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In the ideal world, all design would be "green design" -- that is, designers would consider the environmental impacts of their designs over their entire life-cycle: materials selection, sourcing, manufacturing, marketing, use, and end-of-life disposition -- ideally, by recycling it full-circle into another product of comparable value. In some cases, a designer might even rethink the entire system of commerce in which the product exists. In this section we look at the expanding toolbox available to help all design eventually become green design.
This book from Seventh Generation's Jeffrey Hollender and Bill Breem equips people with the tactics, models, and mind-sets they need to compete in a world where consumers now demand that companies...
On the day the computer manufacturer released its third annual Supplier Responsibility Report, Apple met with shareholder groups to discuss why the firm won't make public greenhouse gas reduction...
As we enter a where business-as-usual is no longer an option, are the world's largest investors taking sustainability issues into account? A look at their investment philosophies shows that some...
What to make of the 20 most-read stories among the 2,350 (or so) articles and blog posts we ran during 2009? It's hard to make head or tails of them. ...
No offense to those working hard to bring wind, solar or geothermal energy to scale, or to people who are jazzed about energy efficiency, but Marc Gunther is going to end his blogging for 2009 by...
The other day, I took a spin around your nation’s capital in what is being touted as the first affordable electric car that will find its way onto America’s roads: It’s the Coda...
Soupy Sales once challenged the kids who watched his TV show to "show me a pink car and I'll show you a pink carnation." The challenge at the recent LA Auto Show was to size up the right...
Scott Vitters, the Coca-Cola Company's global head of sustainable packaging, takes the wraps off the company's new PlantBottle, a recyclable PET plastic container made partially from plants....
The Coca-Cola Company's vision of developing a 100 percent renewably sourced, carbon-neutral container has led to its design of the PlantBottle, a recyclable PET vessel that's 30 percent sourced...
Looking at the full impact of any type of product or device -- rather than, say, the cloud of exhaust in front of you on the highway -- opens the door to a whole new understanding of how design...
The latest book from Interface founder and chairman Ray Anderson offers tips and insights from what is arguably the world's most forward-thinking and sustainability-minded mainstream company. ...
Ford Motor Co. and researchers at the University of Liverpool are developing a car ignition system that swaps spark plugs for a laser beam to start vehicles while generating fewer greenhouse gas...
Adam Lowry, co-founder of Method, speaks with GreenBiz Radio about why green products can't skimp on performance, the indepth work needed to clean up cleaners, and why all the new green products...
Rich Liroff, head of the Investor Environmental Health Network, explains how companies that are designing products with health and the environment in mind reap rewards in reputation, customer...
Joseph Fiksel spoke to GreenBiz Radio about the design principles behind his new book, the companies already putting them to work, and advice for those new to the game. ...
The British Printing Industries Federation and The CarbonNeutral Company have developed a carbon calculator to help printers identify emissions related to facilities and individual print jobs. ...
Wendy Jedlicka of Jedlicka Design talks with GreenBiz Radio about explaining the benefits of green design to clients, countering the idea that green has to carry a premium and making sense of...
Terry Swack, co-founder and CEO of SustainableMinds.com, spoke with GreenBiz Radio about how sustainable design can help companies through the economic downturn and into the future, and where...
In this new book, brand expert Richard Seireeni interviewed over two dozen "ecopreneurs" from a broad range of industries -- home improvement, transportation, household products, food and beverage...
Tom Szaky, founder of Terracycle, the company that's turning everything from food wrappers to saw blades into new products, speaks with GreenBiz Radio about the thought process behind giving trash...
In the just-published State of Green Business 2010 report, we take an extensive look at the data behind the move toward making mainstream businesses greener.
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In 2010, we're bringing our acclaimed State of Green Business Forum to San Francisco and Chicago, digging in to the research in the annual State of Green Business report to discover recent trends in green business and hear from industry experts about what the future will hold. Read all our coverage of the events here.
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