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How to Amplify Microfinance Effectiveness: Don't Pay People Back!

Opt In Now is doing something that most public facing microlenders are not: Not paying back the original lender, you, but instead, effectively framin[...] read more »
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A Simple, Smart, Free Way to Green Your Office

How do you reduce the amount of ink you use in your office printing everyday things? Simple: poke holes in your writing. Come again? Ecofont removes [...] read more »
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Google: Leading the Way To Smarter Home Energy Use?

Google has recently begun testing PowerMeter, a service that they say "...will show consumers their electricity consumption in near real-time in a secure iGoogle Gadget." Translation: You'll be able to know what is using how much in your house. F read more »
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The Most Effective Way to Green a Home?

Sustainable Spaces has found a golden formula for being a successful home retrofitter: Be vertically integrated, start w/energy efficiency, reduce major systems to match, then get the reduced amount of renewables you need. read more »
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How to Find Green Businesses with Your Phone

GPS enabled phones such as the iPhone, Android, and Blackberry have made getting around so much easier, and in the case of geocaching, more fun. But [...] read more »
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When Bicyclists and Opportunity Collide: A Green Marketing Innovation

What do you get when you’re in a town where bike riders rack up 8 times the US national average for bike commuting? An opportunity. Ads On Bikes is a[...] read more »
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How Environmental Non Profits Can Raise Funds, Awareness, and Make a Multi Stakeholder Impact

In these turbulent economic times, it takes a cross sector approach to raise funds for environmental non profits. SYRCL has found that, in their Wild[...] read more »
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A New Resource On How to Start a Green Business

StartingUpGreen.com is a new resource for those wanting to go into green business that I recently found. some definite lesser thought of gems to be f[...] read more »
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T5: Bringing Greener Lighting Options to the Warehouse/Manufacturing Sector

Metal halide lights, the default choice of warehouses and other high ceiling spaces, are huge energy hogs, lose much of their potency over time, and [...] read more »
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How Companies Can Economically Kick the Petroleum Based Plastic Habit

Goody, an Australian company, have come up with a way to make currently petroleum based plastic biodegradable, compostable and non toxic.[...] read more »
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A Brilliantly Simple Green Business Idea: Let People Buy Anywhere, a % goes to green orgs, at no extra cost.

Green Any Site has a simple way to make a difference: Shop wherever you normally do, click the Green This button before buying, a % goes to green orgs[...] read more »
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The Next Green Building Material: Loofah?! : Ecopreneurist

Building material has been created, cost competitive to wood, out of recycled materials, able to be pre dyed and is disaster resistant.[...] read more »
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EcoDrive: A USB Enabled Backseat Driver With the Planet and Your Pocketbook in Mind

Ecodrive is a USB tool that tracks how you drive, then tells you how to improve it, reducing emissions and saving money.[...] read more »
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