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Published: December 3, 2007
On the eve of the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Bali, two new reports show how tantalizingly able we are to reduce our climate footprint -- and how frustratingly far we are from taking the needed steps to do so.
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Published: October 27, 2007
Ron Jarvis, Home Depot's vice president of Environmental Innovations, sat down with GreenBiz's Joel Makower to discuss the progress made and lessons learned during the first half-year of the retail giant's project to promote eco-friendly products.
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Published: January 21, 2007
Collaborative initiatives bring together companies, investors, and activists to address issues such as online freedom of expression, climate change, and labor rights in the global supply chain, writes SocialFunds.com's Bill Baue.
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Published: January 16, 2007
Two thousand seven is barely a fortnight old, but it's already shaping up to be the year that climate change action reaches a tipping point. The signs seem to be everywhere, says Joel Makower.
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Published: January 6, 2007
The old story says we have to depend on big corporations, writes Ethan Miller. The new story tells us we can earn a livelihood, gain freedom, and build community through cooperation.
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Published: January 2, 2007
From cars to climate offsets to chemistry, the trends and events that helped shape the year just passed in business and the environment, by GreenBiz founder Joel Makower
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Published: December 17, 2006
"WANTED: One highly motivated, business-savvy, green-minded, entrepreneurial self-starter, looking to have a worldchanging impact on how business gets done. Must be willing to move to northwestern Arkansas."
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Published: December 9, 2006
The state of socially responsible investing, direct from the SRI in the Rockies Conference, by Christine A. Renner. The good news: The financial sector is beginning to recognize both the challenges and opportunities that come with dramatic climate change. The bad news: We're running out of time.
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Published: November 29, 2006
Alan Durning has a good idea what to do with all those cars -- our cars -- that sit idle most of the day. Could they become the basis of a profit-making green business?
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Published: November 25, 2006
The most provocative statement of the past half-century on the role of business in society came in an essay in the <i>New York Times</i>, written by a fellow named Friedman, says Joel Makower. That's <i>Milton</i>, not Thomas.