Tag: Sustainable Business
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A Reality Check for Economist Who Claims Carbon Pollution Benefits Society
By Gernot Wagner This open letter, co-authored by Jeremy Proville, was written in response to a New York Times article citing Dr. Roger Bezdek’s report on “The Social Costs of Carbon? No, The Social Benefits of Carbon.” Dear Dr. Bezdek, After seeing so many peer-reviewed studies documenting the costs of carbon pollution, it’s refreshing to encounter some out-of-the-box thinking to the contrary. You…
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100 Solutions Wanted for Global Sustainability Campaign
What are the 100 solutions that can make real a sustainable society? Scandinavian think tank, Sustainia, today launches a global campaign to find the answers. With a worldwide campaign alliance of companies and organizations, the goal is to identify the world’s 100 leading sustainability projects and technologies across sectors such as food, fashion, energy, smart homes etc. Collectively,…
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Underground Farm: Michel Roux Jr. Reveals Plans to Supply London With Fresh Produce
One hundred feet below the streets of London, a 2.5-acre farm will soon sell fresh veggies grown on a not-so-traditional farm. Dubbing it a “food revolution” underneath your feet, Zero Carbon Food owners Richard Ballard and Steven Dring have teamed up with two-star Michelin chef Michel Roux Jr. to open their Growing Underground farm later this year. Located under the Northern…
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Broadway Expands Its Green Practices to Theaters Across the U.S.
If you had the pleasure of taking in a Broadway performance in the past five years, you also witnessed sustainability taking center stage. The Broadway Green Alliance (BGR) celebrates five years of greening productions this week by launching an initiative to bring sustainable practices to theaters across the country. In collaboration with the Natural Resources Defense Council…
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What’s the State of Green Business in 2014?
The “State of Green Business” annual report from GreenBiz.com shows why we have reason to both applaud and criticize the progress companies have made in sustainability. “What’s business as usual today was not that long ago innovative, even breakthrough: Bio-based products, accounting systems that place a realistic value on water and carbon, smart supply chains that…