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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER
2003

Vol. 25, No. 5


  Page Article
  10 TELLING STORIES THAT CHANGE THE WORLD
Tim Schlitzer
A nonprofit organization uses TV, radio, Internet and video programs to educate the public worldwide about how sustainability is created in businesses and daily living.
  13 WHAT IT TAKES TO SELL AN ALL-NATURAL PESTICIDE
Avery Yale Kamila
Preparing to relaunch in 2004, Portland, Maine start-up gains support from business community when regulators force it to pull Anti-Pest-O off the market.
  15 OREGON AGENCY GREENS UP MAIN STREET AND RURAL REGIONS
Marcia Danab
In an era when some government agencies seek to operate like businesses, Oregon firms are benefiting from a model of cooperation spawned by Oregon Solutions.
  18 NEW SOLUTIONS TO HIGH COSTS OF IMPORTED OIL AND NATURAL GAS
The search for renewable power sources is solving problems and spawning companies all over North America supplying tons of natural fertilizer at the same time.
  20 BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS HIT THE MARKETPLACE
The Toyota Motor Corporation is the latest major company to announce its plans to build a plant to produce bioplastics from vegetable matter.
  22 HELPING HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF
Jesse White
Retail warehouse in Sarasota, Florida offers an inventory of “embodied history” to provide individuals, designers, architects and builders with deconstructed materials.
  23 CAREER CHANGE LEADS TO RECYCLED PRODUCTS
Mary Jarrett
Denver-based company defines its products as having a quality appearance, competitive prices and being environmentally responsible.
25
BRINGING “COMMUNICATIONS POWER” TO INVESTORS
Shareholders now have a way to tell corporations that they care about how their firms impact “quality of life” issues — globally as well as locally.
26
COMPANY FOUNDATION BUILT ON TOXIC-FREE TURF
Maryland-based firm now has 72 franchise locations in 25 states plus a retail products division, providing organic-based lawn care to over 45,000 customers while generating $25 million in annual sales.
 
27
SWIMMING UPSTREAM IN A DOWNSTREAM WORLD
Lorinda R. Rowledge
Qualified customers meet up with qualified employees at Kay Hirai’s salons
in Seattle, Washington.
    COLUMNS
28
BALLE BEAT
Michelle Long
Think Local First!
29
ECOSTYLE
Delia Montgomery
Hayrides, Workshops And Organic Christmas Trees
30
GREEN MARKETING
Jacquelyn A. Ottman
Know Thy Target
 
31
SUSTAINABLE COMMERCE
Robert F. Young
Working Farms + Working Families =Food Security
     
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