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State of Green Business Forum: San Francisco
Agnes Mazur, 9 Feb 10 The annual publication of the State of Green Business Report drew sustainability experts of all kinds to San Francisco in the first of two U.S. events presented by Greener World Media. While the State of the Union delivered in Washington...
De-Industrializing the City
Alex Steffen, 8 Feb 10 One of my favorite quotes by Bjarke Ingels: "Engineering without engines. We should use contemporary technology and computation capacity to make our buildings independent of machinery. Building services today are essentially mechanical compensations for the fact that buildings are...
Where Did We Go Wrong on "Green Jobs"?
Alex Steffen, 5 Feb 10 I was in a meeting today with some smart folks that got me thinking again about "green jobs," specifically Van Jones' message about the intersection of environmentalism and social justice. They're not polished thoughts, but I thought I'd share them...
Local Stock Exchanges and Micro-Equity Investments
Sarah Kuck, 3 Feb 10 Over on Small-Mart: Ideas and Tools for Building Healthy Local Economies, economist Michael Shuman is talking about a different way to stimulate the U.S. economy: local stock exchanges and micro-equity investments. In his article, Local Stock Exchanges and National Stimulus...
Bright Green Action as Economic Development Strategy
Alex Steffen, 10 Jan 10 Throughout much of the developed world, but especially in North America, the debate about sustainability is routinely framed as a trade-off between the environment and the economy. The problem is, no such trade-off exists. Certainly, there are big industries (like...
