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Is Green Getting Obscene?

tags:
trends, publicopinion, business, greenliving, greenbusiness

Well, no, sez PR blogger Kevin Dugan. It's just that the term is now ubiquitous. We are in the midst of a sea change -- people of all walks, all industries, see opportunities to protect the environment and *improve* quality of life. It's win-win.

Carbon Neutral web sites/apps

tags:
greenbusiness, cleantech, energy, carbonneutral, carbon, globalwarming, climatechange, internet, business

The host of the "web2.0 show," a popular podcast about emerging web technologies, wonders if the Internet industry can go "carbon neutral." (In general, I've found technologists to be very receptive to greening their business practices. )

Valleywag: Why Everyone Wants to Be Green

tags:
siliconvalley, cleantech, investing, business

Silicon Valley's gossip rag casts its jaded eye on the recent popularity of cleantech investments among the venture capitalist elite.

Generation Investment Management LLP

tags:
business, companies, development, sustainability, investing, investmentfirm, algore

Al Gore and David Blood's new firm, which includes "sustainability research" into its financial projections.

Seed: Bill McKibben on the "state of the planet"

tags:
globalwarming, environmentalism, youth, creationcare, business, sustainability

The author of "The End of Nature" matches urgency with real hope -- like many of us he senses that we are experiencing a moment in time, that awareness is nearing a tipping point at which the right changes can happen.

Ian Wilker
Ian Wilker
NRDC alumnus
Asheville, NC
I was website managing editor at NRDC for six years, through the end of 2006....
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