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Upcycling and clothes. A match made in heaven where a designer is let loose on vintage clothing.

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My home town of Detroit received great news today when A123 announced plans for a new manufacturing facility to produce energy storage devices in Michigan. This is an excellent example of the green jobs and energy independence that President-elect Barack Obama is pushing for in his economic stimulus package.

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Small California firm rolls out solar powered WiFi and attracts numerous businesses.

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Al Gore told us The Inconvenient Truth about global warming. But many of us asked, “What can I do about it?” The documentary film FUEL, winner of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award, provides more than doom and gloom; it provides sustainable business solutions. This film has the potential to do more to promote [...]

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As much as we might like to think that everyone would voluntarily reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, regulations are the only way to ensure that GHG emissions are reduced at the rate needed to mitigate catastrophic climate change. Regardless of the notice given, any such legislation will come as a shock to those companies most [...]

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A twenty mile long sea dike in the Yellow Sea will help transform wetlands into an industrial zone, creating a northeast Asian economic center. A theme park, golf course, and factories will soon change the face of North Joella, a province that currently consists largely of small farms. A landmass seven times the size of [...]

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In 2003 Management Consulting firm Accenture created the Accenture Development Partnership (ADP) as a means of providing consulting services to NGOs, foundations and donor organizations working in the development sector. Since its launch, ADP has completed 200+ projects in 55 countries with more than 45 different client organizations.

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A recently released Greenpeace report stated that coal fuel would create extra costs from now until 2030 of around $15.9, but renewable sources will produce power without extra fuel costs and save $18.7 trillion. A May 2007 report by the University of California, Berkeley stated that the renewable energy sector “generates more jobs per megawatt [...]

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Solar Energy experienced huge growth in 2008 and that was clearly reflected in the attendance at Solar Power International 2008. The number of manufactures, installers, and investors in attendance doubled from 2007, to 20,000. This rise in attendance and growth in the solar power industry was coupled with a high level of optimism, despite current [...]

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The best of this week’s green business news.

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Net Impact, a group of future and current leaders who use business to create positive change invited student and professional members to compete in the annual Net Impact Green Challenge. The task: to use their business skills to reduce their organization’s environmental footprint. Sue Patrolia helped create a “SWIFT: Sample Waste Initiative for the Furniture [...]

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Recycling e-waste could be a lot easier if producers created smart materials that disassemble automatically at the end of the gadget’s life.

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A potentially landmark trial (Boweto vs. Chevron) opens up next week in San Francisco involving the Chevron corporation. The trial, in case you’re not familiar with it, alleges Chevron is liable for the shootings of four protesters on an oil facility in Nigeria in 1998. Two protesters were killed and two others badly wounded by [...]

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We all hear about the benefits that businesses derive from going green – cost savings, increased customer loyalty, great PR – and it seems that it’s the big brands that have embraced the opportunity most emphatically. But in fact, much of the ecological impact that our economy has on the planet occurs at a local [...]

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Incandescent light bulbs are on their way out in many countries around the world. Most countries will officially impose a ban on them by 2010, the US follows in 2012.

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In this time of economic uncertainty, it’s reassuring to hear that we’re in the right field! Forbes has the hook on the increase in environmental jobs with salaries over $100,000.

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Rochester Institute of Technology Offers the First Green Doctoral Program New York State has approved the first doctoral degree in sustainability to be offered by the Rochester Institute of Technology. The program, presented by the RIT Golisano Institute of Sustainability, focuses on sustainable production. The goal is to advance research and education in alternative energy development, [...]

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While your 401K smolders in ruins, take a gander at this BBC article and it might give you some perspective. Unfortunately, it’s not immediately an optimistic perspective: We are actually losing more money through deforestation than through the current financial meltdown. The reasoning behind this is clear when we start calculating the often overlooked value [...]

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Six steps to green the board room 1. Stay home. (Kidding!) We all hate meeting overload, but when you must call the crew together, here are your 6 best bets for lowering your meeting’s impact. 4.2M Green Jobs in U.S. by 2038 U.S. Conference of Mayors’ Mayors Climate Protection Center by Global Insights forecast that [...]

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Part of a series of posts by John Gartner of Matter Network: Just as the solar industry has spawned many new business (specialty finance companies, power aggregators, installers) so will electrified vehicles create supporting niche industries. According to utility, automotive, and related industries executives attending the RMI Smart Garage charrette, these companies will be needed [...]

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It’s fair to say that, over the past few years, companies across all industries have begun to invest in the green revolution. These investments have come in many forms – from solar installations to design of more efficient delivery routes to development of new green products. To be sure, in most cases the initiatives have [...]

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I was in the UK at a CIO workshop last week (post coming up), and missed a lot of the on -going maneuvering on the part of both political parties here in the US. It made me think about sustainability market drivers (again; yes, I need a life…), and whether we have turned the corner [...]

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Check out the highlight this week in green business!

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Cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is good for the economy, according to a report released last week by California air regulators. The report stated that cutting GHG emissions over the next 12 years will benefit the state’s economy and save Californians money. The state’s economy will grow faster if it cuts emissions than if it [...]

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Ben&Jerry’s introduce US citizens to the first Greenfreezer ever.

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Last week, the Sustainable Endowments Institute released its 2009 Green Report Card. As GreenBiz reports, it compiles the green and not-so-green aspects of 300 colleges and universities through the United States and Canada. The Report Card was designed to identify those schools that are leading by example through their commitment to sustainability initiatives on campus. [...]

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Now that Wall Street is a heavily sick patient and in need of a trillion dollar bailout, would it make sense to talk about the next bull market? The answer might be positive, considering the fact that the next money spinner might be colored bright green.

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You know Tetra Pak boxes– those cubes of cheap wine made of multiple layers of foil, and paper, right? Though they’re technically recyclable, it’s not exactly easy or economical do do it. But did you know Tetra Pak is committed to sustainability? They had a booth at the recent Natural Products Expo West 2008 trade [...]

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I love the novelty of the “Eco Dance Floor” – The idea is that some portion of a nightclub’s electricity might be generated by the kinetic motion of a crowd of people dancing. Indeed, this is possible, but can’t even come close to the amount of energy a club need to sustain itself for the [...]

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