All of this hype about “green” business can easily exhaust even the most dedicated environmentalists. “Green”, “eco-friendly”, and other environmental buzzwords were not in the lexicon of the average citizen until a couple years ago.

It doesn’t seem too long ago that the business practices of Wal-Mart were widely criticized by groups ranging from workers’ rights activists to environmentalists, from trade unions to anti-globalization demonstrators and to those increasingly concerned with the state of American urban sprawl.  Yes, many of us took well advantage of Wal-Mart’s very low prices, but, [...]

As I’ve mentioned before, small businesses (and some large) are generally strapped for resources. More often than not, they don’t have the money or time to devote to things outside of business services themselves. This becomes an acute disadvantage at a time when the government is throwing billions of dollars at businesses across the country, [...]

The relationship between small businesses and the government is not always ideal. There is a constant tug-and-pull concerning taxes and regulations at the federal, state, and local levels and both sides never seem to be satisfied. However, the government does provide some excellent resources for small business owners, especially those focused on sustainability. Business.gov’s green [...]

PSEG, a utility company in New Jersey, has just received the go-ahead for their Solar4All program — a program to establish solar power across the state using centralized and non-centralized solar power sources.

You can blame it on the economic meltdown, but the real estate industry has never been so actively engaged in changing its conventional perception. Suddenly, ‘going green’ is the mantra for real estate developers who are realizing that the best way to minimize their operating costs is by adopting a smarter, more sustainable approach. Asset [...]