Why We Need a Performance Benchmark Standard for Offsets
A major issue facing the COP15 delegates is how to improve upon the CDM and REDD protocols for offset trading. A benchmark approach offers a way to increase not just the quality but also the quantity of offsets available. Read More
How Should Wealthier Nations Help Poorer Ones Combat Climate Change?
Assisting poor countries now and in the future in adapting to climate change must be a top priority. Read More
A Night at Hamlet's Castle: Much Ado About … What?
Will a climate agreement by any other name smell as sweet? Read More
San Francisco's Landmark Transamerica Pyramid Goes Green
Today, the most famous building in San Francisco is also one of the most environmentally friendly in the country. The Transamerica Pyramid building has achieved a LEED Gold certification. Read More
Japan, U.S. Come out Tops In Use of Green IT for Emissions Reductions
A new ICT Sustainability Index released by IDC ranks the G20 countries on how well they've incorporated technologies from smart grid to teleworking that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 5.8 gigatons by 2020. Read More
Office Depot's Campaign to Help Green the Workplace
Office Depot, whose annual Green Guide is a compendium of the nearly 2,200 greenest products the retailer provides, has added a new dimension to its campaign to be the working world's top supplier of eco-friendly office products. Read More
Scotland Quaker Oats Plant Sends Zero Waste to Landfill
A Quaker Oats production facility in Scotland has stopped sending waste to landfill, instead diverting all waste either to be recycled or become animal feed. Read More
RedBuilt Engineered Wood Products Attain FSC Certification
The Forest Stewardship Council has awarded chain-of-custody certifications for RedBuilt engineered wood products that are manufactured at the company's plants in Chino, Calif., and Stayton, Ore. Read More
COP15, BINGO and the Leaked Danish Text
For the business community, the place to find out what has and is taking place at the COP15 climate conference is the daily BINGO meetings, which stands for Business and Industry Non Governmental Organizations. On the third day of the conference, the BINGO meeting saw debate over a controversial Danish text some say favors developed countries, while separately, the island of Tuvalu asked for the conference to be suspended until developed countries take on legally binding targets. Read More
Reducing a Brown Cloud to its Silver Lining: How Natural Limits Lead to Innovation
While I do not think that we can design our way out of our current problems of climate change, innovation comes in many forms, including the political and cultural. Let's hope for good news from Copenhagen, while we celebrate the design and business achievements of companies like Envirofit, which has made a highly-efficient stove to replace traditional indoor cookstoves in India. Read More