Category: Business
Unsung Heroes: Corporate Sustainability Officers
Written by Mark Tercek | May 11th, 2012
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For a growing number of companies, “going green” is now a core business strategy. What do these companies leading the way in environmental sustainability have in common?
Feeding the World Through Smarter Agriculture
Written by Mark Tercek | April 27th, 2012
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Will we be able to feed a global population of 10 billion people? Mark Tercek says we will if we rely on sound science, innovation and interesting partnerships.
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, March 14
Written by Nicole Levins | March 14th, 2012
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The sun is shining, the sky is blue, the news is green.
- Sounds like climate change really has it out for rainforests. (Mongabay)
- Say goodbye to Greenland’s giant ice sheet. (Christian Science Monitor)
- Not a drop of beer– or its waste grain– will go to waste if this big-time brewer gets its way. (Grist)
- Philadelphia makes a play for the country’s greenest football stadium. Fly, Eagles, fly! (Treehugger)
- Starling flocks in flight behave like magnets(?), says a new study. (Wired)
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, February 8
Written by Nicole Levins | February 8th, 2012
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If it can snow in one of the world’s hottest places, why can’t we get a few flurries here in DC?
- How’s this for wacky weather? It snowed in Libya. (Green)
- Ratu, one of the last remaining Sumatran rhinos, is in her 11th month of pregnancy. Only five more months to go! (Mongabay)
- Yesterday, one of the world’s most climate-conscious leaders was forced to resign in a coup d’état. (Grist)
- At least in California, green jobs weathered the recession much better than conventional jobs. (GreenBiz)
- What are the greenest cars on the market today? (CleanTechnica)
Smart Resource Management: Good for Nature, People and Business
Written by Mark Tercek | January 26th, 2012
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Mark Tercek is at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland talking about how climate change. population growth and global prosperity impact natural resources. Are other CEO’s listening?
Beyond the Food-Energy-Water Nexus
Written by Mark Tercek | January 25th, 2012
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Mark Tercek is at the World Economic Forum this week in Davos, Switzerland to talk about innovative ways to tackle water, food, and energy challenges. Here he looks at what underlies those challenges.
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, December 7
Written by Nicole Levins | December 7th, 2011
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What’s cool and green and read all over?
- Bet you didn’t know our president/CEO Mark Tercek is an amateur singer-songwriter (we sure didn’t!). (The Atlantic)
- What’s the deal with “green jobs“? This infographic breaks it down. (CleanTechnica)
- Grizzly bears are the new polar bears. (Christian Science Monitor)
- Microplastic threads in your fleece jacket are causing big problems for oceans. (Grist)
- A two-degree global warming limit is still a “prescription for disaster.” (Scientific American)
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, November 30
Written by Nicole Levins | November 30th, 2011
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Caffeine? Check. Green news? Check. You may now proceed with your day.
- After 20 years, consumers are finally getting greener. (Maybe Green Gift Monday had something to do with that…?) (GreenBiz)
- COP17 just began, but is it doomed already? (Scientific American)
- Headline win of the day: “E. Coli: What doesn’t kill us, makes us biofuel.” (CleanTechnica)
- Climate change and crazy weather are driving up food prices. (Green House)
- Journalist Andy Revkin responds to critics questioning his role in the latest “Climategate” emails. (DotEarth)
Brazil’s Forest Code: Fact, Fiction and a Forecast
Written by David Cleary | November 10th, 2011
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Brazil’s Forest Code and its rules on deforestation will soon be updated. David Cleary looks at both sides of the debate and makes a bold prediction about the most likely outcome.
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, November 9
Written by Nicole Levins | November 9th, 2011
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It’s not easy being green.
- When it comes to climate change, do your eco-friendly choices really make a difference? (Grist)
- So now maybe marine reserves don’t promote coral recovery, according to a controversial new report. (Mongabay)
- For the first time in 75 years, an entire genus of mammal may go extinct. (National Geographic)
- As the population gets older, carbon emissions may subside a bit…maybe, says a new study. (Green House)
- Facebook’s adding solar panels to its new headquarters. Like! (EcoGeek)
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