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300 Schools On Green Building Council’s Certification Waiting List

300 Schools On Green Building Council’s Certification Waiting List
Nearly 300 schools are on a waiting list for certification from the U.S. Green Building Council's school certification ...

Microsoft Developing Ambassador Program To Promote i’m On Campuses

Microsoft Developing Ambassador Program To Promote i’m On Campuses
Microsoft is developing a brand ambassador network on college campuses nationwide to provide grassroots support for Microsoft’s i’m ...

Real Estate Agents Seek Certification As ‘EcoBrokers’

Real Estate Agents Seek Certification As ‘EcoBrokers’
More than 1,000 real-estate agents have taken a $395 course, offered by John Beldock, director of environmental analysis for the Department of ...

AIG, Ben & Jerry’s, Citigroup, Alcoa, Intel, Timberland, Toyota and HP to Debate Climate Change Strategies

AIG, Ben & Jerry’s, Citigroup, Alcoa, Intel, Timberland, Toyota and HP to Debate Climate Change Strategies
Environmental Leader is pleased to be a supporting partner of Ethical Corporation's Climate Change Strategies and Environmental Communication conference: With CEO after CEO ...

Students Vote To Offset 100% Of Campus Energy Through Fee Increase

Students Vote To Offset 100% Of Campus Energy Through Fee Increase
Students at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon passed a proposal adding a $15 fee to every college bill to ensure that ...

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Sharp Plans Solar Awareness Road Trip

Sharp Plans Solar Awareness Road Trip
Sharp’s Solar Energy Solutions Group, the U.S. solar arm of Sharp Corporation, has launched an awareness campaign that the company ...

AASHE Releases Guide On Funding Campus Sustainability Projects

AASHE Releases Guide On Funding Campus Sustainability Projects
AASHE has released a new guide, Creating a Campus Sustainability Revolving Loan Fund: A Guide for Students (PDF), which explains ...

Starbucks Launches Green Game, Includes CSR Feedback Tool

Starbucks Launches Green Game, Includes CSR Feedback Tool
Starbucks and Global Green USA have teamed up to launch Planet Green Game, where players can ...

UC Launches Green Purchasing Policy

UC Launches Green Purchasing Policy
The University of California has passed a green purchasing policy making the 10-campus system the first in the nation to adopt guidelines ...

Colleges Develop Green Tech Programs to Meet Demand

Colleges Develop Green Tech Programs to Meet Demand
More U.S. college students are looking into careers in alternative energy, leading U.S. universities to add new courses on clean energy technologies ...

Flexcar Enters Baltimore Market

Flexcar Enters Baltimore Market
Flexcar has expanded to the city of Baltimore through a partnership with The Johns Hopkins University. The initial group of four ...

Green Marketing Competition Launched

Green Marketing Competition Launched
The UK's Low Vehicle Carbon Partnership is launching Cars NOT Carbon, a marketing competition to promote greener driving and greener transport choices. ...

Yahoo Asks Ad Agencies for Green Campaign Proposals

Yahoo Asks Ad Agencies for Green Campaign Proposals
Yahoo is asking ad agencies to create and submit proposals for a new campaign from the search/ad giant that encourage environmental ...

Earthlust Pressures Swarthmore Into Increasing Wind Power Purchase

Earthlust Pressures Swarthmore Into Increasing Wind Power Purchase
Pennsylvania's Swarthmore College increase its energy mix derived from wind power from 19 to 35 percent, North American Wind Power ...

CSUN Installs 1-Megawatt Fuel-Cell Power Plant

CSUN Installs 1-Megawatt Fuel-Cell Power Plant
California State University at Northridge has received a $2.2 million incentive check from Southern California Gas Co. for what it says is ...

Bridgeport Retrofits 111 School Buses

Bridgeport Retrofits 111 School Buses
Bridgeport, Connecticut public school buses will be equipped with devices to reduce diesel emissions. The project involves 111 buses contracted by the ...

