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When does green design become more than just a 'nice to have?' What is driving the many advancements in environmentally friendly product design? A panel discussion at today's Greener By Design conference brought together experts on carbon regulation, product toxicity, and sustainable product certification to discuss.
by Amie Vaccaro
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Sustainability is losing its meaning to me these days, as I hear it everywhere. At today’s Greener By Design Conference, leaders from Wal-Mart, Sustainable Minds and Clear Standards discuss how they are translating the concept of “sustainability” into success metrics and tools that drive sustainable packaging, design and environmental impact reporting.
by Amie Vaccaro
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“Nobody is as smart as everybody. We have all the solutions we need. Yes our problems are big. But if we’re all working together, now that becomes a movement,” said David de Rothschild, founder of Adventure Ecology, who plans to build a boat entirely of plastic bottles and recycled waste products, called Plastiki, and sail it 12,000 miles from San Francisco to Sydney as an environmental statement.
by Amie Vaccaro
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During the first panel of today’s forum, leaders in green business innovation discussed sustainability in business practices: Will it catch on? Is it a viable business model? Who is the green consumer?
by Amie Vaccaro
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“This is not a drill,” Joel Makower, co-founder and executive editor of Greener World Media, declared at the start of today’s State of Green Business Forum. The forum coincided with a release of GreenBiz.com’s second annual State of Green Business report. Nearly 500 attendees filled the PG&E Auditorium in downtown San Francisco to learn of the findings, representing 20 states, Fortune 500 companies, NGO’s, government entities, consulting firms, the media and more.
by Amie Vaccaro