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Dumpster Diving: A Green Strategy That Pays Off for Retailers

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:39:33 GMT

- Retailers that put green practices to work at their facilities can save tens of millions of dollars a year by managing resources and waste more aggressively, according to SSA & Company.

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Corn-Based Ethanol in Illinois and the U.S.: A Report from the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:39:39 GMT

The U.S. ethanol boom -- what are the causes, attendant effects on Illinois and U.S. agriculture, and alternative futures? These are some of the issues addressed in this report from the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics and the College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois. The goal of this report is to provide objective information to Illinois stakeholders, cutting through the emotional, political and economic self-interests that often dominate discussions about ethanol production and use.

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AASHE Releases Annual Review of Sustainability in Higher Education

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:07:52 GMT

The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) has announced the release of AASHE Digest 2008, which documents the continued rapid growth of campus sustainability in the U.S. and Canada.

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Responsible Electronics Recycling: Turning Policy into Practice

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:01:48 GMT

IT professionals have become good environmental and privacy stewards during the past 10 years -- on paper. Corporate policy now generally reflects the fundamental tenets of good electronics stewardship, requiring verifiable data destruction and forbidding the use of landfills and export in lieu of responsible recycling. As anyone who receives RFPs for IT asset disposition can confirm, the market has spoken.

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E-Waste: When Landfills Are Not an Option

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:59:55 GMT

Headlines abound with stories of branded technology being fished out of rivers and landfills in developing nations leaking toxic metals into the water supply. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates roughly 400,000 tons of e-waste goes to recyclers every year, and that up to 80 percent of the materials sorted for recycling end up in operations in China, India, Southeast Asia and West Africa where it is disassembled and burned or dumped.

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Microsoft Joins the Home-Energy Management Game with Hohm

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:47:50 GMT

First it was Bing vs. Google, now it's Hohm vs. Power Meter. Microsoft today launched Hohm, its still-in-beta (and as-yet-unavailable) home energy-management application.

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Breaking the Barriers and Seizing the Moment

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:46:05 GMT

Gil Friend, president and CEO of the consulting firm Natural Logic, is a veteran of the green business scene, dating back nearly 40 years, to his involvement in Buckminster Fuller's "World Game." He recently spoke with GreenBiz.com executive editor Joel Makower on the occasion of the publication of Friend's new book, The Truth About Green Business.

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The Greenroads Sustainability Performance Metric

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:35:17 GMT

Greenroads is a sustainability performance metric for roadway design and construction. It is applicable to new and reconstructed/rehabilitated roadways. It awards credits for approved sustainable choices/practices and can be used to assess roadway project sustainability. This assessment can, if desired, include four different dertification levels depending upon total points earned.

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Waste Online

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:18:10 GMT

UK site with information on all aspects of waste, including some pretty interesting statistics.

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A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Sealing and Insulating with ENERGY STAR

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:16:09 GMT

Sealing and Insulating are often the most cost-effective ways to make a home more comfortable and energy efficient -- and you can do it yourself with guidance from ENERGY STAR.

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