79 Colleges Commit to Lowering Carbon Emissions

79 Colleges Commit to Lowering Carbon Emissions
Seventy-nine college and university presidents have signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, agreeing to cut their institutions' carbon ...

MeadWestvaco Gives $1 Million to Climate Change Policy Partnership

MeadWestvaco Gives $1 Million to Climate Change Policy Partnership
Global packaging company MeadWestvaco has pledged $1 million to support an industry-university collaboration that is working to develop policies to address ...

Florida School District to Unveil Plug-In Hybrid School Bus

Florida School District to Unveil Plug-In Hybrid School Bus
Florida's Manatee school district will start running two plug-in hybrid school buses from IC Corporation next month, GreenCarCongress reports. The two hybrids ...

Microsoft: Live Earth Concerts ‘Incredible Opportunity’ for Advertisers

Microsoft: Live Earth Concerts ‘Incredible Opportunity’ for Advertisers
The official announcement for the Live Earth concerts has taken place with the news that MSN Network, in partnership with Kevin Wall, ...

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Sustainability is Not a Color - Sustainability is Transparent.

Sustainability is Not a Color - Sustainability is Transparent.

Green was an obvious color to hang the environmental renaissance on. It was a reclaiming of the old pejorative “greenies” and “treehuggers.” ... continue »

An Eco-Stimulus Package for Our Economy
Sustainability – Businesses’ Best Defense Against Recession
California’s Leadership in 21st Century Energy Technology
Moving Beyond ‘Carbon Neutral’ to ‘Carbon Healthy’
92% Of Organizations Working To Make Facilities More Sustainable

92% Of Organizations Working To Make Facilities More Sustainable

Ninety-two percent of respondents to The Global Facility Management Association's recently released Green Practices Study (PDF) say that they are ...

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Green Building Could Hit $140 Billion By 2013
ICT Could Cut U.S. Emissions By 13-22 Percent
Consumers Loyal To Brands That Support Good Cause During Recession
‘Green Car Of the Year’ Unveiled

‘Green Car Of the Year’ Unveiled

Sit in on the Green Car of the Year Award presented at the 2008 LA Auto Show (via AutoNetwork)....

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Patagonia’s Rick Ridgeway Discusses Corporate Sustainability
California Clean Tech Open Awards
How ICT Can Reduce Carbon Footprints And Enable Sustainable Growth

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Marketing

Sustainability is Not a Color - Sustainability is Transparent.

Greenbuild Conference News Roundup

Green Consumers Have Different Purchasing Motives

Emissions

‘Green Car Of the Year’ Unveiled

Owens Ups Recycled Content in Fiberglass Insulation, Cuts Energy Use, CO2

Wal-Mart To Buy 226 M kWh Wind Energy To Help Power 350+ Stores

Hi-Tech

ICT Could Cut U.S. Emissions By 13-22 Percent

California Clean Tech Open Awards

Dell: OptiPlex Desktop Customers Cut 29 M Tons of CO2 Since 2005

Efficiency

92% Of Organizations Working To Make Facilities More Sustainable

Xerox Says New Toner Cuts Digital Printing Devices’ Power 15-30%

Big Brands Form Climate Change Business Coalition

Manufacturing

Patagonia’s Rick Ridgeway Discusses Corporate Sustainability

Mitsubishi Targets Sales Of $13.3 B From Cleantech Products

Jeffrey Immelt Discusses GE’s CSR Efforts

Carbon Offsets/RECs

Hyundai Unveils Carbon Offset Program For Genesis Sedans

Best Buy Pushes Renewable Energy Credits

New Carbon Standard Set for Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use

CSR Reports

Want To Win Awards? Write Longer Corporate Responsibility Reports

U.S. Army Releases First Sustainability Report - Big Move To LEED Standards

HK Companies Top CSR Disclosure Among Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand

Major Players

Aluminum Assoc. Sets Ambitious 75% Aluminum Can Recycling Target

How ICT Can Reduce Carbon Footprints And Enable Sustainable Growth

UPS Moves To Paperless Sorting Labels

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