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Samsung, LG Among First To Make EPEAT Green TV Registry
Samsung, LG Among First To Make EPEAT Green TV Registry
Published on April 4, 2013
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Samsung and LG now have dozens of television models rated on the Electronic Product Environmental Tool (EPEAT) global registry for greener electronics, which recently expanded to include televisions.EPEAT claims this is the first time a comprehensive... View More

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Global Fresh Foods Technology Enables International Salmon Shipment by Sea
Global Fresh Foods Technology Enables International Salmon Shipment by Sea
Published on April 4, 2013
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Global Fresh Foods, which specializes in extending the shelf life of fresh food, recently announced it has begun using its technology to ship fresh salmon from Chile by sea to the west coast of the U.S. without using ice, environmentally harmful poly... View More

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Australian Social Enterprise Partners with WaterAid To Wipe Away Disease in Africa
Australian Social Enterprise Partners with WaterAid To Wipe Away Disease in Africa
Published on April 3, 2013
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To prepare for this year's SB Innovation Open, we're catching up with some of our favorite entrepreneurial ventures from competitions past ... ... View More

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Whole Foods Partners With Gotham Greens To Build First Commercial Rooftop Greenhouse
Whole Foods Partners With Gotham Greens To Build First Commercial Rooftop Greenhouse
Published on April 3, 2013
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Whole Foods and Gotham Greens have come together to construct the country’s first commercial-scale greenhouse farm integrated within a retail grocery space in Brooklyn. ... View More

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Facebook Gets Green Light To Build Eco-Friendly Campus Extension
Facebook Gets Green Light To Build Eco-Friendly Campus Extension
Published on April 2, 2013
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Facebook last week received permission from the Menlo Park City Council to break ground on its second campus, designed by renowned architect Frank Gehry and featuring a tree-covered rooftop garden. ... View More

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Richard Branson and Tim Berners-Lee to Judge UK Google Innovation Challenge
Richard Branson and Tim Berners-Lee to Judge UK Google Innovation Challenge
Published on March 27, 2013
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Google has announced an initiative to support non-profits in the United Kingdom that use technology in innovative ways to solve global problems. ... View More

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Barking Up the Right Tree: How Highland Craftsmen Is Helping the Local Environment, Economy
Barking Up the Right Tree: How Highland Craftsmen Is Helping the Local Environment, Economy
Published on March 25, 2013
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Forestry has always been critical to the livelihood of residents in the western North Carolina Mountains, but the economically distressed area has suffered since the furniture industry mostly vacated the region. Thanks to the efforts of Marty and Chr... View More

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Bombay Sapphire Turns Derelict Mill into Sustainable Distillery
Bombay Sapphire Turns Derelict Mill into Sustainable Distillery
Published on March 25, 2013
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The Bombay Sapphire gin distillery in Hampshire, England has become the first to achieve an “Outstanding” design-stage Building Research Establishment’s Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) accreditation, according to a recent announcement.... View More

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Oregon Startup Pedals To Cut GHG Emissions in Portland
Oregon Startup Pedals To Cut GHG Emissions in Portland
Published on March 25, 2013
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Portland-based startup-up B-Line says its small team of electrical-tricycle couriers has replaced 20,000 commercial truck and van deliveries since its inception in 2009. ... View More

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Resource Revolution White Paper Examines Risks and Rewards of Circular Economy
Resource Revolution White Paper Examines Risks and Rewards of Circular Economy
Published on March 22, 2013
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This article first appeared on edie.net on March 20, 2013.Environmental Data Interactive Exchange (Edie), an online sustainability resource based in the UK, has published an exclusive white paper highlighting the opportunities and challenges of circu... View More

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Stanford Selects Cradle to Cradle’s William McDonough as First Living Archive
Stanford Selects Cradle to Cradle’s William McDonough as First Living Archive
Published on March 22, 2013
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Stanford University has chosen William McDonough as its first living archive, which will include digital and hard copy artifacts from his life to give current and future generations an insight into the sustainability design leader’s mind. ... View More

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Apple Says Worldwide Facilities Now 75% Powered by Renewables
Apple Says Worldwide Facilities Now 75% Powered by Renewables
Published on March 21, 2013
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Apple now uses 100% renewable energy sources to power its data centers, taking it to 75% renewables across its worldwide corporate facilities, according to its latest Environmental Progress report. The company says its data centers are powered by a c... View More

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Changing Consumers to Users Key To Success of Circular Economy
Changing Consumers to Users Key To Success of Circular Economy
Published on March 21, 2013
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In January, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation released a new animation, focusing on the role of new business models in the transition to a regenerative circular economy."The Circular Economy: From Consumer to User" (below) is a follow-up to 20... View More

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Nike, TechStars Name Nike+ Accelerator Program Winners
Nike, TechStars Name Nike+ Accelerator Program Winners
Published on March 20, 2013
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Nike and TechStars have announced the winners of its first Nike+ Accelerator program. Select startups are awarded the opportunity to enter a three-month program at a Nike space in Portland, Oregon to build products aimed at helping people to lead mor... View More

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Ben & Jerry’s and Ashoka Vet European Social Entrepreneurs with Join Our Core Competition
Ben & Jerry’s and Ashoka Vet European Social Entrepreneurs with Join Our Core Competition
Published on March 20, 2013
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Ben & Jerry’s and Ashoka last week launched their second Join Our Core competition to find the most innovative young social entrepreneurs in Europe. ... View More

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"The Interests of the Commons": Eric Lowitt on the Collaboration Economy
"The Interests of the Commons": Eric Lowitt on the Collaboration Economy
Published on March 19, 2013
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In this recent interview, guest editor Adam Werbach talks with Eric Lowitt, author of the forthcoming book, The Collaboration Economy (Wiley, April 2013). As Lowitt explains, the collaboration economy describes a situation in which “the interest of... View More

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Holistic, Brand-Led EPR Initiatives Key for Achieving Benefits of Circular Economy
Holistic, Brand-Led EPR Initiatives Key for Achieving Benefits of Circular Economy
Published on March 15, 2013
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With three billion new middle-class consumers projected to enter the global marketplace in the coming decades[1], it is now widely acknowledged that the global economy of tomorrow will face material scarcity and supply chain insecurity at an unpreced... View More

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Mosaic: Making Solar Power Accessible for and by the People
Mosaic: Making Solar Power Accessible for and by the People
Published on March 15, 2013
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To prepare for this year's Sustainable Brands Innovation Open (SBIO) competition, we're catching up with some of our favorite entrepreneurial ventures from competitions past ... ... View More

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Boston Businesses Reduce Electricity Use by 7%
Boston Businesses Reduce Electricity Use by 7%
Published on March 14, 2013
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Boston firms participating in the Challenge for Sustainability have lowered their collective electricity consumption by seven percent in three years, the program says. ... View More

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GM Plans To Cut Vehicle Weight Up to 15% by 2017
GM Plans To Cut Vehicle Weight Up to 15% by 2017
Published on March 13, 2013
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General Motors hopes to save as much as 12 billion gallons of fuel over the life of the vehicles it builds between 2011 and 2017 through reducing vehicle weight by up to 15 percent and other fuel efficiency upgrades, the company’s CEO Dan Akerson s... View More

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