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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER
2001

Vol. 23, No. 4

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10 FINDING THE MONEY
INVESTORS WITH A MISSION
Joan Retsinas
The new community development financiers and venture capitalists are helping environmental companies grow — like the Boston area enterprises profiled here.
  13 INVESTMENT FUND BOOSTS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Jo Ann Simmons-Abell
West Virginia fund helps finance natural resource-based businesses in rural areas in such industries as specialty agriculture, wood products and ecotourism.
15 AUDITING OPERATIONS
SUSTAINABLE COFFEE IS FOR THE BIRDS — AND EVERYBODY ELSE
Amy Satkofsky
Specialty coffee company is dedicated to reducing environmental impacts from the time coffee is planted until it is sipped from a steaming cup.
17 ENTREPRENEURING CONNECTIONS
DIVERSIFICATION UNLIMITED
Carla Severe
Oregon firm travels a road paved with wood that leads from energy services, landscaping and composting all the way to erosion control and blower trucks.
  19 DEMANUFACTURING POTENTIAL
TRAINING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO RECYCLE COMPUTERS
Pennsylvania nonprofit initiates program to teach disabled workers to take apart monitors, hard drives and other components for reuse.
20 EXPANSION STRATEGY
PITTSBURGH FIRM PROVIDES LESSONS FOR GREEN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Nora Goldstein
From creating a quality product to reaching diverse markets, the experiences at AgRecycle are valuable to many ecoentrepreneurs.
  22 CREATIVITY ON RENEWABLE POWER
ARTISTIC SUCCESS FUELED BY A FORMER LANDFILL
In the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, glass blower and clay potters start their own businesses — and benefit from lower energy costs.
  24 CREATING A $60 MILLION COMPLEX
COMPANY COMBINES CATTLE PRODUCTION WITH RENEWABLE ENERGY
Closed loop project in Pierre, South Dakota will combine ethanol plant, beef feedlot, anaerobic digester and feed processing into a single integrated system.
26 REVOLUTION ON THE ROAD
CREATING A NEW GENERATION OF CARS
Hypercar, Inc. takes the environment-friendly vehicle concept to the next level with its 100 mpg, affordability, and smart power distribution features.
  28 TAKE IT FROM THE TOP
BEFORE ZERO WASTE COMES PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY
Eric Lombardi
Now there’s a push for “take back” laws that make manufacturers responsible for end-of-life management of their products.
  30 LESS POLLUTION, MORE PROFITS
Corporate executives stop apologizing for spending money for cleanup, now that more income is the result.
  31 CONSTRUCTION CHANGES
GREEN BUILDING REACHES OUT
Rick Barnett
Oregon housing agency accepts task force recommendations to support green building in its current funding cycle for multifamily housing units.
  32 CONSTRUCTION CHANGES
THE NEXT CHAPTER
Robert F. Young
     
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