Green IT Is Key to an Energy-Efficient Future: Report

By GreenBiz Staff, GreenBiz
GreenerComputing
Published May 13, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Whether it's teleworking enabled by broadband internet or the spread of video conferencing technologies that reduce business travel, information technologies (IT) are responsible for significantly reducing the amount of energy used in the United States in the last 20 years, according to a report released today by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)...

Ask Umbra on how to be a green wedding guest

by Umbra Fisk
Grist Magazine
May 18, 2009

Do you hear them? Wedding bells! But you’re not the one getting married — this time. So focus instead on being the greenest guest you can be. In her latest video, Umbra Fisk proposes a few ideas...(click on title to whoosh over to the show!)

Building Green Cities and Green Jobs

Living Cities
Published: May 7, 2009

There are three key planks to a successful green cities strategy, one that will create jobs, stimulate business growth, and make cities more livable, desirable places: building retrofits, green jobs (in large part enacting those retrofits), and public transit enhancements...

How to Build a Green Team: The First Step to Sustainability

By Brandi McManus
GreenBiz.com
May 5, 2009

Long-term sustainable growth is important to building a successful company. In the final installment of her four-part series "Growing a Green Corporation: Meeting the Next Great Disruptive Challenge of the 21st Century," Brandi McManus provides a blueprint for building a green team. Here are Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 of her series...click on title above.

Green Recovery

Center for American Progress

A New Program to Create Good Jobs and Start Building a Low-Carbon Economy

also: The New Apollo Program Fact Sheet

Passive Homes Heat Up Around the World

by Alexandra Kain
Inhabitat

Passive design is architectural design that eliminates the need for mechanical heating and cooling of a building through the use of smart, time-tested heating and cooling strategies such as natural ventilation, solar heat gain and solar shading and efficient insulation...