Green Options

Two weeks ago, I wrote about a small sustainable plastic company, Metabolix, Inc. that had caught my attention in the previous months…but something happened that made their stock price jump up 5% in the past 24 hours. What exactly? The Target Corporation recently partnered with Metabolix to make their new gift cards out of sugar. As of today, Target uses them at 128 of it’s stores…a number that’s sure to rise in [...]

Editor’s note: As you’ll figure out from reading Christan’s posts, she watches the markets for clean technology and alternative fuels very closely. At the same time, though, she’s not a licensed financial advisor, so nothing in her posts should be taken as advice to buy, sell, or otherwise take action in the markets. She’s not trying to push anything here — just offering her observations.

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Editor's note: Please welcome our newest writer, Christan Wasniewski. Based in St. Louis, Christan has worked in the world of international finance, and is now in the process of starting up the non-profit International Poverty Solutions, Inc., which will incubate and support businesses focused on alleviating international poverty, and finding market-based solutions to environmental challenges. When was the last time we saw so many major companies make a mad dash to become more "eco-friendly"? From [...]