Researchers Turn Chicken Feathers Into Fiber
An Australian research organization is experimenting with taking waste feathers (11 billion pounds of which are produced each year) and turning them into usable fiber instead of feedstock or landfill trash. Read More
Desert Golf Courses Symptomatic of Arab Region's Larger Water Problems
Golf courses in the Arab region use enough water to satisfy the needs of thousands of people. Yet their numbers are growing, illustrating the conflict between economic development and depleting natural resources, according to a new report. Read More
Green-Collar Jobs, Defined and Counted
Green jobs aren't always easy for employment analysts to recognize, because they are scattered across most occupations and industries, and truly, every job can be more or less green. Here's how to recognize a green job when you see one. Read More
A Green-Jobs Move from Pure Capitalism to Natural Capitalism
Chris D'Avignon's green job story shows how the threads of work history, business skills, and a growing personal commitment to doing things better led him to build a business that is creating more green jobs daily. Read More
How to Build a Green Team: The First Step to Sustainability
Long-term sustainable growth is important to building a successful company. In the final installment of her four-part series "Growing a Green Corporation: Meeting the Next Great Disruptive Challenge of the 21st Century," Brandi McManus provides a blueprint for building a green team. Read More
What's the Carbon Footprint of Your Toilet Paper?
Tesco is charging ahead with its plans to slap a carbon label on all of its private label products to denote the amount of greenhouse gas emissions it takes to produce each item. Next up: toilet paper and paper towels. Read More
Carbon Dioxide: An Effective Firefighter
Researchers in Japan have found that pellets make of water and carbon dioxide frozen and bonded together uses less water and releases less CO2 than some fire-suppression methods. Read More
Google Data Center's Massive Energy Appetite
The amount of electricity that just one Google's data centers could use when it comes up to full power is enough to power the city of Oakland for almost four months. Read More
Grazing Goats Green Google's Grounds
In what might be a sign of a new trend, Google has brought goats onto its California headquarters to clear grass and weeds, reducing fire risk in a low-carbon way. Read More
FedEx Aims for 30 Percent Biofuels by 2030
FedEx wants a third of its jet fuel to come from biofuels by 2030, the company’s chief executive said Wednesday in a speech delivered during a U.S. Chamber of Commerce event. Read More