Tag Archives: green
Biggest U.S Urban Farm Coming to Chicago
Last month, we wrote about an innovative urban design project in Chicago that’s being lauded as the greenest street in America. Now, planners are fine-tuning details of another ambitious redevelopment initiative – one that would create the biggest urban farm in the US in the city’s historic, but downtrodden and poverty-stricken South Side district. 100 acres of [...]
Sustainable Building 101
Building sustainable and energy efficient structures has become very popular over the last few years. Homeowners are always looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprints and reduce their energy consumption and costs, and sustainable or green construction techniques fulfill both of those needs. The goal of sustainable or green building is to reduce the [...]
Denver: The First ‘Solar Friendly Community’
Thanks to Denver’s efforts to make it easier for residents to go solar, the Mile High City became the first city awarded Solar Friendly Community status, by the synonymous nonprofit. By speeding and lowering the costs for permitting of solar in Denver City and County, among other efforts, the city achieved recognition with the second-highest [...]
Trends in Green Supply Chain Efficiency Technology
Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine has announced the recipients its 2012 Green Supply Chain Awards. This year’s fifth annual awards recognize 57 companies of all sizes that are using innovative practices to drive supply chain sustainability. “Leading companies recognize that initiating sustainable practices in their supply chain processes is key towards driving their competitive [...]
In Focus: Green Consumer Spending
It should be obvious that we cannot sustain our current trajectory of consumption. We simply cannot afford traditional consumerism. By putting their spending power to work on less environmentally harmful products and services, consumers can dramatically lessen their impacts on the Earth. To be green consumers we need to be more mindful of what we [...]
Has Apple Improved their Sustainability Efforts?
With the declining progress of environment in today’s world, many movements enter the scene to prevent it. Manufacturers begin to use eco-friendly materials to produce products that will help save the environment. However, recurring reports are against Apple’s “contribution” to the ecosystem. In the past few years, Apple has been faced with issues regarding the [...]
Green Product Line Launched by Walgreens
Walgreens, the largest US drugstore chain, is launching its own private label green products line that spans more than two dozen personal care products and household cleaners. Its Ology line includes baby lotions, adult shampoo and conditioners, dish detergent, fabric softener, glass cleaner, compact fluorescent light bulbs, and “tree-free” tissues, paper towels and copy paper. Dubbed as the first nationally accessible and affordable brand formulated [...]
Review: GreenFest SF 2012
If you were in search of eco-friendly apparel, local-raw-vegan-organic snacks, free massages, live feel-good music, and signing petitions to prevent deforestation, then GreenFest SF was the place to be this past weekend. But don’t be fooled, it wasn’t all granola hippies. Technological innovation and alternative investments were a big part of the scene, attracting and [...]
Calxeda’s Energy Efficient ARM Technology for Data Centers
Calxeda is an Austin, Texas, company that develops data center efficiency solutions. The company’s EnergyCore technology provides power-efficient data center architecture for large computer environments such as web servers, media streaming infrastructure and cloud storage. Calxeda owns at least one U.S. patent and three pending patent applications. U.S. Patent No. 8,180,996 is entitled “Distributed computing [...]
In Focus: Green Education Opportunities
Today, word like sustainability and conservation have become part of our culture. It’s taken long enough, but environmentalism has gone beyond being just a social movement – it’s become a fundamental, legitimate ideology that affects many parts of life. Living green is a consideration when it comes to both building and operating homes and offices, [...]
The Clean Economy: Good Politics and Policies
There are a lot of venues where clean economy players network and do business. Michael Liebreich’s excellent Bloomberg New Energy Finance summit and Pennwell’s Solar Power-Gen come immediately to mind. But there’s nothing for cleantech like the National Rifle Association (NRA) or NAACP conventions – a place where political candidates and office holders talk to [...]
The World’s 15 Greenest Companies (according to Newsweek)
Each year Newsweek compiles lists of all things green. This is their fourth annual look at the world’s most environmentally-friendly companies. They compared the world’s largest companies according to their environmental footprint, management (policies, initiatives, controversies), and transparency. To generate ratings and compile these lists they partnered with Trucost and Sustainalytics, two leading research companies. [...]