With a rollercoaster economy that yields more dips than leaps, more people seek work in an alternative industry — the green industry — as sales, law, and education suffer a never-ending influx of hopefuls. The fields of green, so to speak, are not as cut and dry as they seem, [...]

Perhaps now more than ever, the world is focusing its efforts on reducing its carbon footprint bit by bit, to delay the harmful effects of greenhouse gases on our ecosystem. In a business it is important to not only reduce waste, but find ways to go further such as recycling, [...]

In much of the developed world, there is a growing interest among the general public in “going green,” or, at the very least, considering the environmental consequences of their actions and lifestyle choices. With issues like global warming, water pollution, and unsustainable farming practices becoming increasingly prominent in the public [...]

Small businesses are changing the way we view corporate responsibility. For some companies, it isn’t enough to simply turn a profit: that profit has to be made in a sustainable way. It isn’t the largest companies setting an example of sustainable business practices, but the small and medium-sized employers that [...]

Stephen Greenham, owner of Trafalgar’s Bistro, and Lorne Tyczenski, owner of Sweet Obsession Bakery, have jointly purchased a high end composter manufactured by GreenGood, at a cost of $25,000. Prior to their acquisition, any waste material they needed to discard would be placed in a residential dumpster provided by the [...]

The impact of transport The existence of a stable transport and logistics network has become an integral part of our modern way of life. We expect to be able to buy things from the comfort of our own home and have them on our doorstep the next day. The task [...]

We live in increasingly energy conscious times. As a result businesses come under pressure to make the day to day functioning of their company as sustainable as possible. From simple email footnotes that read – do you really need to print this email – to switching off computer terminals and [...]

Environmentally friendly, sustainable, and socially-conscious are not quite the words you would normally associate with the business world. Today, as natural resources continue to be depleted by the world’s 7 billion people, it is time to think again and discover the benefits of obtaining a green MBA. Combining all of [...]

Being green is still a relatively new philosophy; so much so, that there is still ample opportunity to both create new and improve upon existing home, lifestyle, style and technology products that focus on environmentally-smart form and function. Throughout 2011 we saw industry and innovation that turned up the aesthetic [...]

For all the bad apple industries contributing to greenhouse gases, no one thinks to look to fashion as a major culprit in wrecking environmental havoc. But in fact textile manufacturing is one of the leading purveyors of damage to our natural environment—cotton crops alone use 22.5% of all pesticides in [...]