ENVIRONMENT

Technology

OriginOil has a Green Algae Biofuel Alternative to Keystone XL Pipeline

U.S. company OriginOil has just announced that its signature algae biofuel product will be developed as a drop-in renewable crude […]

Tina Casey

January 16, 2012

Energy

California Renewable Energy Off to a Good Start in 2012 with Five Big Projects

Renewable energy is getting off to a good start in California this new year despite being buffeted by supply-demand imbalances, […]

Andrew Burger

January 16, 2012

Energy

Scotland's Ambitious 100% Clean Energy Target by 2020

One country that is really galvanizing wind energy to increase its renewable energy profile is Scotland. 2011 was an epic […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

January 13, 2012

Energy

Germany Takes “Power to the People” Literally

Back in the 1960s there was a social uprising in this country. It grew out of the civil rights movement […]

RP Siegel

January 13, 2012

Technology

Dupont Building Innovations Achieves Zero Landfill Status

Dupont Building Innovations, Dupont’s building unit, achieved zero landfill status, the company announced on January 11, 2012. The company managed […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

January 13, 2012

Energy

Can Corporate Sponsorship Make Organics Affordable to All?

For the most part, organic food is expensive. The main criticism of organic is that it’s an elitist movement and […]

Scott Cooney

January 12, 2012

Energy

Rising to the Challenge of Keeping Food and Energy from Being Trashed

By Anthony Zolezzi  When we think about saving energy, what most often comes to mind are the constant reminders we’re […]

TriplePundit

January 12, 2012

Energy

Fair Trade USA: Why We Parted Ways with Fair Trade International

By Paul Rice, President & CEO of Fair Trade USA The concluding months of 2011 were marked by a period […]

TriplePundit

January 11, 2012

Energy

Grocery Chain Delves into Packaging Technology to Save 800,000 Strawberries

Do you like strawberries? There’s a good chance you do. After all this is one of the tastiest fruits around […]

Raz Godelnik

January 11, 2012

Energy

UPS Earns LEED Gold Status for Corporate Offices in Atlanta

Despite UPS headquarters being 20 years old, the company just announced that it has become the first in the package […]

Kara DiCamillo

January 11, 2012

Energy

Beneficial Insectary Commissions GreenVolts Turnkey Concentrated Solar Photovoltaic System

Having recently sealed a strategic partnership and venture capital equity investment with Swiss multinational power industry leader ABB, Fremont, California’s […]

Andrew Burger

January 11, 2012

Energy

EU Passes Law that Says: The Chicken Comes First

We’ve all heard the famous rhetorical question, “which comes first, the chicken or the egg?” Well, I’m here to tell […]

RP Siegel

January 11, 2012

Energy

Our Perspective on the 8 Strategic Factors Shaping Oil Price in 2012

The price of oil is still one of the most important factors shaping the economy. It can determine not just […]

Raz Godelnik

January 10, 2012

Energy

High Heat: Re:char Recharges African Soil

A start-up called re:char has a new take on an ancient idea that’s designed to enhance crop yields in the […]

Bill DiBenedetto

January 10, 2012

Energy

Ford Upcycles 2 Million Plastic Bottles from Landfill to Seat Covers

Readers of TriplePundit  don’t need reminding that the waste stream derived from buying bottled water is an environmental hazard. Less […]

Phil Covington

January 10, 2012

Energy

UK Sandwich Chain Helps Homeless and Ex-Offenders Get a Second Chance

UK sandwich chain Pret a Manger, is a great example of a company that has CSR integrated into its business […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

January 10, 2012

Technology

New Electric Ford Fusion Takes Detroit by Storm

The level of drama associated with the unveiling of a new model of car is something to behold – especially […]

Nick Aster

January 9, 2012

Energy

Google Continues Its Investments in Renewable Energy

Although Google is a tech-company with huge, energy-intensive data-centers, they are also pretty clued in about sustainability. Through the years, they have […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

January 9, 2012

Technology

Schools Go Green With E-Signatures

By Jason Lemkin, vice president of Web services business at Adobe Paper contracts have long presented a frustrating, expensive, time-consuming […]

TriplePundit

January 9, 2012

Technology

Nominate Your Favorite Green App

The smart phone app is exploding in use with over 25 million apps downloaded just on Christmas Day. The Apple […]

Bill Roth

January 9, 2012

Energy

Why Are So Many People Immune to Change?

