10 Green NGOs Businesses Should Know About
Who are the NGOs that companies turn to most often --- and most effectively? To answer that question, we spoke with companies with long experience working with nonprofits, scanned our coverage over the last 10 years, and compared notes. Read More
Church of Scientology Set to Open Renovated LEED-EB Church
The church of Scientology, which has been buying and refurbishing historic buildings around the world, plans to open later this summer its first LEED-certified center. Read More
Why Environmentalists Must Work with Big Corporations
Even though the world is rightly castigating BP for the devastation in the Gulf of Mexico, there is still important work to be done in partnerships between environmental groups and corporations -- even corporations like BP. Read More
Design Roundup: Gucci's Sustainable Packaging, Toothbrush Recycling Made Easy
Read on for news on Gucci's greener packaging, Preserve's new program to make it easier for consumers to recycle its toothbrushes, and a new company getting into the carpet recycling game. Read More
A (Green) Prison Made of Shipping Containers
Rimutaka prison in New Zealand is using recycled shipping containers to house prisoners as a way to cut costs and accomodate a growing prison population. Read More
High School Targeted in the First Appeal of a LEED Certification
Northland Pines High School in Wisconsin, the first public high school to receive a LEED-Gold rating, will go down in the annals of green building history as the target of the first third-party appeal of LEED certification. Are the parties disputing the certification needling naysayers or constructive critics? Read More
Hooters Girls Donate Pantyhose to Oil Spill Cleanup
Hooters, a restaurant chain known more for its waitresses' outfits than environmental efforts, is helping to clean up British Petroleum's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico by donating used pantyhose. Read More
The Real Story Behind Some of the 10 'Greenest' Brands
The business of green certainly is complicated, and a recent survey listing the brands consumers perceive as the greenest in the land only further illustrates that point. Read More
EPA Releases Previously Secret Ingredients of Oil Dispersants
The EPA quietly published this week the formulas for Nalco's Corexit chemical oil disperants, which have been used in unprecedented amounts to try and fight BP's gulf oil spill. Read More
Sainsbury's Tests New Technology to Trim Food Waste
Sainsbury's has invested in new technology that will allow the retailer to make real-time supply chain decisions to reduce food waste caused by unexpected weather. Read More