FROM GOURMET FOOD TO ALL-NATURAL DOG TREATS

In Business, March-April, 2006, Vol. 28, No. 2, p. 30

Margot Kenly launched Blue Dog Bakery in 1998 after a career in fancy desserts and crackers took her from two-legged to four-legged consumers.

Katie LaBel

WATERSHED EVENTS

In Business, March-April, 2006, Vol. 28, No. 2, p. 32

SUSTAINABLE COMMERCE

Robert F. Young

SALVAGED TRENDS

In Business, March-April, 2006, Vol. 28, No. 2, p. 31

ECOSTYLE

Delia Montgomery

A CONVERGENCE OF GOOD TASTE

In Business, March-April, 2006, Vol. 28, No. 2, p. 28

The director of a Pennsylvania sustainable agriculture group explains why food affects wellbeing, and how and where it's grown are so critical.

Brian Snyder

ON THE ROAD TO NEW COMPOST MARKETS

In Business, March-April, 2006, Vol. 28, No. 2, p. 26

State transportation agency analyzes barriers and partnerships, while seeking ways to use landscaping techniques that identify superior products.

Ava DeLara

HOLISTIC APPROACH TO USING NATURAL RESOURCES

In Business, March-April, 2006, Vol. 28, No. 2, p. 24

A Charlotte, North Carolina agency reaches out in many ways to get residents active in nature-scaping, water conservation and land management.

Ann Gill

ECOLOGICAL FUNERALS

In Business, March-April, 2006, Vol. 28, No. 2, p. 23

A new business, being developed in Sweden, is described in a book called Stiff. The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, whose next to last chapter is entitled: “Out of the Fire, Into the Compost Bin and Other New Ways to End Up.”

Mary Beth Kirkham

GETTING RID OF THE THROWAWAY SOCIETY

In Business, March-April, 2006, Vol. 28, No. 2, p. 19

Recycling manufactured product discards has actually failed, so let's analyze community benefits in phasing out welfare for big manufacturers of electronics ...
and more.

Helen Spiegelman and Bill Sheehan

OPERATING A COMMERCIAL BIODIESEL REFINERY

In Business, March-April, 2006, Vol. 28, No. 2, p. 17

Seattle Biodiesel works with local farmers to produce feedstock oils at its facility Yielding 5 million gallons of quality fuel a year.

Zanetha Matisse

GENERATING YOUR OWN POWER

In Business, March-April, 2006, Vol. 28, No. 2, p. 13

Brooklyn, New York company offers an example of how to save over $200,000 a year by lowering power and heat costs with on-site systems that are developing into new industry.

Diane Greer

LOCAL BAKERIES MAKE SWEET TREATS

In Business, March-April, 2006, Vol. 28, No. 2, p. 10

Two Pennsylvania bakery owners make the transition from art and fashion to lots of specialty cakes and cookies.

Jim Gavin

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS

In Business, March-April, 2006, Vol. 28, No. 2, p. 8

SUPERVISORS SUPPORT REQUIRING
MANUFACTURERS TO RECYCLE PRODUCTS
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on February 14 to pass a resolution that supports statewide legislation and local initiatives requiring manufacturers to take responsibility for collecting and recycling their products at the end of their useful life. Says Bill Sheehan, director of the Product Policy Institute based in Athens, Georgia: “This is the strongest statement yet from a local

IN BUSINESS WORLD

In Business, March-April, 2006, Vol. 28, No. 2, p. 4

HIGH SCHOOL GETS LEED CERTIFICATION FOR
GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS
Colorado is now home to one of the greenest schools in the nation when Fossil Ridge High School in Fort Collins was awarded the “Silver” standard under the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED certification system. (LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.) “This building

EDITORIAL

In Business, March-April, 2006, Vol. 28, No. 2, p. 2

DISCOVERING BUSINESSES WITH SPIRIT