The following is a guest post by our friends at Saybrook University’s Organizational Systems Program (a 3p sponsor) – designed […]

Saybrook

January 8, 2012

Technology

New Chargers to Tackle Vampire Power

In our increasingly mobile life, the need for technology to make things even easier has become almost mandatory. Our mobile […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

January 7, 2012

Energy

New Levis Store in Amsterdam a Model of Reuse and Recycled Construction

With all the attention we here at TriplePundit have given to cities that are models of resilience and sustainability, there […]

Leon Kaye

January 6, 2012

Energy

Can Synthetic Biology Produce Cheaper Biofuel? Should It?

News out of Washington at year-end included an announcement from the Department of Energy (DOE) concerning a breakthrough at the […]

RP Siegel

January 6, 2012

Energy

Motel 6: Sustainability Means We’ll No Longer Leave the Light on For You

If you live in North America, you have heard those ads on the radio for Motel 6, which since 1988 […]

Leon Kaye

January 5, 2012

Technology

Google Helps Drive Electric Ford Focus to Market

We’ve been following along with Ford’s answer to the Nissan Leaf for some time, and not just because we like […]

Nick Aster

January 5, 2012

Energy

Mexico City’s Largest Landfill Closes, Creating Jobs & Energy

A city of 8 million people creates a fair bit of trash, and hence Mexico City has long struggled with […]

Leon Kaye

January 4, 2012

Technology

Chicago Plans Park 10 Times Bigger than Manhattan

The city of Chicago recently made headlines by becoming one of the most bike-friendly places as well as for promoting […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

January 4, 2012

Energy

Why Textile Waste Should be Banned From Landfills

By Mattias Wallander, CEO of USAgain According to the most recently released figures from the EPA, in 2010 Americans discarded […]

TriplePundit

January 2, 2012

Energy

Public-Private Partnership Boosts Clean Energy in Nicaragua

Nicaragua has added 36-megawatts (MW) of clean, renewable electricity to its national electricity grid. Reno, Nevada’s Ram Power announced on […]

Andrew Burger

December 30, 2011

Energy

Bringing Bug Eating Into the Mainstream

3p is proud to partner with the Presidio Graduate School’s Managerial Marketing course on a blogging series about “sustainable marketing.” […]

Presidio Managerial Marketing

December 30, 2011

Energy

How Better Design Can Heal the Fishing Industry

The following post is part of the course work for “Live Exchange” the foundational course on communication for The MBA […]

CCA LiveE

December 30, 2011

Technology

Google’s Green Czar Leaves for Facebook

In November 2011, Bill Weihl, left his post as the Green Czar at Google. Weihl oversaw much of Google’s $700M […]

RP Siegel

December 29, 2011

Energy

What a Billion-Dollar LEED Gold Project Looks Like

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was aiming for high marks in sustainability  when it designed some elaborate green features […]

Tina Casey

December 29, 2011

Technology

Campus Energy Wars: Effective Marketing Campaigns to Change Behavior

3p is proud to partner with the Presidio Graduate School’s Managerial Marketing course on a blogging series about “sustainable marketing.” […]

Presidio Managerial Marketing

December 29, 2011

Technology

Google's Top 10 Environmental Topics of 2011

As 2011 comes to close, Google has embarked on its annual exploration of the biggest news, trends and events that […]

