Techniques for Greening your Business

In much the same way that plants and animals exist in an interwoven web that we call the environment, so business exists in an interwoven web called the economy. Sustainable business can be thought to exist at the intersection of three important areas: economy, environment, and ethics.  (See What it Means to be Green.) This…

CDP Pushes Companies to Walk the Emission Reduction Talk

The Carbon Disclosure Project has for years asked the world’s largest companies to discuss the risks and opportunities they face from climate change on behalf of institutional investors. The nonprofit took its mission a step further this week with a new effort that asks companies to go beyond mere climate change disclosure. As the name suggests,…

Green Climate Change Starts Here

By Jackie Sayward April 20th, 2011—SAN DIEGO, CA- Thousands of activists and businesses are demanding change for a greener future. In addition to the companies that have left the US Chamber of Commerce, over 10,000 young voters rallied on Monday in front of the organization’s headquarters to fight back against its corporate politics that have…

Thousands of Students Gather for Climate Solutions

Thousands of youth voters who helped elect Barack Obama to the presidency in 2008 are turning their energies toward pressuring the president and Congress to take a stronger stance on climate change and clean energy.  This past weekend through Monday, 10,000 students and youth met in Washington, DC for PowerShift 2011—a national summit and training focused…

Inventors Make Fuels from Brewery Waste, Algae

Whether it’s onion power or human waste, companies and researchers are continually finding new, alternative sources of fuel and energy, and sometimes cutting waste costs at the same time. In the past week, two separate efforts to turn waste into energy have crossed the wires. First, there’s this story from MSNBC that looks at how the Magic Hat…

Download Your E-waste Here

This Wednesday, April 20th, 2011 the University of San Diego will be opening a new e-waste collection center. If you bring your e-waste in between 7 am and 7 pm, you will have a chance to win a FREE iPad. E-waste can be any electronic device that is nearing the end of its life span.…

Avon Joins Sustainable Palm Oil Movement With Earth Day Pledge

NEW YORK, NY — Avon Products will celebrate Earth Day 2011 with a new commitment to purchase 100 percent sustainable palm oil. The cosmetics company has pledged to buy enough GreenPalm certificates to cover all of its global palm oil use. The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has endorsed GreenPalm, a certificate trading program that offers a financial…

Kraft Helps Plant Urban Farms in “Food Desert’s”

The Home Depot Foundation helps build greener communities in partnership with Habitat for Humanity. Planters sponsors peanut-shaped groves to create community gardens on disused urban plots. Kraft Foods‘ contribution to greener communities, through the home farming initiative of its Triscuit brand, is working with the nonprofit group Urban Farming to bring farm projects to U.S. cities. Triscuit began its home…