2011 is shaping up to be the year of the electric car. Clean tech appears to be thriving. Innovative thinking brings us everything from greener cleaning products to new business models such as Zipcar. But while these announcements promise more sustainable ways of doing things, turning to the science pages can quickly undo your positive [...]
Many of us have heard the story about the creation of 3 Green Moms and their game-changing reusable sandwich bags, Lunchskins, that come in a variety of creative and colorful designs. In 2010, 3 Green Moms saved 120 million plastic baggies from landfills and broke $1 million in sales. Patch had the chance to meet [...]
New York City is the only city in the US that never sleeps. It is also one city that often smells, especially in the summer. One reason is the city’s aging sewage system, to which the city’s 8 million residents contribute 1.3 billion gallons of wastewater daily. All that wastewater goes through several processes until [...]
Nike is taking a leadership position and opening its Environmental Design Tool to everyone on the web. The tool, which Nike has used internally for years, has been released in the hopes that it will spur collaboration between apparel designers and reduce consumption of natural resources like water and oil. The online tool allows textile [...]
The most successful business, your idea for a business, will grow from something that is deep within you, something that can’t be stolen by anyone because it is so uniquely yours that anyone else who tried to execute your idea would fail. Paul Hawken All is connected… no one thing can change by itself. Paul [...]
The 2011 State of Green Business Forum, conducted by GreenBizGroup, started today in San Francisco, and follows with forums in Chicago and Washington D.C. in the next two weeks. The Forum is one of the standard bearers in the world of sustainable business conferences. It brings together thought leaders, innovators, and executives across all industries [...]
A study published in the journal Science reports that the current level of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere – about 390 parts per million – is higher today than at any time in measurable history — at least the last 2.1 million years. Previous peaks of CO2 were never more than 300 ppm over [...]
(CNN) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Copenhagen early Thursday morning amid concerns that time is running out at the climate change summit for world leaders to agree a deal to combat global warming. Yvo de Boer, the U.N.’s top climate official, admitted Wednesday evening that negotiations had unexpectedly stalled and said [...]
