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What is Green Washing?

Fri, 3 Aug 2007 22:08:59 -0400

Well it is not organic detergent More and more companies are resorting to ‘green washing’ – giving their business an environmentally friendly makeover without actually taking any steps to improve t

Toxic Bosses

Thu, 2 Aug 2007 21:46:09 -0400

More Dangerous than 3 Mile Island or Chernobyl How many of you work for or have worked for a toxic boss? Most people have some painful stories to share, if they did not then Dilbert would not be so

Biofuel: A Heating Oil

Wed, 1 Aug 2007 00:09:29 -0400

About 8.1 million U.S. homes use oil for their heat source. Heating oil, also called No. 2 fuel oil, is a low viscosity oil used in residential and commercial furnaces to heat buildings. So why not b

Clean Water by Clean Processes

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:02:03 -0400

Atlantium makes water treatment green Cleaner water produced with cleaner cleaners. Doesn’t get much cleaner than that. That’s the selling point behind Atlantium’s invention of a new water to treat

GroFin

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:25:25 -0400

Building Better Businesses GroFin is an African business development and finance company headquartered in Kenya. GroFin provides business capital and support to small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

Electric Car vs. Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:28:24 -0400

With air pollution secondary to emissions close to an all time high, public awareness has also spiked in recent years. The public at large has shown interest in doing their part to lower pollution l

The Marriage of Russian GreenTech and California High Finance

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:01:35 -0400

Husband and wife company plays on a larger field than most start-ups A mom-and-pop start-up of the highest order, Segetis recently secured $15 million in venture capital from a Silicon Valley compan

Tired!

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:49:20 -0400

I am just plain tired of the whining Today I was working at a client site and I interacted with many of the employees. Somewhere around 10 AM I found my energy really dropping. But it was worse than

Wearing Green

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 23:45:48 -0400

Bamboo proves valuable material for clothing Environmentalists have long known the ecological benefits of bamboo. First, it is limitlessly renewable. It grows very rapidly and can therefore be harve

Nanosolar

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:42:43 -0400

Nanosolar says their mission is simple—A Solar Panel on Every Building. They will accomplish this by working to see that “buildings everywhere will be hybrid energy buildings, synergistically switchin

What Is A Social Entrepreneur?

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:56:23 -0400

It is said that there is nothing as powerful as a new idea in the hands of a first-class entrepreneur. For a business entrepreneur, such an idea is likely to result in the creation of a new type of

Chesapeake Bay Foundation Headquarters--Model for Sustainability

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:42:59 -0400

On the Eastern Shore of Maryland near Salisbury sits a 32,000-square-foot office building that has proven to be a gem of sustainability. This is the headquarters for the largest regional nonprofit en

Proteak - Sustainable Lumber & High Profits

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:36:03 -0400

Proteak produces teak wood in Nayarit, Mexico. The startup has been sustainably growing and selling teak wood for five years. The goal of Proteak is to operate at a profit while using methods that add

Biofuel: Making Fuel from Smokestack Waste

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:04:42 -0400

New Zealand-based LanzaTech (http://www.lanzatech.co.nz/) is a leader in technology that uses bacterial fermentation to convert carbon monoxide—smoke from manufacturing smokestacks—into ethanol. Lanza

Passing Popularity?

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:01:27 -0400

TerraPass becomes the popular – or unpopular – face of eco awareness Any three year old company whose mission is to reduce carbon emissions and who has gained such a foothold as to become a household