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APEC In Sync With IMF: Global Financial Crisis To Be Curtailed By 2010

Posted by jpmax 1281 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Economy
The 21 economies of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), which represent more than half of the world’s productive power, assured the world y[...] read more »
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The Economics of Urban Sprawl- What’s Happening to Our Farmland?

Posted by jpmax 1292 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Green | Tags: green building suburbia sustainable de
If you are from Colorado and have made the drive along I-25 over the last five years from Denver to Fort Collins or Denver to Colorado Springs, you h[...] read more »
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Wal-Mart Canada Launches Styrofoam Recycling Initiative

Posted by jpmax 1292 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Green | Tags: canada insulation styrofoam w.r. grac
Styrofoam (or polystyrene) is nasty stuff: it lasts forever, can leach chemicals (especially when heated), and is really, really difficult to recycle[...] read more »
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Deforestation Apparatus Turned Green: Corporation Saves Forest and Endangered Species

Posted by jpmax 1293 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Green | Tags: brosnan forest norfolk southern railway
After nearly destroying a forest and obliterating a species, one corporation does a 180 and becomes an EcoHero.
The story begins in the 1830’s, when[...] read more »
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SMS to the Rescue: Text messaging bridges the Digital Divide

Posted by jpmax 1294 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Green | Tags: cell phones sms texting
According to Walter Stahel — one of the founders of the sustainability movement and original thinkers behind the Cradle-to-Cradle design philosophy –[...] read more »
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Germany Passes Tax Breaks for Low CO2 Emission Cars

Posted by jpmax 1298 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Green | Tags: bmw cars co2 emissions euro 4 isetta
Pay no attention to the latest financial news. It’s time to buy a new Mercedes!
This is the message that Europe’s largest economy hopes will catch o[...] read more »
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Is There a Green Upside to the Economic Meltdown?

Posted by jpmax 1299 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Green | Tags: clean energy clean tech economic meltd
The economic meltdown could be good news for the area of clean energy investing, according to Steven Fraser, a senior lecturer at the University of P[...] read more »
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The New Business Metrics: Measuring Social Returns

Posted by jpmax 1300 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Green | Tags: developing nations google impact
How do you create effective organizations focused on sustainable social impact? For those who believe in combining social mission with the efficiency[...] read more »
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The Steady State Economy: A New Economic Architecture

Posted by jpmax 1307 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: economic architecture economic crisis
Previous posts in the “New Economic Architecture Required” series have looked at Wealth & Value, Money & Debt and Growth & Competition.
What these[...] read more »
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Sustainability Reports: Who Reads them, and Why?

Posted by jpmax 1308 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Green | Tags: csr gri kpmg sustainability reports
An open question to our readers: do you read annual sustainability reports?
Well, it turns out that the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) were cur[...] read more »
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Green Muck Has Biofuel Investors Chomping at the Bit

Posted by jpmax 1308 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Green
When you visit the Khosla Ventures website, you are greeted with a quote that articulates the spirit of the movement that we are trying to capture at[...] read more »
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Mr. Buffett’s Buying American, How About You?

Posted by jpmax 1308 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Economy
The economy is in crisis, unemployment is on the rise, and there is a general feeling of fear in the market. Where some see despair, Warren Buffett [...] read more »
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Mo Money, Mo Mileage

Posted by jpmax 1314 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Green
Advantage Capital Partners, a venture capital and small business finance firm, has made an investment in SOMS Technologies LLC, the manufacturer of t[...] read more »
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American Lithium-Ion Battery Maker Purchases Korean Competitor

Posted by jpmax 1319 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Commodities
Ener1 announced on October 16th that it has acquired South Korea’s third largest lithium-ion battery cell producer, Enertech International. Ener1 is [...] read more »
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Using Core Values for Environmental Causes and Green Marketing

Posted by jpmax 1320 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Green
I love market research–not necessarily quick, potentially biased surveys put out by companies wanting to prove a particular point, but in-depth marke[...] read more »
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