The social profit handbook: Setting and achieving mission-driven goals

Whether you work for a nonprofit, a B Corp or a business with explicit social responsibility goals, it's time to re-think how we define success. Read More

Solar farms could make fertile habitats for bees and butterflies

Why limit pollinator gardens to backyards? Non-profit Fertile Energy encourages utility-scale developers to plant wildflowers underneath solar panels. Read More

Could the Clean Power Plan create a massive cap-and-trade system?

The broader approach to electricity encapsulated in Obama's new Clean Power Plan might just create the nation's newest carbon trading system. Read More

Carbon War Room's Peter Boyd on the 'entrepreneurial NGO'

After working with Richard Branson to launch Carbon War Room, energy and tech veteran Peter Boyd shares what he's learned about pioneering new sustainability models. Read More

Snakeskin: A design breakthrough for robots and race cars?

Borrowing inspiration from the scaly exterior of a snake could help improve the function of a range of industrial products. Read More

Tech tells you how much rainforest is in that chocolate bar

Companies such as Cadbury are employing remote sensing and more to calculate the environmental footprint of chocolate. Read More

5 best practices to green healthcare

Hospital food is just one part of the problem, as well as one of a handful of powerful solutions, to make medical care sustainable. Read More

Meet the companies trying to break our plastic addiction

From Coca-Cola to a range of upstarts, researchers seek better ways to meet demand for durable, versatile materials. Read More

Shuffling the deck: A resilience plan for Atlantic City

A research and design firm has a plan to remake Atlantic City's ailing economy to become a global center for research on resiliency. Read More

Cleaning up: This $25 billion industry generates 220,000 jobs

Critics like to portray environmental regulation as a job killer, but the restoration economy provides more jobs than mining, logging, or steel production. Read More