March/April 1999

Vol. 21 , No. 2
 

 
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  COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
12 NEW BUSINESSES COME TO AN INNER CITY
Joan Retsinas
Working with a group of “investor partners,” Rhode Island Hospital takes steps to build a healthy neighborhood by creating jobs for South Providence residents. jobs for South Providence residents.
14 NEW VILLAGE INDUSTRIES IN SOUTH PROVIDENCE
Profiles of two start-up companies — Horton Interpreting Services and Accu-Lab Transport Services — illustrate the results of the city’s economic initiatives.
16 URBAN FARMS CREATE NEW JOBS
Urban sprawl is eating up farms as suburbs expand. “Why not bring farms to the city?” asks Ken Dunn of Chicago’s Resource Center.
 
  COUNTDOWN TO DETROIT
17 NATIONAL TOWN MEETING BUILDS SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MOMENTUM
Dave Block
A mosaic of commercial sustainability will be showcased across the nation with the upcoming National Town Meeting and its affiliated events.
 
  HOMEGROWN SECURITY
19 EARNING EXTRA MONEY ... WITHOUT LEAVING HOME
Melanie and George DeVault
A Pennsylvania couple gross more than $12,500 for one cultivated acre — earning the equivalent of 120 acres of field corn. Here’s how they do it.
21 AT HOME WITH THE KIDS ... AND HERBAL PRODUCTS
Mary Stevenson
A family enterprise produces an array of pure and natural products from 100 varieties of herbs grown organically on their Wisconsin farm.
 
  CUTTING EDGE COMPANIES
23 RECYCLING PALLETS INTO FINE FURNITURE
Molly Farrell
A Colorado craftsman produces a line of elegant tables and dressers from “beautiful woods” disguised as old weather beaten pallets.
 
  SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRY
26 BUILDING A BUSINESS FROM DECONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
Mary Harrington
Entrepreneur diverts construction and demolition debris from the landfill while expanding his inventory of used wood products.
28 SMALL-SCALE PROJECTS SET BIG EXAMPLE IN RECOVERY
Kevin Gray
North Carolina couple is showing that reuse in the mainstream construction industry is a money-making deal — by getting paid to take the building apart then using the material on new projects.
30 MASTERING THE ART OF DECONSTRUCTION
Beyond Waste, Inc. has a multifaceted operation that includes deconstruction services, job training and marketing of salvaged materials.
 
  ENVIRONMENTAL CAREERS
32 CARVING OUT A NEW CAREER AS A COMPOSTER
Jim Brooks
Once he learned the ins and outs of turning a “waste” into a fertilizer, the next logical step was to launch a company that would use his talents..
 
  STUDENTS/CURRICULUM/PROJECTS
34 SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES TAKE STEPS TOWARD SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION
 
  SUSTAINABLE COMMERCE
    38 (RE)BUILDING THE SUSTAINABLE CITY
Rob Young
After suffering a long decline with the loss of its manufacturing base, Trenton (New Jersey) targets doable projects that weave new vigor into economic development goals that include alternative transportation and the built environment.
    39 SUSTAINABILITY CONFERENCES
An Aging Planet, An Expanding Population And A Sustainable Future; regional Recycling Investment Forums; Solar 99; 3rd Annual Conference For Private And Institutional Investors; ACEEE Summer Study On Energy Efficiency In Industry; Virginia’s Sustainable Future; 4th Annual SolFest; Industrial Ecology IV; 1999 Colorado Sustainability Summit; National Marketplace For The Environment West Conference & Trade Show; 29th Annual BioCycle National Conference; 10th International Soil Conservation Organization Conference.
       
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