Frontlines – Finding Green Advice

By on July 10, 2007 in Frontlines

Consulting company Sustainable Research Group hopes to help others focus on sustainability. special to green@work Many observers have said that a new economy has begun to emerge with a new breed of business to drive it—firms whose value is based on their intellectual capital and their keen sensitivity to the newest opportunities and trends. Companies [...]

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A Logical Step Toward Sustainability

By on June 10, 2007 in CSR

by Lisa Laitinen SERA Architects in Portland, Ore., is an example of a company that not only emphasizes sustainability— it won’t settle for anything less. SERA Architects Inc. has been located in Portland, Ore., since 1968 and has had a major impact on turning downtown Portland into a center of urban livability and environmental responsibility. [...]

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Installing a Green Roof: A How-to

By on May 10, 2007 in Building

When planning for a green roof, a number of decisions, processes and initial costs must be considered. Before the green roof installation can begin, a licensed structural engineer or architect should be hired to determine what, if any, upgrades need to be made to the existing roof. Due to the weight of green roofs, some [...]

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Four Worlds in 30 Hours

By on March 19, 2001 in Frontlines

Reflections on four different realities and the lessons to be learned from each. SCENE ONE Thursday afternoon—Nairobi, Kenya I am sitting in a huge hall at a meeting of the Global Ministerial Forum organized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). I look around the room and see row after row of ministers, ambassadors, delegates [...]

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Hope Springs in Kernels

By on March 18, 2001 in Corporate Acts, Green Products

It’s as American as baseball, mom and apple pie. Fresh, frozen, even canned, it has earned its standing as the preferred vegetable for most kids. And who among us can forget their dismay when Kevin Costner plowed a field of it to build, of all things, a baseball diamond? It is, of course, corn; a [...]

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