Green Gazelles

Business innovation promises to be the source of the next major gains in environmental protection, so says the Center for Small Business and the Environment, which has created this site. It offers information and inspiration to small businesses that aim to drive economic growth, create new jobs, and protect the environment. The site features case studies on what CSBE calls "green gazelles": small companies that prosper by developing, manufacturing, and selling environmentally preferable technologies and products. Learn how small enterprises -- such as a manufacturer of electric buses, an online vendor of environmentally preferable products, and a natural-foods supermarket -- developed successful business plans. The site also offers a brief report that summarizes the lessons learned by a number of these new, green companies.