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Self-Contained Solar-Powered Toilet Could Transform Sanitation in Developing World
Self-Contained Solar-Powered Toilet Could Transform Sanitation in Developing World
Published on February 23, 2014
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A team of Caltech engineers is working on the toilet of tomorrow — a self-cleaning, solar-powered toilet that turns human waste into hydrogen and fertilizer, according to FastCoExist. The low-cost, automated toilet could help to revolutionize sanit... View More

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Food, Beer, Art and, Of Course, Trucks: Five Startups Revitalizing Detroit
Food, Beer, Art and, Of Course, Trucks: Five Startups Revitalizing Detroit
Published on February 18, 2014
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Low rent prices, public-private-nonprofit partnerships, and hip incubators are converging to create an ideal environment in Detroit for social entrepreneurs, leading forward-thinking startups to increasingly reject the saturated and cutthroat environ... View More

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Chevy Carbon Credit Initiative Helps US Colleges Earn Money for Reducing Footprint
Chevy Carbon Credit Initiative Helps US Colleges Earn Money for Reducing Footprint
Published on February 13, 2014
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Chevrolet has helped develop a formula where US colleges and universities can earn money for certain upgrades that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as part of a new voluntary carbon-reduction initiative.Through this initiative, Chevy will buy a... View More

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3 Startups Offering Simple, Scalable Solutions to One of the World's Biggest Problems
3 Startups Offering Simple, Scalable Solutions to One of the World's Biggest Problems
Published on February 11, 2014
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Wrinkled veggies. Rotting fruit. Containers that you wouldn’t dare open because of the smells that might escape. How many times have you cleaned out your refrigerator and been dismayed at how much food has spoiled? Every year, billions of dollars a... View More

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Yerdle Becomes First Nationwide Sharing Retailer with New, Low-Cost Shipping Option
Yerdle Becomes First Nationwide Sharing Retailer with New, Low-Cost Shipping Option
Published on February 11, 2014
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Yerdle, the online marketplace where shoppers in the greater San Francisco and New York City areas can give and get things for free, today becomes available across the country by providing low-cost, flat rate shipping for $2-4 nationwide. Yerdle has ... View More

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Umicore: How Sustainability-Driven Innovation Transformed a Failing Mining Company Into a Materials Tech Power Player
Umicore: How Sustainability-Driven Innovation Transformed a Failing Mining Company Into a Materials Tech Power Player
Published on February 7, 2014
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Umicore’s ranking as #1 on the 2013 Global 100 index of most sustainable companies was met with healthy skepticism by social justice advocates and environmental purists. The company’s history as Union Minière du Haut Katanga created devastation ... View More

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Interface Europe Achieves 90% Carbon Reduction
Interface Europe Achieves 90% Carbon Reduction
Published on February 7, 2014
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Interface announced this week it has reached a series of major sustainability milestones at its European manufacturing facility in Scherpenzeel, The Netherlands. As of January 2014 the plant has been operating with 100 percent renewable energy, using... View More

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Volvo Production Plant Achieves Carbon Neutrality
Volvo Production Plant Achieves Carbon Neutrality
Published on February 6, 2014
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Volvo Construction Equipment’s Braås site in southern Sweden has become its first carbon-neutral facility and is claimed to be the first construction equipment production plant in the world run entirely on renewables.The 45,000 m2 site, which spec... View More

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Sustainia Seeking 100 Game-Changing Solutions & Technologies for Third Annual Sustainia100
Sustainia Seeking 100 Game-Changing Solutions & Technologies for Third Annual Sustainia100
Published on February 4, 2014
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What are the 100 solutions that can bring about a sustainable society? Scandinavian think tank Sustainia has launched its third annual global campaign to find the answers. With a worldwide alliance of companies and organizations, the goal is to ident... View More

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More than 70 Mainstream Brands Now Taking Part in Collaborative Economy
More than 70 Mainstream Brands Now Taking Part in Collaborative Economy
Published on February 4, 2014
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I have been leading a research effort to understand the impacts of the growing Collaborative Economy trend. In case you are new to the collaborative economy, there's an unstoppable wave of people trading, renting and borrowing all kinds of services a... View More

