In an extended Industry Week interview Interface, Inc. founder and chairman Ray Anderson calls for “…a vast, ethically driven, re-design of the industrial system, triggered by an equally vast mind-shift.” Interface is one of the leading commercial exponents of the emerging science of biomimicry. Take a few minutes to watch Anderson’s interview in The Corporation, […]
Monthly Archives: January 2008
Don’t Just Be The Change, Mass-Produce It!
Here at Greenr we want to ‘Accelerate the Change”. Over at WorldChanging, founder and editor Alex Steffen says we should be mass producing it: “We need, through brilliant innovations, bold enterprise and political willpower, to make sustainability an obligatory and universal characteristic of our society, not an ethical choice. We need to remake the systems […]
Wal-Mart Chief Offers a Social Manifesto
New York Times reports that Wal-Mart’s chief H. Lee Scott Jr. pledged Wednesday to cut the energy used by many of its products 25 percent and to force the chain’s suppliers to meet stricter ethical standards. “We live in a time when people are losing confidence in the ability of government to solve problems.†Wal-Mart […]
Getting Things Done
Making the changes necessary to avert catastrophic climate change requires us all to ‘get things done’. In 2007 I read David Allen’s “Getting Things Done” and took on many (if not all:) of his recommendations. A ‘weekly review’ is one of his key recommendations, and I get a weekly reminder with a tip to focus […]
Switzerland Tops Environmental Index, US Lags
My friend Christoph will be pleased: Switzerland scored top marks among 149 countries measured in six environmental areas including air pollution, water quality and how they control industrial pollution, according to the 2008 Environmental Performance Index released at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. Maybe its the way they handle ‘trash’. Sadly, my […]
Green Guide From Greenpeace
There are so many ways that we can step a little lighter on the Earth. The tips in this Greenpeace “Green Guide” provide some useful pointers. Got some tips of your own? A favorite guide to greening up your life? Let me know…
Do You Know How Much Water You Really Use?
Enter the H2O Calculator at http://www.h2oconserve.org/, a project of ICCR, GRACE, Food & Water Watch, and the Johns Hopkins University Center for a Livable Future. “Water scarcity is a growing problem throughout the US and abroad, and it is crucial that individuals and communities make efforts to conserve and protect this precious resource. H2O conserve […]
Abu Dhabi Investing US$15 Bln in Green Energy
While giving no specific timeframe, Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahayan told the World Future Energy Summit in the emirate. “I would like to underscore the government of Abu Dhabi’s commitment to the Masdar initiative by announcing an initial investment of US$15 billion.” Next month ground will be broken on Masdar city, […]
Two Degrees of Separation
Treehugger looks into the people behind the ‘non-partisan’ Stats.Org finding it to be “…a front designed to confuse the public about science, operated by an extremist conservative think tank.” Sourcewatch by the Center for Media and Democracy is a great resource if you want to do a ‘connecting the dots’ excercise of your own.
Starter Kits for Homemade Cleaning
Another one via the trendspotters at Springwise, this time on green startup Eco-Me, which is now offering kits to help consumers create their own cleaning products. Continued over at Springwise…