Greenish Companies

Mountain climbing for CEOs

Green-biz pioneer Ray Anderson says sustainability literally pays for itself 7
Posted 1 month ago Ray 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."
A new approach to sustainable business

Take the environment out of sustainability, argues former Sierra Club chief 4
Posted 3 months ago
Adam Werbach, who made his name when he took the helm of the Sierra Club at age 23, has now written a how-to guide for companies to reframe the way they do business in a carbon-constrained, Twittering world.
Please lord, don't let it be another Segway

EEStor CEO says game-changing energy storage device coming by 2010 30
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago
If the Texas company EEStor is running a scam, it's a frakking brilliant one. For years the otherwise tight-lipped outfit has been promising a capacitor that can quickly charge, quickly discharge, and hold enormous amounts of energy. Now there's a leaked interview with EEStor CEO Dick Weir in which he claims that he'll have a pre-production prototype done by the end of the year.
Steel Yourself

Ask Umbra on paperback writers 10
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Should Danielle Steel, Tom Clancy, and other popular authors take blame for the trash they create? Or are they heroes of the reuse movement? Umbra Fisk covers the possibilities.
The Last Step

Ask Umbra on green moving companies 2
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Wrapping up her trifecta of moving-day columns, Umbra unpacks some info on the growing field of green moving companies.
Size does matter

Starbucks brews global green-building plan, renovates Seattle shop 3
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Stroll into the newly renovated Starbucks coffeehouse in Seattle's University Village and the décor may feel more familiar than you'd expect. It's part of an effort to create a shared sense of community while reducing impact on the planet -- all by sourcing materials locally.
Generation Next

Former PepsiCo exec to take helm at Seventh Generation 3
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
Seventh Generation's Jeffrey Hollender has decided to step down from his role as CEO of the natural-products company, leaving Chuck Maniscalco, a former executive at PepsiCo, to take his place. What do the incoming and outgoing CEOs have to say about maintaining the company's commitment to sustainability?
EDF's Climate Corps

Planting green moles in corporate America 2
Posted 6 months ago
The Environmental Defense Fund is dispatching MBAs to spread the green gospel in Corporate America. Their message: Going green saves green!
It's not easy dating green

Meet your eco-mate with Planet Earth Singles 1
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
At last, there is a green-friendly dating site for environmentally, socially, and spiritually conscious singles. Sign up today!
Hear, hear

As biz leaders call for a climate bill, Republicans claim it would kill the economy 8
Posted 7 months ago
Corporate leaders are asking Congress to put a cap on carbon, but leading House Republicans still argue that mandating emission reductions would be catastrophic for the economy.
BICEP curls

New business coalition plans to flex its muscle on climate policy 1
Posted 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Nike, Starbucks, eBay, and a handful of other big-name U.S. companies are putting forward a climate agenda that's just as ambitious as that of many environmentalists, if not more so.
Sierra Club partners up to make green ... luggage? 1
Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Electronics industry takes own temperature at Greener Gadgets 1
Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Eat fried food, save the planet 3
Posted 9 months ago
14 Green Couples

Read about six couples who turned their eco-love into an eco-venture ... 15
Posted 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Smart grids sexy enough for Super Bowl 5
Posted 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Musings from an L.A. green-biz conference 1
Posted 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Theo Chocolate is the country’s first organic and fair-trade chocolate-maker 10
Posted 11 months, 1 week ago
The Frill Is Gone

How to green your office holiday party 1
Posted 11 months, 4 weeks ago
Farewell, Joan

Ceres founder Joan Bavaria passes away 0
Posted 12 months ago