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EPA Programs Help Companies Reduce Costs, GHGs
EPA Programs Help Companies Reduce Costs, GHGs
Published on February 4, 2014
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The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) climate-protection programs prevented 365 million metric tons of US greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in 2012, according to a new report by the agency.EPA’s annual Climate Protection Partnerships report... View More

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The Power of Three Words: Not-for-Profit
The Power of Three Words: Not-for-Profit
Published on February 3, 2014
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Ever since we started writing and speaking about our current book project, How on Earth: Flourishing in a Not-for-Profit World by 2050, we have been amazed by one phenomenon in particular: When we have a chance to explain to people what not-for-profi... View More

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National Council of Chain Restaurants Urges Further Reductions to Corn Ethanol Mandate
National Council of Chain Restaurants Urges Further Reductions to Corn Ethanol Mandate
Published on January 31, 2014
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This week, the National Council of Chain Restaurants (NCCR), which represents just about every US quick-service and table-service chain you can think of, submitted comments to the EPA on its proposal to reduce the levels of corn ethanol mandated unde... View More

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New York Offers $21M to Help Dairy Farms Convert Waste to Energy
New York Offers $21M to Help Dairy Farms Convert Waste to Energy
Published on January 30, 2014
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New York recently made available $21 million to help the state’s dairy farmers convert farm waste to energy.Most of the funding — $20 million — is available through New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to install a... View More

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Sprint Takes HFC Technology to Rooftops with Help from Department of Energy
Sprint Takes HFC Technology to Rooftops with Help from Department of Energy
Published on January 28, 2014
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Sprint announced today it will deploy hydrogen fuel cell (HFC) technology as backup power to its rooftop network sites thanks to a grant from the Department of Energy (DOE). The solution should allow for lower site maintenance and cleaner network ene... View More

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EOS Climate Helping DuPont Reduce Refrigerant GHG Emissions
EOS Climate Helping DuPont Reduce Refrigerant GHG Emissions
Published on January 22, 2014
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EOS Climate on Tuesday announced it will provide the DuPont refrigerant distributor network access to its Refrigerant Asset System (RAS) to help curb greenhouse gas emissions generated by refrigerants.Launched last November, the RAS software and syst... View More

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Boeing Joins Abu Dhabi Team to Grow Biofuel Supply Chain in UAE
Boeing Joins Abu Dhabi Team to Grow Biofuel Supply Chain in UAE
Published on January 22, 2014
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Boeing has announced it will join with Etihad Airways, Takreer, Total and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology to collaborate on a new initiative to develop a sustainable aviation biofuel supply chain in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).The i... View More

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The Alchemy of Sustainability: 5 Forces That Will Drive More Meaning, Growth and Impact in 2014
The Alchemy of Sustainability: 5 Forces That Will Drive More Meaning, Growth and Impact in 2014
Published on January 21, 2014
About a 9 minute read

At BBMG, we often use archetypes to help reveal a brand’s true character and provide a North Star for the products, services and experiences it can bring into the world.My favorite is the Alchemist, whose core desire is to search out the fundamenta... View More

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Blue Sun First to Commercialize Enzymatic Biodiesel Process at Scale
Blue Sun First to Commercialize Enzymatic Biodiesel Process at Scale
Published on January 19, 2014
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Blue Sun Energy, a transportation fuel technology commercialization company, has implemented its enzymatic biodiesel processing technology at its 30 million gallon per year biodiesel production facility in St. Joseph, Missouri, making it the most adv... View More

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How Brands Can Unlock Our Adventures
How Brands Can Unlock Our Adventures
Published on January 17, 2014
About a 5 minute read

Many classic tales of adventure begin with an empowering gift: something that opens doors, reveals possibilities, or helps to overcome obstacles. D’Artagnan’s father presents him with fifteen crowns, a horse and a letter of introduction; James Bo... View More

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