Google's Favorite Car Company

Think about the aerodynamics of jet plane, a sailboat and a minivan. When we build things to fly through the air or propel us through the water, we design efficient vehicles. Not so with cars. Aptera, an auto company startup, aims to change that. Read More

PepsiCo Launches Industry's Lightest Water Bottle

PepsiCo plans to use 50 percent less plastic in its half-liter Aquafina water bottles in a move that will save the company an estimated 75 million pounds of plastic each year. Read More

U.S. Green Bank Proposed to Finance Clean Energy and Efficiency Projects

U.S. Representative Chris Van Hollen has introduced legislation to establish a Green Bank as a tax-exempt wholly owned corporation of the United States that would provide a range of financing support to clean energy and energy efficiency projects in the country. Read More

Accenture Boosts Smart Grid Support With City-Utility Network

The Accenture Intelligent City Network will help cities and utilities share information and experiences for developing and implementing smart grid technologies. Read More

10 Tips from an Eco-Capitalist: Tom Szaky Shares TerraCycle's Secrets to Success

Ever wonder how a wunderkind made it big time? Now you can take a page -- literally -- from Tom Szaky's "Revolution in a Bottle" and put the ideas to work in your business. Amie Vaccaro lists 10 tips gleaned from the book by the cofounder and CEO of TerraCycle Inc. Read More

Billboards Switch From Paper and Paste to Recyclable Plastic

Although using plastic poster billboards instead of paper might not seem like a greener move, the new plastic posters in use are more recyclable, weigh less and last longer. Read More

Ranking the Greenest Fast Food Chains

In developing a rating for fast food companies based on their overall environmental sustainability, has Greenopia stepped into a big pile of redundancy? Read More

Has Sustainability Become a Cliché?

In an earlier blog, Robert Pojasek spoke about environmental sustainability as an oxymoron. The "Google recognition index" registers more than 3,240,000 hits for environmental sustainability. "One has to wonder if the term sustainability is becoming a cliche," Pojasek now writes. "It is being applied to so many terms that it is in danger of becoming meaningless." Read More

How Companies Are Investing in Sustainability

Long-term sustainable growth is important to building a successful company. In Part 3 of her four-part series "Growing a Green Corporation: Meeting the Next Great Disruptive Challenge of the 21st Century" Brandi McManus looks at different strategies for investing in sustainability. Read More

Calculating the Gross National Trash

How can we aim our economy in the right direction if we don't know where we are? Read More