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Swiss Carbon-Neutral Servers Hit the Cloud
Swiss cloud computing firm CloudSigma announced it has achieved its carbon neutral status through energy efficiency and carbon offsets. Read More
GreenBiz.com: 10 Years After
The site, which launched 10 years ago today, has come a long way since June 21, 2000, though for all of our success, we've only just begun to fulfill our promise. Read More
10 Things I've Learned About Carbon Footprinting
We've made stunning progress in the realm of carbon footprinting and accounting over the last 10 years and learned much as a collective industry and community. Here is a list of top 10 lessons that are applicable to sustainability executives today. Read More
10 Green NGOs Businesses Should Know About
Who are the NGOs that companies turn to most often --- and most effectively? To answer that question, we spoke with companies with long experience working with nonprofits, scanned our coverage over the last 10 years, and compared notes. Read More
Design Roundup: Gucci's Sustainable Packaging, Toothbrush Recycling Made Easy
Read on for news on Gucci's greener packaging, Preserve's new program to make it easier for consumers to recycle its toothbrushes, and a new company getting into the carpet recycling game. Read More
Hooters Girls Donate Pantyhose to Oil Spill Cleanup
Hooters, a restaurant chain known more for its waitresses' outfits than environmental efforts, is helping to clean up British Petroleum's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico by donating used pantyhose. Read More
The Real Story Behind Some of the 10 'Greenest' Brands
The business of green certainly is complicated, and a recent survey listing the brands consumers perceive as the greenest in the land only further illustrates that point. Read More
McDonald's Recalls 12 Million Toxic Shrek Cups
McDonald's has recalled 12 million drinking glasses tied into the new Shrek movie because the paint on them contains the toxic metal cadmium. Read More
Carbon Dioxide Used to Make BPA-Free Plastic
Researchers have found a way to pull carbon dioxide (CO2) out of the air and use it to make plastics that do not contain bisphenol A (BPA). Read More
Nike, Walmart Top US Buyers of Organic Cotton
Global sales of organic cotton apparel and textiles grew 35 percent while organic cotton production increased 20 percent in 2009, says the Organic Exchange. Read More