With more and more people graduating from college every year, the pool of potential employees is growing at a breakneck pace. Not surprisingly, these new additions to the workforce have very different values than those that arrived on the scene some 20 years ago. More and more, potential employees are looking to work for companies whose views are aligned with their own.
Given that environmental issues top the list of concerns for generation
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By Gavin Hudson •
July 10, 2007
When buying or selling your home, you have the chance to give big to the cause of your choice.
I’ll admit it: I am one of those Californians that everyone loves to hate. I left the “Golden State” and am considering buying a house in another state because, as radio host Garrison Keillor might say, outside of California, “all the women are strong, the mountains are good-looking, and all the Real
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By Sara Holt •
February 26, 2007
Have you ever wanted to meet and network with local fellow greenies over a good brew? Then get thee to your next local Green Drinks! A self-described, “Organic, self-organizing network,” Green Drinks International is an informal monthly gathering that takes place all over the world for any and all interested in local happenings connected to the environment.
Since moving to the Bay Area, attending Green Drinks has been on the top of my [...]
Oregon: Land of good microbrews, biofuels, and… sustainable gas stations?
Back in August of last year, SeQuential Biofuels of Oregon launched the Pacific Northwest's first retail biofuel station in Eugene. As if that wasn't admirable enough, the station also serves as a veritable oasis of "renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainable design". Incorporating almost every green building practice I've ever heard of (including some that I hadn't), the project
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By Michael dEstries •
January 26, 2007
While there are no tenants yet — and the building phase is still stuck in permits — Chicago's Green Exchange project is moving ahead with a new website. When completed, the first "green mall" in America will be a 250,000 sq. foot LEED-certified eco hotspot. The plan includes retail space, show and event rooms and incubator spaces. There will also be a bike room, car-sharing service and plans for live/work spaces for
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