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• Mountain climbing for CEOs

  Green-biz pioneer Ray Anderson says sustainability literally pays for itself 7

  Posted 2 weeks, 5 days agoRay Anderson set out to make his business sustainable long before green was the flavor of the month. Reading Paul Hawken's The Ecology of Commerce in 1994 literally changed his life, inspiring him to overhaul his carpet company, Interface, and aim for zero environmental impact. Now, with his new book Confessions of a Radical Industrialist, he wants to spur other business leaders to "climb Mount Sustainability."

• Myth congeniality

  Pollan shoots down organic myths at Grist event 25

  Posted 1 month agoMichael Pollan debunked some myths about organic agriculture Tuesday night at a Grist event in San Francisco, in a conversation with Grist food writer Tom Philpott and the audience. In response to a question about whether we can really feed the world without industrialized ag (ah yes, a perennial), Pollan pointed out that we're not feeding the world with it now.

• Mainstream greens applaud Sotomayor confirmation 1

  Posted 3 months ago

  Enviros are cheering for brand-new Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday on a 68-31 vote.  Well, make that many enviros, not all. 

• Notable quotable

  Michael Pollan on the affordability of good, local, organic food 2

  Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago

  "I don't think our goal should be to make all food in America as cheap as cheap food is now.  ... If the goal is cheap food, we're going to hurt our farmers, we're going to hurt the environment, we're going to hurt the public health.  The goal should be to give people the money so they can afford to buy good food. ..."

• A love supreme?

  Enviros back Sotomayor for Supreme Court 4

  Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago

  Green groups are throwing their weight behind Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court, even though she doesn't have much of a record on environmental decisions and hasn't always ruled in favor of enviros.

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  Thanks for catching that typo! Fixed.On Green-biz pioneer Ray Anderson says sustainability literally pays for itself posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago 7 Responses

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  Van Jones has a goatee, not a 'stache.  Favorite green goatees would be a whole different list.

  On Slideshow: Our favorite green mustaches posted 2 months, 4 weeks ago 6 Responses

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  There's a good article in The New York Times about this topic today, with a quote from occasional Grist contributor Ed Mazria.

  On The case for a national building energy code posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago 10 Responses

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  The chocolate shortbread cookies are delicious. 

  On Sweet bites for the holiday season posted 7 months, 1 week ago 1 Response

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  I was just clarifying ...

  ... for our humor-impaired readers.  And showing off that we have a Finnish intern.  On Nuclear meltdown in Finland posted 9 months ago 5 Responses