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Environment

The Race Against CO2

The Chinese government's new five-year plan calls for increasing the energy efficiency of new buildings.

By Tamara Straus | Winter 2012
 
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Environment

Trawling for Trash

An EU Fisheries Commission Project pays fisherman to remove plastic debris from the Mediterranean Sea.

By Suzie Boss | Fall 2011
 
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Water

Spring Water Protection Improves Health

Living near safe drinking water is not the same as drinking safe water.

By Jessica Ruvinsky | Fall 2011
 
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Urban Development

Networking for Sustainable Transport

EMBARQ, a network of sustainable transportation experts, has grown quickly,
thanks to impressive fundraising and the design of a model program.

By Brandon Keim | Fall 2011
 

Economic Development

The Problem with Fair Trade Coffee

Fair Trade-certified coffee is growing in sales, but strict certification requirements are resulting in uneven economic advantages for coffee growers and lower quality coffee for consumers.

By Colleen Haight | 9 | Summer 2011
 

Environment

Virtue or Else

Under the EPA’s Audit Policy, violators who voluntarily report themselves can get certain penalties reduced or waived if they commit to ongoing self-regulation.

By Jessica Ruvinsky | Summer 2011
 

Nonprofit Management

Making the News

The media introduce social movements to the masses, but how do social movements make it into the media?

By Jessica Ruvinsky | Summer 2011
 
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Energy

Picking Green Tech’s Winners and Losers

Unless clean tech follows well-established rules of innovation and commercialization, the industry’s promise to provide sustainable sources of energy will fail.

By Clayton M. Christensen, Shuman Talukdar, Richard Alton, & Michael B. Horn | 7 | Spring 2011
 
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Socially Responsible Business

Beyond the Purple Berry

Sambazon’s commitment to social entrepreneurship creates a fair market for farmers in the Amazon

By Ryan Black & Jeremy Black | Spring 2011
 
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Environment

Manish Bapna

Manish Bapna, managing director of World Resources Institute, is helping China manage its environmental problems.

By Eric Nee | Winter 2011