Kara Scharwath

December 28, 2011

Energy

Congress Derails Proposed Guidelines To Restrict Marketing Junk Food To Children

A provision in the $1 trillion spending agreement reached by Congress a few weeks ago undermines the voluntary guidelines proposed […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

December 28, 2011

Technology

Miriam Pye: Biomimicry as a Brainstorming Technique

If you are looking for more evidence that biomimicry is a significant innovation trend with profound implications for sustainable economic […]

Tina Casey

December 27, 2011

Energy

The Leftovers of Fast Fashion

The following post is part of the course work for “Live Exchange” the foundational course on communication for The MBA […]

CCA LiveE

December 27, 2011

Energy

It is Time to Close the Fracking Loophole

By Vreni Hommes The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced that hydraulic fracturing (fracking) may be to blame for causing […]

TriplePundit

December 27, 2011

Technology

BP Moves Beyond Solar

On May 19, 1997, John Browne, then the CEO of BP, gave his famous ‘Climate Change: the New Agenda’ speech […]

Raz Godelnik

December 26, 2011

Technology

Green Packaging: A Revolutionary Way to Sell, or Just Another Fad?

The following post is part of the course work for “Live Exchange” the foundational course on communication for The MBA […]

CCA LiveE

December 25, 2011

Energy

Inbox Overload and Sustainable Collaboration

The following post is part of the course work for “Live Exchange” the foundational course on communication for The MBA […]

CCA LiveE

December 25, 2011

Energy

An Oregon Model for Sustainable Cities (and It Ain't Portland)

Building a model sustainable city or town is no simple or easy task. It requires broad civic support, bold, enlightened […]

Andrew Burger

December 23, 2011

Technology

An App to Kill the Printed Catalog

The holiday season is the shopping season. It is also the catalog season, with tens of millions of glossy catalogs […]

Raz Godelnik

December 23, 2011

Energy

How One Company Makes No-Brand Sexy to Consumers

The following post is part of the course work for “Live Exchange” the foundational course on communication for The MBA […]

CCA LiveE

December 23, 2011

Technology

Pushing Energy-Efficiency Retrofits Closer to the Tipping Point

By: Michael Bendewald It is not often these days that a public initiative, mired as many governments are in partisan and […]

TriplePundit

December 22, 2011

Energy

China's Organic Food Market Grows Even as Consumer Confidence Wanes

I’m always happy to read about eco-news and especially around the holidays, good news just seems to sound better. You would […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

December 22, 2011

Energy

Last Minute Holiday Gifts You Can Feel Good About

If you are like many people I know, you can’t help feeling a slight sense of guilt giving store bought, […]

Kara Scharwath

December 22, 2011

Energy

Russia Spills 5 Million Tons of Oil Every Year in the Arctic

Petroleum is probably one of the most precious commodities we have. It powers every aspect of human life, not just […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

December 22, 2011

Energy

Cassava Beer Rolls Out in Mozambique

At Triple Pundit, we imbibe in beer once in a while, and give credit to beverage companies that spur economic […]

Leon Kaye

December 21, 2011

Energy

Starbucks Now Available in Shipping Containers

3p is proud to partner with the Presidio Graduate School’s Managerial Marketing course on a blogging series about “sustainable marketing.” […]

Presidio Managerial Marketing

December 20, 2011

Energy

100,000 Signatures Overcome Coca-Cola in National Park Bottle-Ban Debate

If you’re looking for good news for the holiday season, we’ve got something for you. The proposed ban on sales […]

Raz Godelnik

December 20, 2011

Energy

The Not-So-Cleansing Rainfall in San Diego

The following is a guest post by our friends at Saybrook University’s Organizational Systems Program (a 3p sponsor) – designed […]

Saybrook

December 20, 2011

Technology

Solar Thermal: Secret Weapon in the Fight Against Climate Change

By: Sarah Backhouse Future360 heads to Lancaster, California to witness the awesome power of concentrating solar power. We check out […]

