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A Road Map for Natural Capitalism
Details how businesses can adopt the principles of natural capitalism. Read More
Choose Green Report: Greening Your Property
The hotel and motel guide to environmental management. Read More
Paving the Planet, Harvesting a Bumper Crop
It doesn’t look good for cropland. Cars are chewing up valuable acres at a faster clip each year, leaving agriculture less land on which to grow. Something has to give. Read More
London Turns Rising Groundwater Into Liquid Asset
ENS) – Engineers are finding innovative uses for London's rising groundwaters, including filling lakes at Buckingham Palace. Read More
Brazil Poised To Join Top Ranks Of Can Recyclers
AP) – Brazilians don't pay deposits on containers, rarely separate their trash and think little of tossing an empty soda can from a car window. "Please Don't Litter" signs are roundly ignored. Yet Brazil is poised to catch up with Japan as a leader among the world's biggest countries in recycling aluminum cans. Read More
Climate Change and Social Engineering
Some key lessons gleaned from the recent climate-change talks in The Hague. Read More
Marriott Develops Its First Carbon-Neutral CHP Plant
The London Heathrow Marriott has announced that its new combined heat and power plant will be carbon neutral, the company's first ever such initiative. Read More
Ski Areas Graded on Environmental Practices
ENS) – Skiers have a choice this winter between truly environmentally friendly resorts and those whose "green" practices are more of a snow job. A coalition of grassroots conservation groups on Wednesday released a "scorecard" report that grades commercial ski areas throughout the west on a host of environmental criteria. Read More
Team Spotlights Top 50 Corporate Sustainability Reports
Multinationals are becoming more transparent but fail to address major environmental and social impacts, according to a new report. Read More
Nike Endorses Beyond-Compliance Aims
Sports apparel giant Nike has signed on with The Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies to endorse the group's code of voluntary, "beyond-compliance" environmental conduct. Read More