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How the Eco Index is Leading Apparel to a Green Future
By Summer Rayne Oakes

The textiles and apparel industry, once considered far behind the building and consumer electronics sectors in sustainability, has taken the lead on the environmental front.

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GreenBlue Offers Tips on Designing Recyclability Into Packaging
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Advice for designers, from recyclers and composters, on how to keep packaging out of landfill.

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The Rise of Urban Farming and Other Varieties of Sustainable Ag
By Leanne Tobias

Sustainable agriculture comes in many forms. Urban farms, vertical farms and community supported agriculture are just a few of the ways to fulfill a common mission: bringing produce to areas domina...Read More



First Take: The EU's Cap-and-Traded Skies, EPA's Election-Year Woes, and More...
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A profile of the challenges facing EPA administrator Lisa Jackson, oil spills in China and Montana, and the EU's cap-and-trade policies on airlines hit our radar this morning....Read More

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Radical Confidence: Leverage Points for Structural Change
By Rob Watson

The ability to change and reorganize the system -- one of Donella Meadows' 12 leverage points for change -- is both one of the most difficult and most fundamentally important methods to make sustainability happen....Read More



The Future (and Past) of the 'Office of the Future'
By Joel Makower

Thirty years after the publication of my book on the health effects of office environments, things have changed significantly, though some things haven't.

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A Closer Look at the Green City Index
By Kaid Benfield, NRDC

Why did some cities nail top ratings in Siemens' new Green City Index for North America, while others tanked and still others weren't counted at all? NRDC's Kaid Benfield takes a deep dive into the scores....Read More



San Francisco Named North America's Greenest City
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San Francisco bested contenders that included Vancouver, New York, Seattle, Denver and Boston in a study conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit and commissioned by Siemens....Read More
 
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