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Consumer Culture Keeps Carbon Emissions High
When governments want to curb greenhouse gas emissions, they focus on the pollution created within their own borders. But that is just part of the story if the goods consumed in one nation are produced in another country....read more
Only 22% of Consumers Purchasing Sustainable Products
A new study on consumer behavior from Deloitte indicates that there is an unrealized, latent consumer demand for sustainable products; almost half of consumers consider sustainability in purchasing decisions...read more
Who Are the Green Consumers?
Understanding the demographics of green consumerism can help entrepreneurs explore the environmental market, and home in on likely prospects...read more
Consumers Buying More 'Green' Since Start of Recession
Countering some other research, a new study shows that consumers in the United States, UK and Japan have placed more emphasis on buying so-called "green" items...read more
U.S. Organic Food/Bev Sales Up by 17.1%
U.S. sales of organic food and non-food products reached $24.6 billion in 2008, despite tough economic times...read more
How Recession Changed the Green Marketplace
What are the consequences of the evaporation of wealth...read more
Marketers Bullish on Future of Sustainable Business
Despite the cloudy economic outlook, most marketing professionals are taking the long view on corporate sustainability...read more
The Four Types of CFL Haters...And What to Tell Them
For the last five years, one out of every one bulbs I've bought have been compact fluorescents. What is up...read more
Down Economy Having Little Effect on Green Purchasing, Consumer Trust
Wal-Mart Canada Opens Green Test Store for Long-Term Sustainability...read more
The Sustainable Olympics - One Year to Go
Sustainable Olympics for the 2010 Winter Games put on by the Vancouver Organizing Committee VANOC plans to make sports and environment a critical part for sustainable development towards low-carbon economies...read more
Companies With a Commitment to Sustainability Tend to Outperform Their Peers During the Financial Crisis
While President Obama's green policies will certainly boost innovation in certain areas, many in industry still believe that there is a fundamental conflict between "sustainable" and "affordable"...read more
82 Percent of Consumers Buy Green, Despite Economy
Four out of five people say they are still buying green products and services today - which sometimes cost more - even in the midst of a U.S. recession, according to a new study...read more
Five Ways to Make Green the New Red this Valentine's Day
Five ways to make green the new red this Valentine's Day to become more eco-friendly by choosing gifts and activities that support the environment and improve the conditions and more socially responsibly...read more
Top 10 Produce You Should Buy Organic
Organic produce and the top ten contaminated fruits and vegetables of pesticides in produce in a study done be the USDA for a Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce...read more
Are Newspapers Dying?
An old proverb states "Change is the only constant". As we enter 2009 that proverb resonates through our lives like never before. We are entering a year where the United States will have its first president that is not Caucasian...read more
Resolution # 8: Make 2009 an EPIC Year
Lofty New Year's resolutions are difficult to keep, especially ones that are major changes or shifts in behaviour like losing 50 pounds or competing in a triathlon. However, being 'greener' is one resolution that's easy to keep...read more
Now Comes the Hard Part
President-elect Obama has assembled his Dream Team to implement his ambitious ’Yes We Can’ agenda for change. The question remains whether he or they can deliver on all promises made during the election campaign...read more
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