for nonprofits, more ...READ MORE›
This is a story about what can happen when a small group of smart, innovative people take a high tech startup mentality and apply it to the nonprofit world. In a nutshell, it works.I first became aware of the org when I was ...READ MORE›
The forest is speaking to us all of the time, says master tracker Paul Rezendes, and telling us about the wildlife within it. But the only way to get the message is to read the woods.READ MORE›
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 MORE›
Talk about the power of leverage. Don Harris is a savvy lawyer and a creative deal maker whose nonprofit organization has figured out how to help moderate-income people make a down payment on the American dream -- literally.READ MORE›
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