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Interface VP Discusses Biomimicry And Design

John Bradford, VP of operations and R&D for Interface, discusses why Interface started mimicking nature to design eco-friendly products, how to turn concepts into design and offers tips on product innovation through biomimicry. ...

CEOs Leading Champions Of Corporate Green Initiatives

Within an organization, the CEO is by far the leading champion of green ventures, according to Frost & Sullivan's inaugural Going Green survey, an evaluation of senior managers' perceptions of and current/future initiatives toward ...

California Passes Green Chemistry Legislation

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed AB 1879 and SB 509, moving California on the path toward a comprehensive green chemistry program to reduce or eliminate hazardous chemicals in products and ...

Sanyo’s Solar Ark: Company Shift or PR Stunt?

A new sight can be seen along the Shinkansen Bullet Train route between Tokyo and Osaka – Sanyo's Solar Ark. But David McNeill of irishtimes.com questions if the monument is truly ...

Rutgers University Installing 1.4 Megawatt Solar System

Rutgers University broke ground on a seven-acre solar power system at its Livingston campus this week. The university is touting the 1.4 megawatt solar “farm” as the largest system on a single ...

ICF Unveils Green Business Planning Service

ICF International launched Green Business, a Web-based sustainable business planning service. The new Web site offers an integrated suite of services which the company says helps all aspects of “greening” a ...

Sony Ericsson Offers Environmental Warranty,GreenHeart Phone Concept

Sony Ericsson recently launched an environmental warranty, which promises that when any of its product is taken to a designated collection point, the company will recycle the products in an environmentally ...

Green IT Brings Small Businesses Cost Savings

Ninety-four percent of small-business IT decision-makers in the U.S. say that technology is an important tool to help green their business, According to a telephone survey conducted on behalf of Microsoft ...

Ivy League Scores On College Sustainability Report Card

Colleges across the U.S. and Canada are boosting sustainability initiatives, with two out of three schools improving their grades from last year, according to the new College Sustainability Report Card ...

Gamers Checking Out Green Cars

According to the 2008 1UP Network Automotive Study, gamers make up a large auto-owning demographic - most 1UP Network online and Electronic Gaming Monthly gamers surveyed own, on average, two automobiles ...

Vinod Khosla On The Need For Clean Tech To Deliver Real Results

At the AlwaysOn GoingGreen conference in Sausalito, Calif., Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures offers his views on environmental challenges facing the world and the need for clean tech to deliver real results, ZDNet reports. He ...

GAO: CO2-Offset Market Lacks Credibility

A report by the Government Accountability Office found that the growing U.S. market for carbon offsets is so loosely regulated that it offers consumers “limited assurance of credibility,” the Wall Street Journal ...

House Makes Fate of Renewable Energy Tax Breaks Precarious

The U.S. House passed a tax measure on a 257 to 166 vote margin, which is different from a Senate-passed bill. Its approval could risk the enactment of solar energy tax ...

Autodesk HQ Cuts Emissions with Lighting Upgrades

Autodesk announced in its latest sustainability report that GHG emissions from its business operations in 2007 equaled about 64,000 metric tons of CO2, from three main categories: employee business travel (56%), ...

California Academy of Sciences Completes Solar Panel Installation

California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco has completed its solar electric installation, a solution provided by Open Energy Corp. The 720 glass panels embedded with photovoltaic cells ...

Arm & Hammer ‘Essentials’ Dumps Bottle, Cuts Supply Chain Emissions

Arm & Hammer introduced Arm & Hammer Essentials cleaners. The company says the new products benefit the environment in several ways: Uses fewer chemicals The products use plant-based cleaners derived from coconuts and ...

RGGI Sells All Carbon Permits At First Mandatory CO2 Auction

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) announced that all 12.5 million carbon permits were sold at its first cap-and-trade auction. Fifty-nine participants from the energy, financial and environmental sectors took ...

ESPN Cafeteria Puts Green On Menu

At ESPN's headquarters in Bristol, the company has converted the cafeteria to using reusable and compostable dishes and utensils, the Bristol Press reports. The move is part of a larger ...

LOHAS Consumers and Politics

In this election cycle, politicians are debating a variety of pressing issues, and sustainability issues are key among them. Approximately 90% of the general population says they typically vote, as shown in Figure 1, and ...

Sustainability and its Impact on Brand Value

One of the latest buzz words found in management journals, websites, and corporate documents is “sustainability.” Some people even want to recognize it in a company’s balance sheet as an asset. Okay, let’s not go ...