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CLIMATOPOLIS:
How Our Cities
Will Thrive in the
Hotter Future
Matthew E. Kahn

Environment

Climate Speculations

CLIMATOPOLIS: How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter Future by Matthew E. Kahn

Reviewed By James L. Sweeney | Winter 2011
 

Environment

Bring Polluters Back In

Research reveals why low-income minority neighborhoods are often the site of the worst environmental polluters.

By Jessica Ruvinsky | Winter 2011
 
THE COMING
FAMINE: The Global
Food Crisis and What
We Can Do to Avoid It
Julian Cribb

Food

Food Solutions

The Coming Famine: The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid It by Julian Cribb

Reviewed By Janine Yorio | Winter 2011
 
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Energy

This Old Green House

Clean Energy Works Portland gets consumers—and the workforce—energized about weatherization.

By Suzie Boss | 1 | Fall 2010
 
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Socially Responsible Business

A Bigger Pie

Mission Pie, a for-profit bakery and café, supports local farmers while training at-risk kids.

By Sam Scott | Summer 2010
 

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 | 9 | Summer 2010