Back in April, the New York Times published a piece questioning the link between obesity and healthy food access. The main thrust of the article was to debunk the notion that there are neighborhoods in the United States that have little access to healthy food–and that limited access to healthy food negatively impacts community health. [...]

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Ford is requiring dealerships selling its EVs to meet environmental and expertise guidelines as the Focus Electric appears in more showrooms.

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GM employees, led by its manager of waste reduction John Bradburn, are doing their part to divert waste from landfill. Watch for coffee grounds to become the new french fry oil.

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Ford and Yahoo will parter on a new reality show program, Plugged In, that will promote the launch of the automaker’s new Focus Electric.

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Andy Didorosi bought three busses a few months ago and hopes to launch The Detroit Bus Company next month. Can privatization save Detroit’s bus system?

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My recent stay in Detroit and current trip to Doha have opened my eyes to how citizens are taking matters into their own hands and building more sustainable economies.

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From the development of new urban mobility technologies, waste diversion to a commitment to greener cars, the new GM going forward is a new company as its CSR report reveals.

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Whether they benefit from visionary leaders, flourishing social enterprise, or commitment from community activists, the following 10 cities are well worth a visit to experience their transformation and resilience.

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Create a “sustainable ad­vantage” to win in this new age of sustainability. – From yet another sustainability consultancy newsletter. Big symbolic words come and go, and for various reasons they often annoy. That is not the fault of the actual words: articulating ideas like “corporate social responsibility” and “social entrepreneurship” in just one word is [...]

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Lowe’s has not only embarrassed itself with its recent about-face, but has looked inept when it comes to how the company handled the situation on Facebook.

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Michigan Central Station (MCS, or Michigan Central Depot) stands tall as a monument to the time when Detroit was one of America’s most important economic centers. Could it make a comeback?

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Having endured a painful restructuring, Chrysler Group LLC is on the path towards recovery, and released its first ever sustainability report last week.

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The reporting on Detroit seems to be shifting away from the narrative of the once great American City disintegrating into a burned out warzone-like state as citizens flee to greener, safer, more vibrant locales.

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A popular theme over the years at 3p has been the slowly greening automobile industry and the quest for more sustainable transportation in general. We’ve touted rising startups like Tesla and the green thinking of industry giants like General Motors and the Chevy Volt. This week, it’ll be Ford’s turn. I’ll be reporting from Detroit [...]

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I appreciated Chrysler’s “Imported from Detroit” Superbowl ad staring the venerable Motor City native, Eminem. Check it out below. I liked it not just because I’ve been slightly obsessed with Detroit for years, but because it hinted at the idea of corporate citizenship, civic pride, and the deserved rebirth of the city from which the [...]

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We’ve all seen the pictures, we’ve all heard the horror stories. We know about the 25% unemployment rate, the unsolved crimes; we know there’s not a single chain grocery store within the city limits. Detroit is depicted as the picture of dystopian America. But not everyone sees it that way. Plans to revitalize it surface [...]

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Detroit’s houses, many of which were stripped of fixtures—unluckier homes just burned down—reveal plenty of open space. And many of those plots are now community gardens—at least1200 are registered with the city. Organizations like The Greening of Detroit offer everything from composting workshops to tools to advice on the purchase of trees.

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Many people have all but written off the once booming “Motor City.” With a poverty rate of 32 percent and a population that has shrunk from 2 million to under 900,000, the auto capital of the world has become our nation’s most depressed metropolis. Today, as more and more people flee the city, it becomes [...]

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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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