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Environment

Evil Green

New research shows that buying green products makes people more likely to cheat and steal.

By Jessica Ruvinsky | Summer 2010
 
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Business

Unsoiled Reputations

Family-owned firms pollute less than nonfamily firms; and that is due to the family values that these firms were founded upon.

By Jessica Ruvinsky | Fall 2010
 
THE CLIMATE WAR:
True Believers, Power
Brokers, and the Fight
to Save the Earth
Eric Pooley

Environment

Climate Soldiers

The Climate War: True Believers, Power Brokers, and the Fight to Save the Earth by Eric Pooley

Reviewed By Stephen H. Schneider | 5 | Fall 2010
 

Business

Thinking Straight About Sustainability

Sustainability is the best way to integrate social, environmental, and economic impacts into all corporate decisions.

By Marc J. Epstein | Summer 2010
 
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Environment

Jeffrey Sachs

Jeffrey Sachs believes we must lift a billion-plus people out of poverty while reducing our impact on the environment.

By Eric Nee | 8 | Summer 2010
 

Food

Local Warming

Global warming may end up helping some poor farmers who will be able to sell their crops for higher prices.

By Jessica Ruvinsky | Summer 2010
 
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Socially Responsible Business

Fun for a Change

Volkswagen believes that doing the right thing—taking the stairs, reducing litter, and driving an eco-friendly car—can be pleasurable and desirable.

By Aaron Dalton | 1 | Spring 2010
 
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Environment

LEED the Way

The LEED green-building certification system is one of the fastest growing nonprofits in America.

By Brandon Keim | Spring 2010
 
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Environment

Tech Clears the Air

Manufacturers in the United States are building more and more products while churning out less and less air pollution.

By Alana Conner | Spring 2010
 
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Environment

Sell the Wind

What are social marketers to do when their target audience couldn’t care less about the change they want to make? Here's how one group got everyday people to care about alternative energy.

By Cathy L. Hartman & Edwin R. Stafford | Winter 2010