The effective debunking of the notion of a triple bottom line is 6½ years old now, and it is still making people angry.
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Debunking the Notion of a Triple Bottom Line
This week is Carnival of the Green #195 and it’s being hosted by EcoTech Daily , a site that’s dedicated to bringing us the lastest and greatest in green technoloy, gadgets, and news. At EcoTech Daily, you can track the hottest CleanTech startups, learn about alternative energy technologies that can power your community’s future, and discover cool and useful green gadgets designed to make your life simpler and more eco-friendly. So head on over to this week’s Carnival , which includes a round up of green news and events f… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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EcoTech Daily Hosts Carnival of the Green
Baxter International employees in 25 countries ventured out into their communities this summer to plant gardens and gathered internally to learn about the ways in which they could lighten their environmental footprints.
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Baxter Workers Sow Seeds for Gardens and Stronger Environmental Awareness
(Ridiculous) image via Radioactive Liberty Slate’s Christopher Beam thinks it could. While many pundits and politicians are wondering if health care reform will be “Obama’s Waterloo” (some of whom, including the man who coined the term , are determined to make it so), Beam says that the battle for climate legislation is more likely to take that dubious mantle…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Will Climate Change be "Obama’s Waterloo"?
How do office supply firms stack up when it comes to paper products, practices and environmental responsibility? Forest Ethics and the Dogwood Alliance recently released their latest industry report card.
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Grading the Office Supply Industry on Paper Practices
photo: Anna Pearson via flickr The focus keeps getting placed on the impact of global climate change on world water supplies: Oxfam highlights the effect of water shortages and declining crop yields in Nepal; IPCC chairman Dr Rajendra Pachauri comments on how thirsty Africa could become; and, Reuters writes from Yemen on a gro… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Himalayas, Africa Facing Climate Change-Induced Water Shortages – Yemen’s Already Rioting
Photo credit: Alex & Ani Some things, like broken relationships, should never have been made. Alex & Ani plucks bungled metals from their sordid situations—no questions asked—and recasts them into sophisticated statement pieces, gussying them up with candy-like gems, polished vintage beads and stamped, handmade charms. Designed by founder Carolyn Rafaelian (her bauble biz is named after her two daughters) and made in Rhode Island, Alex & Ani’s jewelry collections are replete with symbolism, both universal and personal, from the Middle Eastern Hamsa to the transcendental Tree of Life. (St. Christopher rubs shoulders with the Egyptia… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Alex & Ani Jewelry Goes for the (Recycled) Gold
Photo via NY Times In yet another controversial development in the case of the Tennessee coal ash spill , the millions of pounds of ash are being shipped from the accident site to a landfill in a poor county in Alabama…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Coal Ash from Tennessee Spill Shipped to Poor County in Alabama
Photo via wwarby As if honey bees don’t have enough to worry about right now, it seems that cell phone towers may be problematic for the insects. According to a new study, a rapid drop in the bee population in Kerala, India is the result of recently installed cell phone towers, and could cause a complete collapse of bee populations within 10 years. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Are Cell Phone Towers Honey Bees’ Next Big Threat? New Study Says Yes.
photo: Yovany Alas via flickr Despite a steady trickle of new wind power projects coming in over the past year since the recession set in, things haven’t exactly been going gangbusters in terms of financing. But as the Wall Street Journal points out today, that’s starting to change… and (gasp) it’s at least partly because of government inves… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Wind Power Financing Picks Up Again, Thanks to a Little Federal Push