BECOMING THE WORLD'S COOLEST RECYCLER

In Business, September-October, 2006, Vol. 28, No. 5, p. 14

Managed by co-CEOs, IceStone LLC manufactures decorative surfaces from recycled glass and cement, finds investors in social venture circles and creates markets that reach green builders.

Molly Farrell Tucker

DRIVING BEYOND OIL

In Business, September-October, 2006, Vol. 28, No. 5, p. 24

Tour through the Midwest, driving an SUV hybrid and a Flex-Fuel car, allows communities and the media a chance to “kick the tires” on the road to energy independence.

Deron Lovaas

THE RULES OF THE GAME

In Business, September-October, 2006, Vol. 28, No. 5, p. 32

SUSTAINABLE COMMERCE

Robert F. Young

LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING

In Business, September-October, 2006, Vol. 28, No. 5, p. 31

ECOSTYLE

Delia Montgomery

THE “GO-TO BUNCH” ON SUSTAINABILITY

In Business, September-October, 2006, Vol. 28, No. 5, p. 30

BALLE BEAT

Ann Bartz

Building Deconstruction Boom

In Business, September-October, 2006, Vol. 28, No. 5, p. 29

About 300 deconstruction enterprises have arisen in the last five years, spurred on by strong markets for recovered building materials and rising costs of C&D waste disposal.

Neil Seldman

USING INNOVATIVE SOLAR SYSTEMS IN COMMERCIAL BUILDING

n Business, September-October, 2006, Vol. 28, No. 5, p. 26

This report on photovoltaic systems shows how building owners benefit beyond energy bill-savings using value-added applications.

Wilson Rickerson

THE LITTLE TOWN THAT COULD CREATE RENEWABLE POWER

In Business, September-October, 2006, Vol. 28, No. 5, p. 18

A major goal of this small community is to use homegrown local power sources to become independent from foreign oil by implementing conversion technologies.

Mark Jenner

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS

In Business, September-October, 2006, Vol. 28, No. 5, p. 8

TRAVEL COMPANY WORKS WITH
CONSERVATION FUND TO “ZERO OUT”
CARBON EMISSIONS
A travel company is allowing customers to purchase “carbon offsets” when they buy a vacation package. The program called Go Zero allows clients to effectively “zero out” or offset the carbon emissions generated by their flight, car usage, etc. through a donation to The Conservation Fund, which

IN BUSINESS WORLD

In Business, September-October, 2006, Vol. 28, No. 5, p. 4

REDEFINING ROLE OF THE COFFEE IMPORTER
IN SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS
Pioneered by Sustainable Harvest Coffee Importers in the late 1990s, Relationship Coffee is an economic and social impact-based system that depends on strong personal bonds between all entities in the coffee product chain - from source to consumer. “Our Relationship Coffee approach redefines the

EDITORIAL

n Business, September-October, 2006, Vol. 28, No. 5, p. 3

FUTURE IS NOW FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS

CALIFORNIA became the first state to legislate for cuts in greenhouse gas emissions - 25 percent by 2020. The state's governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, also has set a target for cutting emissions to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050.