TriplePundit

December 20, 2011

Energy

How to Make Big Money Recycling Old Appliances

There is money to be made by recycling household appliances and electrical equipment, according to a recent report by the […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

December 20, 2011

Technology

Top 10 Cause Marketing and Corporate Responsibility Trends of 2011

By Sarah Kerkian At Cone Communications, we spend the entire year tracking cause marketing and corporate responsibility (CR), and between shark […]

TriplePundit

December 19, 2011

Energy

Chiquita Banana Gives Tar Sands Foes a Reason to Smile

The Chiquita banana company has positioned itself as a sustainability leader since the 1990s, and now it is stepping up […]

Tina Casey

December 19, 2011

Energy

3 Reasons Why Freakonomics is Wrong About Local Food

Local food is bad for your health, bad for the environment and bad for the economy, not to mention its […]

Raz Godelnik

December 19, 2011

Energy

McDonald’s New Ad Campaign Proves Little Except that Farmers Grow Potatoes

Over the years trusted icons have made it into television commercials to give companies and their products credibility. In coffee […]

Leon Kaye

December 19, 2011

Energy

The Organic Obstruction: Roadblocks to Gains in Organic Farming

3p is proud to partner with the Presidio Graduate School’s Managerial Marketing course on a blogging series about “sustainable marketing.” […]

Presidio Managerial Marketing

December 19, 2011

Technology

Ford to Launch New Electric and Hybrid Vehicles

Ford is introducing a new range of electric, hybrid and plug-in hybrid passenger vehicles for 2012, which the company says […]

Phil Covington

December 19, 2011

Technology

Draft Sustainable Land Development Code (SLDC) Chapters Now Available

The first four chapters of the Sustainable Land Development Code (SLDC) were released to the Santa Fe, NM Board of […]

SLDI

December 17, 2011

Technology

Facebook Unfriends Coal and Likes Clean Energy Thanks to Greenpeace

Greenpeace is celebrating another successful campaign. This time it’s the “Unfriend Coal” Campaign that called on Facebook to power its […]

Raz Godelnik

December 16, 2011

Technology

Recycled Plastic-Based Concrete: Would You Drive on It?

3p is proud to partner with the Presidio Graduate School’s Managerial Marketing course on a blogging series about “sustainable marketing.” […]

Presidio Managerial Marketing

December 15, 2011

Technology

Green Building in the Silicon Valley

BY SARAH BACKHOUSE Future360 travels to the Silicon Valley to experience bleeding edge green building technologies. Lunera, Enlighted, Soladigm and […]

TriplePundit

December 15, 2011

Energy

Responsible Pet Owners Recycle: Make a New Years Resolution!

3p is proud to partner with the Presidio Graduate School’s Managerial Marketing course on a blogging series about “sustainable marketing.” […]

Presidio Managerial Marketing

December 15, 2011

Technology

Can Wind Energy Survive Without Tax Subsidies?

By John Tarantino Can the wind energy industry survive on its own? That’s the question that a wind energy report […]

TriplePundit

December 14, 2011

Technology

Windows of the Future: Carbon Nanotubes and On-Site Energy Generation

3p is proud to partner with the Presidio Graduate School’s Macroeconomics course on a blogging series about “the economics of […]

Presidio Economics

December 14, 2011

Energy

Let's Occupy School Lunch

3p is proud to partner with the Presidio Graduate School’s MPA Curriculum on a blogging series about “Sustainable Development.” This […]

MPALocalGlobal

December 14, 2011

Technology

Nature + Humans = A Tormented Love Affair

The following post is part of the course work for “Live Exchange” the foundational course on communication for The MBA […]

CCA LiveE

December 13, 2011

Energy

Understanding COP17's "Durban Platform"

This post originally published in GlobalWarmingisReal.com Unwilling to allow the two-week negotiations at the COP17 climate conference in Durban, South […]

Tom Schueneman

December 13, 2011