A decade ago, William McDonough and Michael Braungart wrote Cradle to Cradle, a book that environmentalist David Suzuki called “groundbreaking” and a “Bible
Hero: General Motors General Motors announced in July that it generated over $1 billion from recycling and reuse revenue in 2012. With 90 per
North Americans purchase billions of dollars of electronics products annually, from smart phones and tablet computers to big-screen television sets. Some products
Every day, thousands of commuters on Miami’s rapid transit system are whisked to work cushioned by a bed of empty milk jugs,
The first time I saw Sir Richard Branson in action was eight years ago at the launch of Virgin Mobile in Canada.
Hero: Procter & Gamble Officials at Procter & Gamble (P&G), the world’s largest consumer product brand, announced in April that 25 per
In today’s world of increasing global resource scarcity, it is more important than ever to make efficient use of our limited resources.
In John Huston’s classic film Key Largo, Humphrey Bogart asks Edward G. Robinson, playing gangster Johnny Rocco, what it is he wants. It’s
Hero: Marks and Spencer The British department store Marks and Spencer (M&S) announced in late October it has committed to eliminating the
Books have the power to change how we think and behave. Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species laid the foundation for evolutionary
Hero: General Electric General Electric announced in September that it had successfully recycled 100,000 refrigerators and freezers through the UNTHA Recycling Technology
According to some mainstream media reports, America will soon be “awash in oil.” Natural gas, meanwhile, seems to be pouring out of
From the top of Amagerforbrænding, the largest of three garbage incineration plants located in downtown Copenhagen, is an idyllic panorama of the
Mike Berners-Lee has a proposal for saving the world: he wants to start charging people a penny for every e-mail they send.
It’s mid-summer and the air is thick. Thirteen riders form a peloton in the 10th stage of Le Tour De France, grinding
Juergen Puetter could be labelled a shopaholic in renewable energy circles. A few years ago, the president of Aeolis Wind Power began
Guiyu, China is the biggest e-waste dumpsite in the world and one of the landscapes that starred in Ed Burtynsky’s documentary Manufactured
At the age of 86, Mary Rose Waquan has a steady hand as she pours filtered water into a colourful ceramic mug
