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Making the Office Greener
Most people feel more responsible for their activities at home than they do for the impact they make while at work. This is why it is important for companies to encourage eco-friendly behavior in the workplace. The workplace is also a large contributor to environmental issues so there is the opportunity for employers and employees [...]
Greece Sees Solar As Economic Salve
Name a sunny, financially-broke region filled with antiquities that could really use a solar miracle and an economic boost. If you answered Los Angeles, that’s wrong. We’re talking about Greece. The country. Greece just unveiled an audacious plan to make the country a haven for the installation of solar systems with a robust interconnection to [...]
Obama: Writing off Greenines?
Dear President Obama, Three years ago I was so inspired by your message and by you that I did something I’d never done before: I knocked on doors for a presidential candidate, about 350 or so, here in the key swing state of Colorado. You won Colorado – and several other important swing states — [...]
In Focus: Solar Swimming Pools
By installing a solar pool heater, you can substantially reduce swimming pool heating costs. They are very competitive from a cost basis with both heat pump and gas pool heaters, and have the added benefit of very low operational costs per year. Here’s some information regarding how they work. Normally, a solar pool heating system [...]
FUTUREWATCH: Energy Generating Shoes
Have ever wondered if your shoes could charge up your electrical gadgets while you’re sweating it out by doing your power walk?! Yes, your walking shoes can now serve a dual purpose – protecting your feet as your burn those calories and producing energy at the same time! A power-packed stroll in the park can [...]
Trouble at BYD?
Reports abound that BYD (BYDDF.PK) is in the process of reducing staffing levels at the BYD Automobile Sales Co from 2,600 to 800. The company is of course 10% owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and previously had major plans to become a top producer of electric batteries and both battery-electric and plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles in [...]
10 Green Initiatives of Coca Cola $KO
The Coca Cola Company is one of the largest worldwide beverage retailers, manufacturers, and marketers of various non-alcoholic beverages. Currently, the company sells more than 500 brands in more than 200 countries. The Coca Cola Company also has a long history of sustainability and helping with the environment. They maintain a large focus on the [...]
Top Five Green Master Degree Programs
In 2010, Master Degree Online.com published their list of the five of the best sustainable schools. (This list has been updated by The Green Market for 2011) 1. Antioch University of New England Antioch University’s Green MBA provides the skills for working in the new green economy. The skills help you navigate the changes in [...]
How Green Is President Obama?
We all know that President Obama is a proponent of green jobs and lessening our impact on the earth. Sure he struck a deal with automakers to increase the fuel efficiency standard to 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016. He’s constantly speaking of the importance of protecting the earth; he pulled the Environmental Protection Agency [...]
The 5 Greenest Buildings in the World
The current buzzword is “green” and building and designing greener and environment-friendly buildings is what architects are striving for. What with hopping on the green train becoming an essential part of every serious environmental policy! Be it ethanol fireplaces or hybrid cars, the use of fossil fuels is fast becoming history. The carbon neutral world [...]
World’s Best Green MBA Programs
In an article titled The Top 5 Green MBA Programs in America (Probably the World), Karin Kloosterman suggests that despite a slow economy there are opportunities for those with who pursue sustainability oriented degrees. She quotes a Bloomberg Businessweek article about the surge of green MBA programs, “sustainability represents one of the few potential bright [...]
BREAKING: Solyndra Suspends Operations
This just in from Solyndra… Solyndra Suspends Operations to Evaluate Reorganization Options Solyndra, the American manufacturer of innovative cylindrical solar systems for commercial rooftops today announced that global economic and solar industry market conditions have forced the Company to suspend its manufacturing operations. Solyndra intends to file a petition for relief under Chapter 11 of [...]