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Glenn Croston

Founder, Starting Up Green
San Diego, CA
Glenn Croston is the author of "75 Green Businesses" and "Starting Green", and the founder of Starting Up Green, helping green businesses to get started and grow.

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Save This Bunny With Your Shopping Decisions CrueltyFreeConsumer.com helps animal loving consumers find cruelty-free products. Updated Tue Oct 11, 2011
How to Grow a Cleantech Cluster Updated Wed Oct 5, 2011
Harry Potter And The Deathly Climate Change Regular people can rise to the challenge of climate change, as long as we treat it like the serious enemy it is. Updated Thu Jul 14, 2011
What Do Representative Weiner, Climate Change, And The Financial Crisis Have in Common? People will always sacrifice the long-term benefit for the short term burst of satisfaction, unless we find a way to overthrow the tyranny of now. Updated Fri Jun 10, 2011
Social Networking 2.0: Coming Together Online For A Cause Now that their huge valuations have proven they're successful, the next step is for social networks to find ways to make a difference in the real world. Updated Thu Jun 2, 2011
Clean Power For China Is The Opportunity of a Lifetime China needs energy for growth--no matter what the source. If we sell them clean energy, it will mean booming profits and saving the planet. Updated Thu May 26, 2011
A Clean Business Can Be Smart Business Case study: A printing company defies the expectations of its industry and makes good products that are also good for the planet. Updated Thu May 5, 2011
Green Living for an Aging Population Some things are uncertain about our future while others are quite clear, and one thing that's clear is that we're getting older. And it's not just you or me, but the whole country. The U.S. population is aging, with a demographic bulge pushing the number of older citizens steadily higher. As the population ages, the growing number of older people need places to live that accommodate their unique needs and provide a good quality of life. Places like La Posada in Arizona. Updated Wed Apr 6, 2011
Do It Yourself Water Conservation Learning firsthand to save water at home with "Backyard Skills." Updated Tue Apr 5, 2011
The Japanese Nuclear Crisis and the Future of Energy In the wake of the Japanese nuclear crisis resulting from the massive earthquake and tsunami to hit that nation, governments and people around the globe are reevaluating their nuclear energy programs. Updated Tue Mar 15, 2011
Home Town Farms Solves Skyrocketing Food Costs How vertical, urban, organic farming provides high quality, affordable food that is good to eat and good for the planet. Updated Fri Mar 4, 2011
How an Eco Power Strip Can Save the World EcoStrip 2.0 makes energy efficiency automatic. Updated Wed Mar 2, 2011
Backyard Innovation With Backyard Skills, a D.I.Y Handbook Building innovative solutions for environmental challenges right in your own backyard. Updated Thu Feb 24, 2011
The Age of Personal Public Relations, for Green Businesses and Everyone Else How to get your 15 minutes of fame in four easy steps. Updated Mon Feb 14, 2011
The Solution for Unrest in Your Gas Tank The unrest in Egypt has sparked a range of responses around the globe, including a big jump in the price of oil. Updated Thu Feb 10, 2011
Collaborative Consumption at the Contractor Yard Sale Helping the planet and cashing in on surplus building supplies. Updated Thu Feb 3, 2011
Reinventing America for a Bright Green Future As the Great Recession slowly recedes, it's clear that we're not going back to the world of 2006. But where exactly are we going? In his State of the Union Address, President Obama spoke about investing in innovation to move our country and our economy forward. Updated Wed Jan 26, 2011
10 Big Reasons Why 2011 Will Be Green My green crystal ball hasn’t yet revealed the price of oil next week, but some trends are so large and long term that they are bound to make 2011 a great year for green businesses. Updated Thu Jan 20, 2011
The Co-Creation Trend Hits Men's Shirts With Solosso The age of mass production has cranked out mountains of cheaply made goods, but with all of the emphasis on quantity and driving costs down, quality suffers. There's a hidden environmental cost that must be paid as well, and there's a human price when labor is treated as disposable. The rising trend of co-creation takes on all of these side effects of consumerism. Updated Tue Dec 7, 2010
Risk, the Hassle Factor, and the Airport Security Backlash Life can be a big hassle sometimes, and the new airport security measures are making it more so. The Obama team is stuck between a rock and a hard place: a demand for absolute security on one side and a rising chorus of complaints on the other. Maybe it does not make sense to want zero risk and also zero hassle. But that's who we are--we hate hassle. Thu Dec 2, 2010

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